Official Petition to Cancel American Idol

You have claimed this: "American Idol...television's No. 1 hit series empowers contestants and viewers to share their voices in deciding who will be America's next singing superstar...Every year, tens of thousands of hopefuls from across the nation audition for a shot at stardom."

However, we, the American public and FOX viewers alike, feel that--for whatever reason--American Idol does more harm than help to the American populace and crowds your network, pushing aside shows of true creativity that we attend to and enjoy. With the prolonged results, guest spots, and multiple-night airtime, other shows are postponed, rescheduled, or otherwise interrupted as a means to make room for American Idol. We feel that this not only stifles the creativity of the writers and actors of those shows, but also that it creates excessive hype and captures viewer interest strictly to build ratings, at the cost of genuine plot and suspense--as those written into shows of fictitious characters and artificial storylines of classic television entertainment.

Though since its 6th season, Idol has begun to publicize charitable philanthropy in its "Idol Gives Back" segments, by the means of capitalization of marketable material, the blurring of talent and judgment, and the indiscriminate blending of popularity and talent in the word "idol," American Idol contributes to a greater detriment than benefit to the American public.