Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~85 min/episode
- Length
- 15 seasons · 567 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Each year, hopeful singers from all over the country audition to be part of one of the biggest shows in American television history. Who will become the new American Idol?
- competition
- judge
- talent
- music competition
- aspiring singer
- singer
- voting
- singing
- audition
- singing competition
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kara DioGuardi
- Brian Dunkleman
- Keith Urban
- Paula Abdul
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Jennifer Lopez
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Nicki Minaj
- Mariah Carey
- Stevie Wonder
- Barry Manilow
- Directed
- Ken Warwick, Nigel Lythgoe, Louis J. Horvitz, Bruce Gowers
- Created
- Simon Fuller
- Written
- Simon Fuller
Production
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 · 180 ratings
- Network & studio
- FOX
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
