Rest, Bret Michaels, Rest!

There’s one thing that struck me about the American Idol finale last night, and it wasn’t that Lee DeWyze won. It wasn’t that they let Paula Abdul linger on-stage in typical “without a script” flighty-ness, or that they did a schmaltzy Simon Cowell tribute….

Why American Idol Still Works

You know, there are tons of people that make fun of American Idol, and I can understand why. They think it’s a cheesy show, they think it’s bad reality TV, and they point to ratings and say see they are slipping! Well, they’ve been on ten seasons now, and they’ve dominated the entire time.