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1/31: Idol ratings way down
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Back to picking through bits and pieces, mostly from other blogs and such:
Kimberley Locke is taping an episode of “Don’t Forget the Lyrics,” in which she’ll sing a snippet of her cover of “Band of Gold.” Constantine is set to show up, too, probably to sing a Queen song. This bit is from Idol Chatter.. Plus, Kellie Pickler’s USO tour in Baghdad in December is chronicled by Great American Country Feb. 16 at 9.
USA Today’s download numbers feature four songs by Daughtry, four by Carrie and two by Jordin (“Tattoo” is up to 1.15 mil and “No Air” up to 175k.) On album sales, Daughtry was top seller with 21K and 3.71 mil total. Carrie’s “Carnival Ride” sold 20K and 1.79 mil total while “Some Hearts” sold 11K, up to 6.23 mil. Jordin is at 49, selling 12K and 461K total. She’s a month from 500K at this pace. Blake’s “Break Anotha” has stalled on the charts around 40 and his album sold just 4K last week and 255K total.
Other sales: Kelly’s Breakaway is at 5.94 million and sold 3,700 copies compared to 2,200 copies of “My December.” (746k); Kellie sold 2,900, 709K total; Elliot, 1,600, 489K; Bucky, 1,200, 321K, Fantasia, 700, 504K, Mandisa, 700, 69K, Bo, 500, 38K; Kat, 300, 366K; Clay, 200, 523K; Ruben, 100, 236K; Constantine, 100, 24K, Taylor, 100, 700K, Kimberlely, 100, 18K, Paris, 100, 21K.
Ratings this week continue to lag far behind year-ago figures. On Tuesday, 28.2 million watched the Omaha auditions, down 17 percent from the comparable episode in 2007. Wednesday’s season-low 25.5 million or so is down about 20 percent. Comparably, traffic on this blog year over year is down so far by about 35%. I’m not sure how much of that has to do with being on this old template or losing a few of our buds to exile, but it’s probably simply lowered interest in the show period. But that doesn’t mean this will become a “Dance War” blog anytime soon!
Cecil Frot-Coutaz, the executive producer for “Idol” we seldom hear from, spoke with the National Association of Televisoin Program Executives conference and pooh-poohed the ratings dropoff, in this NYT piece.. But if I were them, I’d be concerned. The hope is the final 12 are so fascinating, the show will be able to show some growth in March. We’ll see. The fact is, the show is old enough that people who have decided to move on to other shows are going to be tough to bring back in and the pool of potential newbies to replace them is not so great.
Oh-and did anybody catch MTV’s “Randy Jackson’s America’s Best Dance Crew” this past Saturday? It’s actually kind of fun. There’s even a crew who are on old-school roller skates! Sadly, the show had auditions in Atlanta and the only Southern reps are from Florida. The same thing happened with “So You Think You Can Dance.” None of the top 20 were from Atlanta despite the fact auditions were held here. The bottom line seems to be that Atlanta creates better singers than dancers!
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By War Eagle (from home)
January 31, 2008 10:45 PM | Link to this
I am your brother Your best friend forever
Singing the songs The music that you love
Brothers til the end of time Together or not You’re always in my heart
You hurt your feelings And you will rain on mine
I love you brother
By Deirdre
February 1, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this
LOL, War Eagle!
Good morning…and a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to linny!!!!!!!!!!!!
I did a Dell service upgrade this morning and now my computer is moving like molasses…..NO WAIT!!! Now my computer is moving like an ajc/Access Atlanta blog!!!!
By War Eagle
February 1, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this
LOL D, Good Morning.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINNY
By flats
February 1, 2008 7:54 AM | Link to this
Good morning Eagle….Head over to the new/old blog…I gotta good feeling it’ll be around for good!!!I just posted and it felt really good!!!!!THANK GOD FOR THE RETURN OF OUR BLOG!!!!WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!
By AmyG
February 1, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this
Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to Linny! Happy Birthday to you!
Linny, I hope you have a great day! AmyG and all your friends on the Mushblog!
By ,,,=^..^=,,, from home
February 1, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
awwww what a sweet thing to open the blog to! you guys are awesome!
thanks! gotta go get my tag and off to work…see you later :-)
By Deirdre
February 1, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
This is my ‘day off’ gang, so I’ll be around for awhile then gone!
WE…what’d you think of Lost last night?
By War Eagle
February 1, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
The new blog is still up and running great.
D, once again I just don’t know if I am smart enough to keep up with LOST. Every time I watch it I feel more confused, and last night was no different.
By flats
February 1, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this
D..move on over to other side!!!!!!!
By Deirdre
February 1, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
Of course, you’re smart enough, WE…Just accept the fact that answers always lead to more questions. You’re SUPPOSED to be confused and ‘lost’, that’s the whole idea. We won’t have all the answers until the show ends.
Rodney’s Radio and TV blog is about Lost today if you’re interested.
greg, I know the other blog is still open and I’ll probably move over there out of sheer frustration at some point but…that will make me even more frustrated when it goes away! Plus, Rodney doesn’t get any credit for the posts over there!
By flats
February 1, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this
Goes away?It just came back!!!
By ,,,=^..^=,,,
February 1, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
No Greg, it was always there, partially… the contract has run out but it has not yet been totally disabled, which is why if you find the link, you can get on it. But it will NOT remain. That’s a fact. Not Rodney’s decision — the AJC’s people made the decision … and Rodney’s said that a NEW interactive blog might be coming, but the old one WILL go away.
so don’t get too attached… we don’t know how long we can access the other one, and as D said… if we’re supporting Rodney, then we need to be sure to post HERE, where he gets credit!
