Simon Cowell - Yesterday's news
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Simon Cowell
censorshipsucks06 — 14 years ago(April 08, 2012 09:35 PM)
Face it - Cowell is yesterday's news. Especially in America. You don't take yourself off the air for nearly 1.5 years and then expect to rule this roost again. Out of sight, out of mind. Why it took so long to put the American version of X-Factor together is beyond me. It's not like it was some new show being made from scratch. It had been on the air for years in Britain. After sleepwalking through his final year of American Idol, I think Cowell completely $hit the bed. X-Factor concentrates too much on the judges, not enough on the talent. The things it did the same as Idol, Idol did better. The new twists it added didn't resonate. Having Paula on the show just made it seem like AI Part II. Even though Paula did her best judging on X-Factor, it just felt stale. And the American version of X-Factor is a day late and (pardon the pun) 10 Million Dollars short. The airwaves are glutted with these singing shows. This isn't 2001 anymore. There is only so many singing shows to go around. X-Factor being one of the last to the party is a main reason it was a disappointment. It's NEVER going to be as big as Idol was in it's heyday5b4. I'm betting it never gets 20+ million viewers. Ok - it's not 'Cupid' (Cowell's horrible American follow up to American Idol), and it may get 15 million or so viewers - but IMO, these singing shows have more than peaked, and there is certainly not room for September-June non-stop singing shows.
I hope Cowell doesn't expect the ratings to go up. If so, he will continue to be disappointed. But hey, it's not like he's worrying about where his next meal's coming from. He's set for life.