American Idol's Secret Plot To Get Rid Of Mariah Carey

The Hollywood Reporter has a great article posted about how at mid-season, American Idol executives tried to replace Mariah Carey with Jennifer Lopez. The mistake that FOX and producers made was telling Mariah. She threatened to sue them forever and they caved. FOX says that it is all just a rumor and that THR is wrong. Umm, unlike most weekly magazines, THR is usually never wrong. The ratings suck on the show. Why not try and fix them. A mid-season shakeup could have done that, but what I would have done if I was Fox was try to get Paula or Simon back. Paula would have probably done it for free. Well, free as long as there was an adequate stockpile of vodka in her trailer. In recent weeks, Idol has not only lost to The Voice, but also got killed by a repeat of Big Bang Theory. These are sad days for the once huge franchise.