Just call it the “Adam Lambert Clause:” Adam Lambert’s racy performance at last week’s American Music Awards has caused ABC to review the steps it takes in preparing for live broadcasts, Disney’s head of television said yesterday. ABC and Disney executives are looking at ways to avoid a redux of the American Idol runner-up’s sexually charged stagefest during his live Nov. 22 performance at the AMA.
“We certainly don’t want to suppress artistry at any level, but we also have to be cognizant of who our audience is,” Anne Sweeney, president of Disney/ABC Television Group, said at the Reuters Media Summit on Monday.
One of the steps under consideration is securing promises from musicians that their live performances won’t veer away from what’s been done in rehearsals. The artists would be held to their promises by contractual obligations.
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