Yes, it’s that time again: come on, get it out of your systems–what did you watch this week that bored you silly, that irritated you with its insipidness, that annoyed you with its sheer insult to the intelligence?
Here, I’ll get you started.
If you dislike American Idol, speak up, will you? Consider this space on EW.com to be our own little Home Of The Idol Haters, where people who don’t think this show is the high point of musical inspiration can come and feel safe Speaking The Unspeakable aloud.
I watched the first two editions of Idol this week out of critic’s-duty, and am already sick of Simon’s slick put-downs (something about a voice sounding like dropping a cat off the Empire State Building? gee–not funny or constructive), and I almost became nauseous as the Idol judges put on their rare sympathetic faces in listening to the story and music of a blind man auditioning. And Ryan Seacrest then trying to high-five the guy, and being left hanging? Priceless… that is, if Idol wasn’t kinda worthless.
What else bugged you this week? Something completely different?
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I came home the other night to find my roommate watching “A Double Shot at Love” on MTV, and I soon found myself watching right along with her. It really was awful, although the part where one of the twins pushed the other one made it slightly worth it.
Idol. Can’t stand it. Didn’t watch it. But I pretty much feel like the bits and pieces of it I’ve accidentally caught over the last several years entitle me to hate it forever. And even though I haven’t watched it since it started this season, I STILL feel like I’m being inundated with Idol crap. God I hate when this show is on!
Our own Idol Haters headquarters! God Bless you Ken!
I’d have to say that the Real World was the non-highlight of my week. And I’m sure it will only get worse.
The Bachelor. It’s like a train wreck that you can’t stop staring at. Where do they find these people?
College class just started back up this week, so TV watching hasn’t exactly been high on my priorities, unless there’s something I really want to watch (i.e., 24, Battlestar Galactica, Grissoms’s final CSI episode, football playoffs). I have to say American idol, but for a different reason. I’m not a fan of the show, but at least the auditions provide enough trainwreck performances to be somewhat amusing. Unfortunately, since the hardcore fans have been so demanding to take away the awful singers in recent years, along with the AI producers striving for the judges not to be so harsh with the thousands of auditioners, it’s no longer fun to watch. When bikini girl is the only thing that got people taking, AI’s lost its sadistic touch. Too bad.
I tried watching “True Beauty” this week. It was beyond awful.
My husband said that Bush’s farewell speech was on last nite. I said I’d rather heat up needles and stick them in my eyes than listen to anything he had to say about the last 8 years. He’s wrecked America and HE CAN’T SEE IT. HEY HEY HEY GOOD BYE.
American Idol 5 minutes and i was out.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! It’s about time that someone on EW.com speak up for those of us who aren’t entertained by bad music and embarrassing performances and annyoing judges. Down with American Idol- enough is enough people!
Worst Week. The title of the show lets you know how you’re going to feel after watching it.
Rock of Love Bus tour and Confessions of a Teen Idol. nuf said.
saw a few minutes of Hoda and Kathy Lee by mistake on Monday. just brutal.
The American Idol auditions. Why must they humiliate people?
Yippee! Idols haters unite! How is the show still on the air? Hate it!
I appreciate the gesture, Ken, I really do- but the paradox is that we would actually have to sit through and watch this garbage in order to effectively vent week after week. Can’t do it. Just don’t have it in me.
I know on a PopWatch I mentioned giving Idol another chance this year, but I couldn’t sit through 5 minutes. 5 Minutes! But I’ll make you a deal. You keep up with this blog every week, and I’ll keep coming back- if only to repeat the same complaints I’ve had over this show for the past 7 years.
I did catch the girl in the bikini- who had a decent voice, but was turned away by Simon which I assume he only did to spur a temporary judge catfight. He knows she was good.
ROB GRIZZLY – Actually Simon said yes to the girl in the bikini. She made it through to Hollywood. Did you even watch??
Seeing snotty Erica on “The Bachelor” was brutal. “Family Court with Judge Penny” was pretty bad as well. The judge was irritating, and I couldn’t stand it.
get a life haters lots of people enjoy american idol
get a life haters lots of people enjoy american idol
THREE WORDS…THE REAL WORLD!!!!….so boring
The new judge on american idol, yuck, had to turn it off forever
YAY! we now have a voice!
Insipid, boring, insult to my intelligence??? That would be Bush’s farewell address. American Idol would be a distant second.
As long as the contestants have to sing in all of the different musical genres, this show will be a joke. Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Brian Johnson. None of them would’ve made it halfway through the contest, if they weren’t rejected from the beginning since none of them have great classical singing voices. Oh yeah, who’s Brian Johnson, you’re wondering? “Back in Black”, “Thunderstruck”, and “For Those About to Rock” ring a bell? (As in “H*ll’s Bells”). Yes, AC/DC. Give these kids free range to either soar or hang themselves. Just stop with the jumping through the hoops of different genres.
I love Idol, but think Hate’s important when it comes to pop culture. I may love Idol, but there’s plenty of stuff to hate out there. Stuff like:
The Real Housewives of Orange County. It’s dizzying to me that people watch these bleach blond morons make fools of themselves week in and week out.
This week they decided to embarrass gold digging Gretchen by giving her piles of tequila and then unleashed some creepazoid 22 year old lecher on the poor woman. And that was the HIGHLIGHT of the show!
The worst thing I watched this week? The weather forecasters predicting snow and severe cold in the north east. I was walking outside with a friend and complaining about the weather. He said that if I choose to live in NY, I shouldn’t complain about the winter weather. I reached down, made a snow ball, threw it at him and hit him right in the middle of his forehead. I guess my point that while it isn’t the forecasters’ fault for reporting on the frigid weather and it wasn’t my friend’s fault for responding to my griping, I don’t like the cold and snow. Or maybe my point is that there should be better things on tv than forecasters gleefully explaining how miserable the weather is. Or maybe the point is similar to the saying “if life gives you lemons, make lemonade”, then if it snows, make a snow ball and throw it at someone that is annoying you. Whatever my point is, seeing Ryan Seacrest trying to highfive a blind person makes me want to shake my head. Or throw a snowball at him.
Something I hated NOT watching this week: Bones – after all the promos for a new ep last night and then only to have it pre-empted!! And there was supposed to be a new ep of Samantha Who? this week too, but Bachelor ran for 2 hours instead.
Brings me to another thing I hate: 2 hour reality shows. I can understand for the first or last shows, but to run each episode for 2 hours?! I’m getting pretty good at fwd-ing past all the ‘fluff’ but Networks should be trying to put shows on the air rather than simply filling time. NBC even has a first hour recap of Biggest Loser – is that really necessary?
I avoid all the Real World/Housewives/Shot of Love -type shows, but I do watch Idol. Or should I say I fast-forward thru it. It’s almost unwatchable, and Simon’s schtick is sooooooo tired now, but I guessI wanna stay in the loop.
Yes, Peter B – Ryan Seacrest trying to highfive a blind person was definitely the low point of the week
Is there some TV genie making you people watch AI or any other show for that matter? If you don’t like it then simply don’t look at it…jeez. It’s not like there’s only 3 channels to watch.