Mush Mush! On you Mushbloggians!!!
By flats
February 1, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Goes away?It just came back!!!
By flats
February 1, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this
I dont trust yall..I thank yall might be trying to get rid of me!So..I claimed the new blog over they’re.
By Deirdre
February 1, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
I know it’s miserable here on the mushblog, but, with luck, the ajc will get us onto another networking blog soon! In the meantime, the old blog is just in the process of being torn done…there were other things there besides the Idol blog. The blog is still there but there’s no way of telling for how long.
By Deirdre
February 1, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this
You’re going to ‘claim’ the ‘new’ blog…while the rest of us stay here???? Wouldn’t THAT be getting rid of you? :-)
By AmyG
February 1, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this
I wasn’t sure which one you were goint to post on, so I decided I would post my Happy Birthdays on both blogs.
Greg, if we were trying to get rid of you, we would tell you that BOTH blogs would be shut down. The honest fact of the matter is that while the other blog is accessible at this time, it is most likely going to become unaccessible in the not-too-distant future. Besides, as Deirdre said, Rodney doesn’t get credit for the posts on the other blog, so if that’s the case, we should probably make sure we post as often as possible to this one. :)
By War Eagle
February 1, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
TEN THOUGHTS FOT 2008
Number 10: Life is sexually transmitted.
Number 9: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Number 8: Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
Number 7: Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks.
Number 6: Some people are like a Slinky … not really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.
Number 5: Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.
Number 4: All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
Number 3: Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200.00 and a substantial tax cut saves you 0.30?
Number 2: In the ‘60’s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
AND THE NUMBER 1 THOUGHT FOR 2008: We know exactly where one cow with Mad-cow-disease is located among the millions of cows in America, but we haven’t got a clue as to where thousands of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Maybe we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration.
And the BONUS thought for today “Life is like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow”.
By ,,,=^..^=,,,
February 1, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
Amy you’re a sweetheart, and that’s a fact!!!
By AmyG
February 1, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this
Thank you, Linny. But, you are supposed to be receiving the compliments today, not giving them out. -@)
By ,,,=^..^=,,,
February 1, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
LOL! I’ll tell you what Amy, anyone who wants to pass a compliment along to me, i certainly won’t turn it down!!! but you’re STILL an angel!
By kellyfan
February 1, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LINNY!
Good morning y’all! I may have stumbled upon the “old” blog, but I’m staying here until we get the word about the new one.
WE, I’m with ya on Lost. I was good, but left me plenty confused. I guess I’ll embrace that for now.
By flats
February 1, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
Yes D…I claimed it this morning!I’ll still post on here from time to time.
By flats
February 1, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
I’m listening to espn radio…..They’re talking about the NBA…60% of nba players out of the league are broke now!
By flats
February 1, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
60% out of the league 3 years or longer are broke.
By flats
February 1, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this
HELLO!!!!!????
By War Eagle
February 1, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
Been busy getting the entertainment lined up for the weekend.
By flats
February 1, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
LOL!!!!!!
By flats
February 1, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
THIS’S NOT HELPING RODNEY!!!!
By AmyG
February 1, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
Linny, Are you doing anything special for your birthday tonight? I hope you have a really good weekend and celebrate!
By flats
February 1, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
Thanks Amy…have a good weekend!
By ,,,=^..^=,,, from home
February 1, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this
amy you may not see this but thank you for your well wishes..hubby works tonight so i’ll be sitting home, but we’ll go out sunday :-)
good weekend, all!
By Gig is up
February 2, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this
Blog down 35%?????
More like 98%, if you take out all the non Idol entries on this blog. This is a social club. Not one Idol related reply on this subject.
By ,,,=^..^=,,, from home
February 2, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
Gig, we can only discuss some topics so long…. and yes, we’re socially active here. So what’s it to you? We’d love to have relevant, interesting input from you! feel free to join in! and if you will notice, once the season gets going, more talk IS idol-related. during the auditions, about which just so much can be said, and during the off season, yeah, we chat. big deal!
have a lovely weekend! and instead of being so bitter and mean-spirited, try finding a spot you LIKE and participating … you might find a way to smile!
By Deirdre
February 2, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
Gig..you’re absolutely right. Most of the people here have been on this blog for a number of years so yes, this has become a social club. However, we spend a good deal of time talking about Idol on Tuesday and Wednesday. And mostly, we DO comment on what Rodney has to say.
Stick around and help us stay on topic!!!
By Deirdre
February 2, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this
Apparently, linny and I were ‘separated at birth’. :-)
How was your birthday, linny?
By linny
February 2, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this
quiet D, hubby and i will go to a movie or something sunday and out to dinner… thanks for asking :-)
i was just over on Rodney’s other blog…appears DeAnna from last fall’s bachelor will be the next bachelorette…
Rodney, you have my sincerest appreciation for being able to cover such a wide range of topics!!!
{{{{{{Rodney}}}}}}}
now to go give blood and then get my feet pampered…. later!
By War Eagle (from home)
February 2, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
Gig, thanks for dropping in and leaving a non-idol entry of your own on this blog.
It’s always flattering when other individuals take time out of their important lives to comment on what we do.
Thanks, you are great.
By linny
February 2, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
WE, i think i love you, LOL!!!
By War Eagle (from home)
February 2, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this
Linny, it is like the old saying goes…..
Don’t argue with a fool. The spectators can’t tell the difference.