IT BEGINS TONIGHT! (OR ENDS)

It's official...and tonight we're all set for the last season of American Idol with Simon Cowell...and the first without Paula. I'm wondering if FOX is going to make a big deal of that fact right off the bat. They could let it sit for now...make a splash when Ellen comes on board on Hollywood...then really pump it up in May for the last month with Simon. We'll find out. I'm psyched. I definitely enjoy watching Idol, just maybe not the entirely too many hours spend doing so...particularly early on.
Without question "TIVO-time" is the best way (or the only way) to watch. You don't have to necessarily record it either...just let the show start without you.
About 30-45 minutes should do it. During that time you could clean the bathroom. Walk the dog. Or stare at the tv while it's off. That's up to you. Then you back up the dvr and begin watching...never again hostage to the boring backstory for the guy you KNOW isn't going through..(because they shoot it outside the studio, not at their house). Eventually you will catch up to "LIVE TV" and that's a very depressing moment, but you'll get over it soon. I find that women prefer more of that stuff though, where guys just need the performance. What do you think?