How many hours have you spent in Results Show Purgatory? You know, those few seconds before Ryan Seacrest or Cat Deeley or Tom Bergeron tells you who is or is not or might possibly be going home? The end of that cultural era may be just a few short commercial breaks away. This past season, "American Idol" folded all the way in on itself with a Kelly Clarkson-theme week. The presence of Clarkson, the show's first and perhaps greatest success story, made its comparative lameness seem even more pro...
How many hours have you spent in Results Show Purgatory? You know, those few seconds before Ryan Seacrest or Cat Deeley or Tom Bergeron tells you who is or is not or might possibly be going home? The end of that cultural era may be just a few short commercial breaks away. This past season, "American Idol" folded all the way in on itself with a Kelly Clarkson-theme week. The presence of Clarkson, the show's first and perhaps greatest success story, made its comparative lameness seem even more pro...
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