American Idol isn’t perfect. But it more than justified its return.

When ABC announced the return of American Idol a little more than a year ago, I could not have been less excited. The show wore out its welcome in its final years on Fox, wasting time while failing to produce memorable singers, and I couldn't imagine why we needed it back. Everything that followed—from ABC's decision to hire Katy Perry as its first judge (another big-name pop star, really?) to the first audition episode (more mocking of... keep reading this story »

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