Lowered Expectations For ‘American Idol 2′

SMG Entertainment analyst Laura Caraccioli tells USA Today the second season of ‘American Idol’ will draw strong ratings but isn’t likely to match the numbers from the less competitive summer run. “I think this will still shine. The magic hasn’t been tarnished yet,” she said. “There’s going to be so many of these we might just kill (the talent search) the way we did with the game show (genre).” For the network’s part, Fox entertainment chief Gail Berman says, “I believe the show will do nicely, but we have no expectation that it will exceed what it did last summer.” Read more.