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The Idol: Why HBO's Scandalous Show was Shockingly... Boring

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The Idol was initially hyped up as a scandalous, dark, and erotic new must-see from director Sam Levinson and musician The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) but it turned out to mostly just be… a boring mess. So what went wrong? (And did anything go right?) Today we’re taking a look at everything that went wrong behind the scenes, what actually went down on the show, and the few bright spots that do exist.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Why The Idol flopped so hard
01:38 The behind-the-scenes drama
05:15 Rocket Money
06:20 The shows biggest pitfalls
13:04 Some redeeming qualities...

CREDITS
Executive Producers: Debra Minoff & Susannah McCullough
Chief Creative Director: Susannah McCullough
Associate Producer: Tyler Allen
Writer: Jessica Babineaux
Narrator: Jessica Babineaux
Video Editor: Dan Wolff

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