The season finale reached 14.3 million people last year, 21.5 million in 2012 and 29.3 million in 2011. Wednesday’s show, where North Carolina rocker Caleb Johnson became the season 13 champion, was seen by 10.1 million viewers, Nielsen said. The ratings slide for "American Idol," this year with judges Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick Jr., has been well-documented but is particularly stark when looking at finales for the past few years. Particularly younger viewers are looking for what’s next."įox has already cancelled Simon Cowell’s "The X-Factor" for next year. "There are ebbs and flows as to what is a popular programming genre or not and it seems like music competition shows have run their course. "Perhaps the viewing tastes have changed, have evolved," said Brad Adgate, a TV analyst for Horizon Media. "The Voice" has bypassed "American Idol" in popularity, yet Tuesday’s season-ending episode was down 25 percent from the 2013 finale, the Nielsen company said Thursday. The year’s final "American Idol" on Fox Wednesday was seen by fewer people than any Idol-crowning moment since the series began in 2002. NEW YORK > A sharp decline in viewers for the season finales of "The Voice" and "American Idol" this week raises the question of whether music competition shows on television are fading out.
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