Mr. L

Almost one hour after Adam Lambert’s CBS Early Show on 11/25/09 (see the full coverage here) EW.com is ready with the review of it – in the form of 2 articles by the duo Slezak/Tucker:

Michael Slezak: Adam Lambert rocks CBS ‘Early Show.’ (Surprise! No one gets groped!)

There’s really no other way to score it, seeing how Good Morning America lost out on one charming, cheeky interview and two bad-ass musical performances from American Idol season 8 runner-up Adam Lambert this morning, handing them all over to its rival Early Show because, um, why exactly? Oh yeah, apparently ABC suits didn’t trust the firebrand singer would understand the inherent difference between a 10:55 p.m. performance at a decidedly racy awards show and an 8:30 a.m. gig at a benign, watch-with-your-cereal-and-coffee news program. [Insert eye-roll here.] This isn’t to say I’ve changed my tune on Lambert’s Sunday-night showing. Some 36 hours later, I stand by my contention that his AMA performance of “For Your Entertainment” was a vocal and aesthetic disappointment. But ABC’s finger-wagging disinvitation — “Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning” — seems as disingenuous as it does counter-intuitive.
The good news for the Glambert Nation is their guy sounded terrific on his one-two punch of the heartfelt anthem “Whataya Want from Me” and the effervescent party-starter “Music Again.” (…)
There aren’t many artists on the pop chart today capable of pulling that off live. Thanks, Adam, for reminding us you’re a rare bird indeed.

Ken Tucker: Adam Lambert on ‘The Early Show’ re his AMA performance: ‘I did get carried away, it was not what I intended’

Lambert even has a tendency to divide TV networks. Booked to appear on ABC’s Good Morning America to explain his sexually provocative performance, GMA disinvited him, releasing this statement to EW: “Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning.”
That was strange in itself. Did GMA really think Lambert isn’t canny enough to dial it back for a morning-show interview? A ratings miscalculation, methinks. Anyway, CBS and The Early Show got Adam-as-pussycat, not Adam-as-rebel.

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