American Idol cancelled after 15 seasons
American Idol has been cancelled by FOX TV in America after 15 seasons
The popular music reality show will air for the final time in 2016 which will have the same line up including Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. will return as the judges for the final season as will host Ryan Seacrest. The announcement was made by FOX TV on Monday that it will be a farewell season for the series. The announcement comes two days before the 14th season finale of "American Idol." The final two shows of the season, where the finalists perform and then a winner is announced, have traditionally been its best rated shows of the season for Idol.
The show was once a ratings hitter has dropped since last few years with an average of only 10.3 million viewers last season, and only 9 million viewers so far this year.
The show was dropped earlier last year by Channel 5 which aired the show for one year and wasn't aired in the UK ever since.
The popular music reality show will air for the final time in 2016 which will have the same line up including Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. will return as the judges for the final season as will host Ryan Seacrest. The announcement was made by FOX TV on Monday that it will be a farewell season for the series. The announcement comes two days before the 14th season finale of "American Idol." The final two shows of the season, where the finalists perform and then a winner is announced, have traditionally been its best rated shows of the season for Idol.
The show was once a ratings hitter has dropped since last few years with an average of only 10.3 million viewers last season, and only 9 million viewers so far this year.
The show was dropped earlier last year by Channel 5 which aired the show for one year and wasn't aired in the UK ever since.