After 14 successful seasons, Fox’s hit TV show “American Idol” was announced to be cancelled after its 15th season. The CEOs of Fox made the collective decision to end the show for unknown reasons other than the future of the show was not looking very successful. It was once the highest-rated non-sports related show on television for eight seasons in a row, with over 20 million viewers every season from 2003-2011. In 2006, the show was at its all-time popularity high with a whopping average of 31 million viewers.

The show is now at a shocking average of 9 million views this season and is no longer Fox’s most popular program. Fox chairman and CEO Gary Newman says that the 15th and final season will be full of celebration and surprises.

All good things must come to an end, and the same goes for “American Idol.” “It was not an easy decision,” Newman told Entertainment Weekly. “’American Idol’ has been such a vital part of Fox for its run, and we spent a lot of time talking with producers about the future of ‘American Idol’ and collectively we arrived at the conclusion that it was time to bring the show to an end. But we wanted to do it in a way that felt special and celebratory and treated the show the way it deserved to be treated.”

 

Sources: http://en.yibada.com/articles/32278/20150512/american-idol-cancelled-simon-cowell-reacts-jax-2nd-last-champion.htm

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/11/media/american-idol-cancelled/