Unlike many other shows, however, Idol was facing the transition between pre-taped episodes and live episodes, which meant that Idol was running out of new content faster than a lot of scripted series also facing shutdown.
Now, American Idol has come up with a way to air new episodes despite having to nix the live shows, which were set to take over on April 6.
Like many other TV shows in recent weeks, American Idol had to halt production due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.