New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Variety has reported that the AMERICAN IDOL finalists will once again HIT THE ROAD on a tour to be announced on the popular television program this Sunday. The tour is set to play small-to-medium sized venue and will feature a label artist, "Boys Band" winners in Real Life as its opening act.
The journey continues as America's beloved singing competition series "American Idol" is set to return for its second season on The ABC Television Network for the 2018-2019 season. Following the historic revival of the beloved series on ABC, the fan favorite will set out once again on a nationwide search to discover the next singing sensation. Returning to help find the cream of the crop are music industry legends and all-star judges Luke Bryan,
Katy Perry and Lionel Richie. Emmy®-winning producer Ryan Seacrest will also return to helm the music competition series as host.
In its first season on ABC, "American Idol" has finished as Sunday's No. 1 entertainment broadcast series on each of its 8 telecasts this season in Live + Same Day Adults 18-49. In fact, on average, the series ranks No. 1 in its 2-hour slot with Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, across all key Women (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54) and Teens 12-17. "American Idol" is more than doubling ABC's Sunday 8:00-10:00 p.m. time-period results year-to-year in
Total Viewers (+158%) and Adults 18-49 (+110%), producing the Net's best results in the 2-hour slot in 4 years among viewers and in 3 years among young adults - since the comparable weeks of 2014 and 2015, respectively. Season to date, including delayed viewing, "American Idol-SUN" draws an average audience of 9.3 million viewers with a 2.1/8 among Adults 18-49. Additionally, the broad-appealing unscripted series has dominated the social landscape as the most social prime-time reality series of the year to date. (Source: Social Content Ratings, 1/1/18 - 4/29/18. Ranked by total program-level interactions. Facebook organic metrics no longer included as of 4/6/18).
"American Idol" is produced by FremantleMedia NORTH AMERICA and CORE Media Group's 19 Entertainment. Executive producers include FremantleMedia North America's Trish Kinane and Jennifer Mullin, along with executive producer Phil Mcintyre representing CORE Media. FremantleMedia International distributes the series worldwide. "American Idol" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound. This program carries a TV-PG, L parental guideline.
