Season 16

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Julian Hart · The Binge Brief

Simon Cowell's sneer, Paula's softness, Randy's dawg: Simon Fuller's Fox hit made karaoke national infrastructure and a star factory. Mid-2000s finales felt like elections; Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood fed a pop pipeline. Pure event-TV archaeology from the last mass monoculture.

TV Flash files Season 16 of American Idol (2002–2016) on Fox as a mid listed season (16; 16 of 24) — 19 listed hours, 2018-03-11–2018-05-21 from “Auditions 1” (S16E01) to “Grand Finale” (S16E19). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.