What almost seemed like a hallucination in 2017 is now a fast-approaching reality. American Idol, the most popular show on television for a large chunk of this still-young century, is returning to the airwaves on ABC two years after it was canceled by Fox. And, per producers and stars, it’s not changing (with one small caveat).
“It doesn’t feel comfortable to put borderline unstable people up on stage and laugh at them,” said showrunner Trish Kinane.
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