AMERICAN IDOL
Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET
Last week’s Idol shows were a total waste — a free pass for the final four female contestants, since the judges couldn’t agree (big surprise there) on a unanimous save. So, with one extra week to fill before the finale, Ryan Seacrest announced that no one would go home last week, with the week’s voting’s totals saved for, and added to, this week’s totals. Well, this week was a lackluster competitive session, memorable less for the singers’ performances than for the prominent appearance by guest mentor Harry Connick Jr., who even ended up on stage to support one candidate and sitting in the judges’ chair to spar verbally with Randy Jackson. That seating was temporary – but next year, I’m guessing, it’ll be a full-time gig. Meanwhile, tonight, for the first time in weeks, someone gets eliminated.