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Idol Eyes a New Direction for Next Season | Great American Idol Blog | 2/25/2008
Not letting the audition rounds' sliding numbers go unnoticed (the season premiere, for example, was down 11 percent from a year prior), American Idol is proactively pondering tweaks to Season 8's early weeks. "It won’t necessarily be anything radical; we just have to figure out how to start the show next year," Preston Beckman, Fox's executive VP of strategic program planning and research, tells Broadcasting & Cable. "The early part [of Season 7] saw some erosion, and then we got to Hollywood."Speaking of new directions, Bruce Gowers — who has directed Idol since its 2002 launch — is said to be on the way out, his departure perhaps fueled by a recent on-set incident (sources tell Variety). Pre-Idol, Gowers directed music videos such as Queen’s "Bohemian Rhapsody." More recently, he called the shots at last year's Primetime Emmy Awards. — Matt MitovichWhat's your take? How would you tweak Idol's early rounds? read more

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Title	Year	Type
59th Primetime Emmy Awards (Director)	2007	TV Show Series
Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008 (Director)	2007	TV Show Series
People's Choice Awards (Director)	2007	TV Show Series
Earth to America (Director)	2005	TV Show Series

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