Finally! The Long Nightmare Is Ending

   Has it really been 15 years? It seems like a fuck of a lot longer than that. Either way, American Idol is going to milk the already dry cow one final season, then GOODBYE FOREVER!!!!! We hope. It's true. FOX says their flagship show, which has been sinking in the ratings the past few years, is going off the air at the end of the 2016 season.
   I freely admit to this: I did watch season 2, but then it just turned into karaoke night in America with a seemingly endless stream of medium talent "singers" parading one after the other after the other, and I rapidly lost interest. In fact, I can only name 3 winners: Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and Ruben Studdard. And of the 3, the only one to achieve superstardom was Underwood.
   A lot of people will say the downward slide started when Simon Cowell left. Or Paula Abdul. I can't remember who left first. Not that it mattered, anyway. As I said, it deteriorated to the point where (for me the 3rd season) it got unwatchable.
   So, goodbye American Idol. Now if we could just get rid of Survivor, Big Brother and The Voice. TV might become watchable again.
   'Nuff said.