Ellen being gay hurt 'Idol' ratings

[Dusty Ayres]

According to the Christian fundies:

A Christian news site is making headlines by claiming Ellen DeGeneres is responsible for the ratings erosion of Fox's "American Idol."Christian Newswire director Gary McCullough says the sexual orientation of the newest "Idol" judge was the reason "Idol" ratings were down about 9% this season.
McCullough said he predicted that "Idol" ratings would drop after DeGeneres was announced as a judge and says Fox has paid the price:
"At this moment in entertainment history, network television is on a pro-homosexuality bender," McCullough wrote. "The producers of 'American Idol' chose to be a part of this push; it was a huge mistake. The consequences of this choice were a drop in market share and a reduction in advertising dollars ... it actually drives away a significant market share of parents and teens who used to watch the show together, until mom and dad decided that the subtle promotion of an 'alternate lifestyle' to their kids was not worth the entertainment trade off."
"Perhaps next we will see the pro-pedophilia group NAMBLA use its influence in Hollywood to have 'Dancing with the Stars' seat Roman Polanski as a judge," he added.

 

[SiorX]

I wonder is it hard, when one's bigotry is on the line, to denounce somebody as adorkably vanilla as Ellen as unwholesome without feeling like a bit of a twit?

 

[Trekker4747]

^^^

I think your avatar says it all.

 

[Starbreaker]

I'm pretty sure it was that 99% couldn't sing.

 

[thumbtack]

I don't know who Gary McCullough is, but it goes without saying that he will be caught with a rent boy within the next six months.

 

[DeafPoet]

I would think the fact that it's one of the most unwatchable pieces of shit in TV history would hurt ratings more than a gay judge.

 

[auntiehill]

And, oddly enough, her talk show remains one of the most viewed shows in all of daytime TV. If her lifestyle offended people, would so many people watch that show, especially stay at home parents with small children?

If you want to criticize her, say something about the fact that she knows nothing about the music business, not attack her sexuality. That's just asinine.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Isn't American Idol the gayest show on television anyway even with a hetero jury?

 

[John Picard]

Ryan Seacrest went straight?

 

[Dusty Ayres]

I would think the fact that it's one of the most unwatchable pieces of shit in TV history would hurt ratings more than a gay judge.

Same here, and one that I wish would get the frack of of the air already. Looks like what happened in Canada is now beginning to happen here in America as I've wished last year.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I would think the fact that it's one of the most unwatchable pieces of shit in TV history would hurt ratings more than a gay judge.

Its people singing. I seen shows a lot more unwatchable.

 

[Greg Cox]

I would think the fact that it's one of the most unwatchable pieces of shit in TV history would hurt ratings more than a gay judge.

Its people singing. I seen shows a lot more unwatchable.

Indeed, that seems a bit hyperbolic. Anyone who thinks a popular singing competition is the worst piece of shit in tv history clearly doesn't get cable!

 

[Garak]

American Idol is played out. It played itself out. Shows like that can only be exciting for one to three seasons, then it gets boooooring. I just read today that the guy who won the most recent one has some pretty abysmal sales already. Is that the fault of the gays too? Probably not.

Funny that some asshole Christian chooses to focus on that though. What a chump.

 

[Marc]

American Idol is played out. It played itself out. Shows like that can only be exciting for one to three seasons, then it gets boooooring. I just read today that the guy who won the most recent one has some pretty abysmal sales already. Is that the fault of the gays too? Probably not.

Funny that some asshole Christian chooses to focus on that though. What a chump.

what's the bet the chump has never watched an episode of American Idol even before the Ellen DeGeneris became a judge.

 

[Garak]

It wouldn't surprise me. Christians are in a state of mind where anything that can be used to discredit gays must be used even in the face of logic that suggests otherwise. It's pathetic.

 

[Pingfah]

I'm glad these folks are annoyed, their pain is like music to my ears.

 

[DeafPoet]

I would think the fact that it's one of the most unwatchable pieces of shit in TV history would hurt ratings more than a gay judge.

Its people singing. I seen shows a lot more unwatchable.

If it were just people singing I probably still wouldn't watch it but at least it wouldn't be the intellectually offensive piece of garbage that it is.

The entire thing is so transparently calculated and base that I'm amazed people don't feel totally pandered to when watching it.

I've had to sit through it in the past and my fucking skin crawled. It's not that it sucks (which it does) it's that it thinks you, the viewer, are a retard and almost mocks you for watching it.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

You never know. My stepdad used to watch Sex and the City until he found out one of the actresses is gay. Never mind the fact that he was a guy watching Sex and the City...

 

[DeafPoet]

You never know. My stepdad used to watch Sex and the City until he found out one of the actresses is gay. Never mind the fact that he was a guy watching Sex and the City...

Isn't one of the supporting characters on that show flamboyantly gay? What did he think he was watching?

 

[Mr. Adventure]

^^ Apparently it's OK if they are just acting (or something). I don't know, I found it funny. It came out when I asked him if he was going to see that new movie. He said he didn't know what it was but he lost interest after he found out.