The American Idols is an American animated musical dramedy miniseries and the first one developed and aired for/in The CC (Cartoon Comedy), with five episodes announced for the miniseries.
Plot
It is about a fictional band named "The American Idols", composed of singers who each come from a different genre. The miniseries looks into each of their lives and personal struugles during their band years and before their band break-up. The show also takes place in the 1970's.
Characters
- Eli (Thurop van Orman), a country singer who dons a cowboy outfit as his "gig".
- Maria (Kath Soucie), a psychedelia, hippe singer, and Eli's love interest.
- Samuel (Neil Patrick Harris), a disco singer, who is handsome, rich and loves Maria along with Eli.
- Hiro (Keich Michael Richardson), a rapper.
- Paul McCartny (Tim Curry), a rock and roll singer, who used to be in a rock-'n-roll band called "The Cockroches", a parody and allusion to The Beatles.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Original broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | |||
| 1 | 5 | August 24, 2015 | August 28, 2015 | |
Series (2015)
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original airdate | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hiro" | Jason Muto | Maria Sanchez | August 24, 2015 | 102 |
| Hiro is adored by the band, but certainly not by others off-stage due to his being African-American. In fact, he's sent death threats and hate mail on a basis and he tries to handle it to no avail. Due to this, he has a break from the band in order to compose himself. Unfortunately, he ends up snapping when someone breaks into his house and tries to rob his house in an act of hate, and shoots the robber in the scene. He ends up getting arrested and sentenced to 2 years due to the robber surviving. This causes him to leave the band, much to his dismay. In prison, after failing to handle all of the negative things which happened in his life, Hiro commits suicide. A funeral is then held for him and the remaining members of the bad read his eulogy together. | |||||
| 2 | "Eli" | Jason Muto | Rex Stein | August 25, 2015 | 104 |
| 3 | "Maria" | Jason Muto | Rex Stein | August 26, 2015 | 102 |
| 4 | "Samuel" | Jason Muto | Tanner Britton | August 27, 2015 | 101 |
| 5 | "Paul McCartny" | Jason Muto | Ursula Reynolds | August 28, 2015 | 105 |