Posted By: sissy
Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 09:32:01 PDT
I completely agree. It makes me wonder if these "outbursts" are staged during certain performer's moments, just to distract viewers for a sec...maybe long enough to make them forget to vote for that performer. They never seem to squabble uncontrollably during Simon's fav (Brook White-whom I am also a fan)...but fair is fair.

Posted By: bikerval
Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 01:24:50 PDT
I loved Carly last night. The worst was the "Eight Days a Week" wreck that had me peeking through my fingers at the carnage.

Meanwhile, I am absolutely DONE with all the sidebar squabbling. The "gay" jabs have a junior high school locker room level of sophistication. Simon acts like a self indulgent, snotty twelve year old when he rolls his eyes and interrupts with yet another oh, so clever put down. The push and pinch fights between Simon and Paula are simply childish. They are being incredibly rude to the contestants whose post performance interviews are getting upstaged and cut short. It's not fair that some contestants get their face time while others don't. And it's all incredibly insulting to us viewers - the show's bickering has reached the Jerry Springer Show level. We deserve better for prime time TV.

Sponsors take notice: If the rude fighting continues at this pace then I'll stop watching the show live. I'll simply tape it and fast forward through all the junk... the squabbles and, while I'm at it, the commercials!