American Idol in 15 Minutes

[RadioFanatic]

Well, as many of you, I absolutely LOVE American Idol. Watch it religiously every year. But once the competition really starts, I CANNOT watch it in "real time". The past two episodes, I have watched the whole thing, and I will watch the whole thing of the first round in Hollywood, but once we're down and the competition really starts? It's fast forward time.

What do I mean? I can't watch the whole thing. And I have DVR, the cable equivalent of TiVo. So, I zip through whatever Ryan Seacrest is saying; b/c quite frankly, I could care less. If there is a "guest" judge I don't care about, I zip through his/her history. I listen to the first song; and in a few seconds determine (1) do I know it? (2) do I care to listen to it? (3) is the singer making me want to listen? and (4) is it time to zzzzzzzip through the song? More often than not, off I go until I get to the judge's remarks. Listen to them, decide to agree or disagree; and then repeat. All in all, "my" AI show lasts 15-20 minutes tops. And the results show? 5-10 minutes tops.

The few times I have had to watch the show in real time b/c I'm out of town or something, it is EXCRUTIATING to me to watch.

Thank goodness for DVR.

Anyone else do this?

 

[disneynutt1225]

Actually, since I signed up for the DVR, I'm having a hard time watching ANY show in real time. I hate the commercials...I just want to get to the punch. Having the DVR is the best money I spend each month.

 

[cwnhokie]

I found myself a couple times in the car wanting to rewind the radio because i missed something. Tivo has spoiled me. Usually I will put the tv on the channel of whatever I want to watch and then go do the dishes or something and let it get ahead and then watch when I can fast forward. As far as American Idol goes DH and I watch it together, one of the few shows that we do, so we watch every minute of it. We have the second episode still waiting for both of us to have time to sit down to watch it.

 

[RadioFanatic]

I don't watch any shows in real time either. The thing is, however, I usually only fast forward the commercials, not the show itself. AI, however, the show itself gets fast forwarded (is that even a word?)