I like to watch American Idol. I write about each episode on my weblog.
Tonight's show (the wild card round results show) is being pre-empted in the Twin Cities market because of the Boys' High School Hockey Tournament.
How many players are there on a hockey team? 20? Assuming that each of these 20 players have two parents, two teams worth of players amount to 80 people who actually care about the game. I would bet that the majority of those parents will be watching the game live.
The most popular show in America has been bumped by a show on which the only people interested will not even be at home to watch television. What a bunch of crap! American Idol at 12:30 AM? Just replay a half-hour of hockey at 12:30 AM.
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This reminds me: The local radio station that carries Twins baseball in this market is also "the weather leader." They'll cut into the games if someone sees a dark cloud over North Dakota. It drives me nuts! (This is a GIANT station. They own lots of stations in the market. They don't even show the courtesy of putting baseball on another station while they pander to the geriatric-set. -they're the only ones who care about the weather report anyway.)
Here comes the 3-2 pitch. Bases loaded. If Mientkiewicz can get a hit here, the Twins will score at least two and the game will be tied. We may go into extra innings ****This just in from WCCO weather. We have just had a report of drizzle in the International Falls area. We have not as-of -yet received confirmation on this; but we will continue with wall-to-wall coverage of this weather until well after the game is over. Thanks for listening!