...do not adjust your set

Due to technical difficulties, I was not able to watch either episode of A.I. this week. And you know what? I'm not that stressed out about it. Seeing raw talent coupled with society's backwash makes for good television, true...but for how long? Weeks of City tours start to wane on you after a while. As Homer Simpson would say: "Boring!"

The City tour should only last one week, consisting of 3 episodes (Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday).

The Hollywood segment should last only one week, same as above.

America should start voting the following week and every week thereafter until there's a winner, downshifting to two episodes per week, one on Tuesday and the results show on Wednesday.

Same number of total episodes (so Fox doesn't lose any ad revenue), but I need to have some say so to prevent me from watching ANYTHING ELSE or worse yet: NOTHING. I have a feeling that there are quite a few viewers that feel me.

The results show should be tweaked to always end in a tie with the two bottommost vote-getters in a "Sing-Off". America votes again (two days of voting, not just one, adding to Cingular's revenue stream, and more importantly, ending the mindless time-filling prattle that spews from Ryan Seacrest. Nobody finds out who stays and who goes home until the following week's Tuesday episode, adding suspense and the viewer's sucked right back in the new line-up.

Of course, that's just the opinion of a Snoutch and should be regarded as such.