I haven't watched in many years and I only watch now if nothing else is on. But from the few episodes of this season that I have seen, I like J-Lo much better than Paula Abdul (sp?). However, I just do not think the show will be the same without Simon there to be a jerk and Paula there to love them all. And I saw way less of the stupid attention-seeking tryouts, which hopefully means good things for the show. I heard that this season's premier had some 30% lower number of viewers, which really surprised me.