“American Idol” will end its run in 2016 http://t.co/1hRfZ3IUonpic.twitter.com/nwHr8liWk0

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 11, 2015

I don’t watch Idol with the exception of when Chattanooga area native Lauren Alaina was in the final two. The show has made stars out of many people like Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson and has become an iconic TV show in our culture. Everything ends, everything has a shelf life.