There is no god

America's favorite Post-High School Talent Show refuses to die. It's like a guest a party with invasive halitosis who keeps double-dipping fritos and refusing to surrender the karaoke mic.

There is no escape from this stupid show. Because Americans are sheep, eating the same bland grass every day.

(from an AdAge email this morning)

SIMON COWELL SIGNS ON FOR FIVE MORE ‘IDOL’ SEASONS
Fox Reaches Deal To Keep Judge and Producer
November 29, 2005
By Christopher Lisotta

LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- Fox has reached an agreement with cranky “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell that will ensure his continued on-air participation through at least five more seasons of the network’s top-rated reality music competition.

Mr. Cowell, whose contract with Fox was set to expire after the 2006 installment of “Idol” concluded, also settled a lawsuit with “Idol” creator Simon Fuller, who had accused Mr. Cowell of using the “Idol” format in his new U.K. talent show, “X-Factor.”

Fox also said it had made an agreement with Mr. Fuller’s 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia North America to extend their partnership to produce “Idol.”

The agreement also keeps Mr. Fuller and Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of FremantleMedia North America, as executive producers on “Idol.”