Posted on 06/04/2010 4:35:57 PM PDT by Dacula
A Christian news site is making headlines by claiming Ellen DeGeneres is responsible for the ratings erosion of Fox's "American Idol."
Christian Newswire director Gary McCullough says the sexual orientation of the newest "Idol" judge was the reason "Idol" ratings were down about 9% this season.
McCullough said he predicted that "Idol" ratings would drop after DeGeneres was announced as a judge and says Fox has paid the price:
"At this moment in entertainment history, network television is on a pro-homosexuality bender," McCullough wrote. "The producers of 'American Idol' chose to be a part of this push; it was a huge mistake. The consequences of this choice were a drop in market share and a reduction in advertising dollars ... it actually drives away a significant market share of parents and teens who used to watch the show together, until mom and dad decided that the subtle promotion of an 'alternate lifestyle' to their kids was not worth the entertainment trade off."
"Perhaps next we will see the pro-pedophilia group NAMBLA use its influence in Hollywood to have 'Dancing with the Stars' seat Roman Polanski as a judge," he added.
Few points:
To claim that DeGeneres is detrimental to TV ratings conflicts with the reason she was chosen for the show -- her established popularity with TV viewers via her daytime talk show and other outlets.
"Idol" ratings have been dipping steadily for the past few years. This season's "Idol" ratings drop was about the same as the previous year, when DeGeneres wasn't on the show, and were in line with network performance expectations at the start of the season.
The biggest new scripted ratings hit of the season is one of the most gay-friendly broadcast shows ever created -- Fox's "Glee," whose ratings increased after an early pivotal episode focused on a gay character.
"I can hear the bloggers loading their homophobe-blasters, but think this through with me," McCullough wrote. "If one of the judges was an abortion activist, or a political right winger -- and continued to insert comments in line with their activism -- the same criticism would be true, and the show would suffer. The advice, 'Shut up and sing!' comes to mind."
Had nothing to do with Ellen being gay. She was boring (bless her heart). I missed Paula. Heard Bret Michaels was taking Simon’s place. Bret needs to take a rest though. Just sayin
She wasn’t funny. She didn’t know what she was talking about. She dressed weird -like a man most of the time .
when someone sang the lyric “have you ever really loved a woman” ..her response when it was time to judge was ..”why yes, I have.”
I’ll take your word for it. I have yet to watch an episode of AI
It died for the same reasons that the hula hoop died.
LLS
I think this article is true. Many times when a show introduces a homosexual storyline or homosexual cast member the ratings start tanking.
Three examples are 1) Flashforward 2) One life to Live and 3) American Idol.
Flashforward introduced a prominent lesbian with sex scene and the ratings fell and now it is cancelled.
One life to Live introduced a prominent gay story line about a man who comes out and lives with his boyfriend. The ratings tanked so bad that they ditched the two characters which caused outrage at GBLT organizations.
And now American Idol is tanking.
When will this Hollywood decadents get that middle America doesn’t want this stuff shoved down our throats.
I am tired of this avoidance of hurting someone’s feelings. There are going to be a bunch of pi$sed off people when we struggle to get our country back.
*It isn’t that Ellen is gay its that she is not as crazy as Paula and is a clone of the even more boring Diguaro and the show has been steadily declining since the beginning and the winners increasingly irrelevant.*
Exactly.
'Modern Family' being notable exception.
Maybe they just had mediocre talent this season?
Ping! The AI Live thread was more entertaining than this season!!
Ellen Degenerate only does what other homosexual degenerates like her do, act degenerate.
American Idol:The Gong Show minus the gong.
I think it just got boring.
Bunch of people show and sing bad, looked shocked when they get kicked off.
I liked acceptable t.v.’s kitten calendar much better.
I heard Ellen does not know much about music - not qualified to be a judge.
Paul McCartney. It'll keep him out of trouble.
;^)
HOGWASH! Ellen being gay hasn’t hurt the ratings of her show...and her audience is straight women.
THE SHOW IS BECOMING TIRESOME, SIMPLE.
Next season, NO ONE will watch it because the real star of the show is gone: SIMON COWELL.
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