Fox Angers Fans Who Had to Record American Idol

Not all American Idol fans could be at home to watch the award show. Some people were working or had other interruptions. Fox slated the award show to last 2 hours. When it actually had to go overtime.

Why does a program controlled by a network go past the allotted time?

Fans realize its Fox's network and they can do what they want. However, when people are not available to watch it they will record it for later. They set the program to record for the allotted time. Only to find out the program went over.

Why should this ever happen to a TV show that is not a sporting event? If it was the Super Bowl or something than viewers would know to set the recorder for an extra hour. Fox had complete control there were no referees or instant replay to content with. There were a lot of commercial breaks and a numerous celebrities to make appearances.

Was there too much fluff? Considering at 10:03 EST (2 hours and 3 minutes after the show started) they are finally making the award. Viewers got home to watch the results and found that part cut off. This just poor planning by a network.

The program had many celebrities making appearances plus all the past idol winners sang. What will happens in season 10 if all 9 past idol winners must sing. The program could last like the academy awards. Is all of this necessary?

Scanning the idol boards fans speak out against the long programming only to have the results go into the third hour. Those who were expecting to watch the entire programming on their VCR or TIVO were highly disappointed.

The last question to consider does the extra programming improve ratings? That no one will ever know until the numbers are posted. If this kind of thing become the normal fans may just turn on their TV's last few minutes of the hour and pick up the final few minutes.