American Idol fans react to revival: 'Let it die'
To be fair, American Idol wasn’t exactly a show that seemed to have viewers clamoring for its return this past year.
The reality series didn’t inspire the passionate online fandom of, say, Firefly or The X-Files or even Gilmore Girls, where fans have longed for more episodes. Perhaps this has something to do with the very nature of being a reality series instead of a scripted program featuring beloved characters and storylines; reality TV is made to be judged and mocked and watched with a degree of guilty pleasure. One might also point to the short amount of time Idol has been off the air — it was just canceled last year! How can we miss you if you just aired for 15 years in a row?
So it’s perhaps not surprising that it was pretty tough Tuesday morning to find many tweets that seemed anywhere near as happy about Idol‘s return as ABC’s executives were:
A year after coming to an end on FOX, American Idol has been resurrected on ABC. One question though: pic.twitter.com/dWsQB5oGF7
— Ray S. Bennett (@RaySBennett) May 9, 2017
Have you ever seen two people fight over another person and been like, "All this over *that*?" https://t.co/TLLVZLrxvY
— Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) May 9, 2017
Did anyone ask for this https://t.co/KBkFfKAu49
— 🏈💙❤ megan 🏈💙❤ (@awkwardhobos) May 9, 2017
American Idol has been one of Fox's only justifiable cancelations in a decade https://t.co/hYafwoIwSa
— Ashley 'Not Today' Stark (@WrecklessLove) May 9, 2017
When was the last time American Idol actually produced anyone special? And ABC wants to bring it back. Are they that desperate?
— Christina (@AIPChristina) May 9, 2017
Whyyyyyyyyyyy let it die https://t.co/LfWDtkqwEx
— ✵ Post Endgame V ✵ #SaveStar (@SheAintMeTrey) May 9, 2017
— Rob (@Ntropi1) May 9, 2017
You asked for it so American Idol is back!
What's that? Oh, you didn't ask for it?
Welp. It's still back cuz there's no more ideas anymore.— Grace Curley (@G_CURLEY) May 9, 2017
But there was some support too:
That's actually a really smart move by ABC. If the show quality is as high as the earlier seasons were, I'd definitely watch over The Voice. https://t.co/f8F5VwVRJZ
— Dillon Johnson (@_DillonJohnson) May 9, 2017
