It's not curtains for American Idol just yet. The long-running singing competition, which has survived fourteen different judges, two different hosts, and a network swap from Fox to ABC

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For one, ABC itself referred to the show as its top program of the season. Viewership for the series took a solid jump from last season too,

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going up 15% in the crucial 18 to 49 demographic across a 35-day span. What really made it an important decision for network,

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however, is the fact that Dancing With the Stars, their other long-running competition, was migrating to Disney+.

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Losing American Idol, its other staple talent competition, to the streaming side of things would've been a tough pill to swallow for the network.

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