This is an editorial article about the American Idol Gives Back show. It compares and contrasts giving back to the community in lieu of recent publicity.
In my opinion, reality television was created to save the networks some money. There was never any thought of injecting “reality” into the reality television genre.
The world of television and the world of coffee have collided very memorably on a few occasions. Here are a few examples of how coffee has figured into the world of many situation comedies over the years.
Saturday mornings used to be filled with the sight of children betting on the outcome of the Laff-a-Lympics or watching hapless coyotes chase uber-smart road runners around the desert. Now it seems to be all about gravelly-voiced aliens bent on world domination.
It’s down to the final seven on American Idol. Who was eliminated this week? You can read about Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s episode here.