Tonight's American Idol Expose on ABC didn't reveal anything new or shocking about the show. What it did reveal, however, was a very sad and sorry truth - ABC is desperate for viewers, and they have no idea how to attract them.

The Mickey Mouse network has been hyping this Idol scoop for over a week now, teasing in promos that a "shocking secrets" will be revealed, including one involving a sexual affair between former contestant Corey Clark and Paula Abdul. Well guess what? That was the only "secret" involving American Idol that they had to reveal, and it wasn't even a secret!

For the millions of viewers who tuned in hoping to learn other juicy behind-the-scenes tidbits, there was a silver lining - these viewers were treated to a firsthand, up-close and personal look at how godawful terrible ABC is at covering a news story. ABC took a story that should have gotten 5 minutes of press and stretched it out to an hour. The message is simple: Corey Clark says he slept with Paula. He probably did. Oh, and by the way, he has a new album coming out, and there is a song on it about Paula.

I can only scratch my head and wonder, is the ABC network really this bad, or does the Mouse own a share of the record label putting out Clark's big debut? Because honestly, based on the performance I saw tonight, I think my high school AV club could put together a better news program. One clip that went something like, "Q: You had sex with Paula? A: Yes I did," was played over and over, for what had to be at least a dozen times. They interviewed contestants that didn't even make the final cut to get their reactions. "Q: Would it have made a difference if you had help picking out your clothes? A: Yes! Oh, definitely! If I had that, I would have probably won!"

The ABC "expose" really was that bad. It was dull, it was repetitive, and was at times non-sensical. They spent maybe 10 minutes getting Corey Clark's buddies' reactions - all of which were "Sweeeeeet!" (and justifiably so.) Newsflash, ABC: It doesn't take 10 minutes to convey that his buddies were jealous. You could have easily spent a mere 20 seconds on that, then used the 9 minutes and 40 seconds that you saved to promote his upcoming CD - after all, you were only able to work in a measley 15 minutes worth of that.