American Idol to remain functionally unkillable for another season on ABC

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Despite a brief, ultimately temporary brush with death a few years back, American Idol has apparently regained its role as TV’s unkillable reality show juggernaut, with Variety reporting that the singing competition series has just been renewed for a second season at its new home at ABC (and its 17th, overall.) After a rough start, the ABC incarnation of the show—which stars Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan as judges, and the similarly immortal Ryan Seacrest as its host—has finally started drawing in some stronger ratings with its recent live episodes.