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...been airing the show, it would have had to bleep the F word--and it knows better than anyone else what you can't get away with on TV today, having been on the receiving end of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl Sunday "wardrobe malfunction." But an aggressive FCC was only one of network TV's problems last season. Another was the sudden, steep drop-off in young male viewers, the most elusive and therefore coveted audience for advertisers. As of April, according to Nielsen Media Research, prime-time broadcast ratings among men ages 18 to 34 were down more...
...will do everything to make him stay, but also because it is one less hassle for the guy. Philadelphia would make sense, however, given that Kobe could use the family support right now. Jerry Buss will say good riddance to Gary Payton, and Karl Malone will retire. Phil Jackson will also call it quits, leaving behind an out-of-shape Shaq and an aging cast of role players. The Lakers won?...
...know who was in the conspiracy. They're in their 70s now. Why die with this stain on their hands?" And he adds, "Who knows? Maybe the state will call and say, 'Mr. Wright, we're so sorry your family suffered this grave injustice in Mississippi.'" --Reported by Alice Jackson Baughn/Money, David Thigpen/Chicago and Deirdre van Dyk/New York
Nonetheless, Barrino is a favorite of the judges--"The best Idol ever," says judge Randy Jackson--and many viewers, perhaps because she has both a strong voice and a personality that pops. But personality, and a memorable personal story, can cut two ways. Barrino, 19, is the single mother of a 2-year-old girl, Zion, a fact some fans in online forums have tut-tutted. Others don't like her boldness. "People call me 'ghetto,'" she says, over a goodbye kiss-off dinner for John Stevens, Idol's Sinatraesque teenage crooner, at Mr. Cecil's California Ribs in Sherman...
...make hit TV but also to find lasting talent for him to sign. So far the breakout star of this Idol season is William Hung, famous for butchering Ricky Martin's She Bangs at an audition; his debut CD sold nearly 38,000 copies in its first week. Jackson says he sometimes is worried that Idol the reality show will undercut Idol the music search, which in its first two seasons produced both salable talents and high ratings. "Kelly Clarkson was great," says Jackson. "Ruben--great. Clay--great. This is about being a serious talent competition. It's not just...