American Idol

Fifteen seasons on Fox, a two year gap, then nine more on ABC with the numbering carried straight through. Nobody treats it as two shows.

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Where to start with American Idol

Any season on its own; nothing carries over. The useful thing to know is that the Fox seasons are roughly twice the length of the ABC ones for the same number of competition weeks, because Fox aired a separate results show the night after each performance show and every source counts those as their own episodes.

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    Season 1 American Idol

    Twenty five episodes in 2002, and the one everybody has seen clips of. Short by the standards of what came after.

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    Season 15 American Idol

    The last Fox season, twenty four episodes, and it was made and sold as the end of the show.

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    Season 16 American Idol

    The ABC revival, two years later. Same numbering, new judges, and nineteen episodes rather than forty, because the separate results broadcast is gone.

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The Series

  • American Idol 2002, 24 seasons, 734 episodes

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