Do you think the new ‘American Idol’ is a winner?

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TV viewers seem to like the newly overhauled ‘American Idol’ enough to keep it on top of the ratings heap, despite a decline from last year. Certainly, it’s nothing like the complete tanking that some expected.

Assuming the TV talent show continues down this path, the next question is: What will the industry think? In the past, ‘American Idol’ has been not only the top-rated reality program but also TV’s ratings king, period. Nonetheless, it’s been shunned by Emmy voters within the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, who represent the workaday soldiers of Hollywood’s TV biz.

Eight times ‘American Idol’ has been nominated for reality-competition TV show. It lost seven times to ‘Amazing Race’ and, most recently, to ‘Top Chef.’ An Emmy curse seems to be looming over host Ryan Seacrest too. He’s lost in the competition for reality TV host three times.

Let’s forget who will win the newest ‘American Idol’ for a second -– whether it’s Casey Abrams, Lauren Alaina, Jacob Lusk, Scotty McCreery or Karen Rodriguez. Can ‘American Idol’ ever win TV’s top trophy?

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-- Tom O’Neil