The seventh season of American Idol is so close we literally crave it — and, now, we know exactly when the first installment of our annual addiction will begin. Producers announced this week that AI will premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 15, and Wed., Jan. 16, from 8 to 10 p.m. EST. That would be from [...]

Those of us who love American Idol have long said that its creators would eventually need to adjust or die. By that, we don’t mean that they should suffer actual death, just that it’s the very nature of the entertainment business that they need to innovate. Well, I don’t know that it’s innovation necessarily, but [...]