Mark Your Calendars

FOX has announced their schedule for the 6th season of American Idol. Are you excited? Can you contain yourselves? I actually can't, which makes me a bigger dork than I'd previously thought. Anyway, here are the dates you'll need to know.

• January 16th and 17th: Premiere (8:00-10:00 each night)



• January 23rd and 24th: Regular time slots begin (8:00 p.m. on Tuesday and 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Memphis and New York auditions)



• January 30th and 31st: Birmingham [Ed: Dear God, no more Alabama] and San Antonio auditions



• February 6th and 7th: L.A. auditions and some other "rest of the best" nonsense



• February 13th and 14th: Top 24 announced



• February 20th, 21st and 22nd: Y'all finally get to vote. Don't fuck it up. Also, the results show moves to Thursday and Tuesday and Wednesday focus on performances (one night for the ladies and one for the dudes), meaning that I will no longer have a life three nights out of the week instead of two.



• February 27th, 28th and March 1st: Top 20



• March 6th, 7th and 8th: Top 12 finalists



• March 13th and 14th: Back to your regularly scheduled programming

And that's all I got. When I have more, I'll of course pass it along to you.