' 'Idol' will be on the downslide unless they can find a way to replace all of the energy and enthusiasm Paula generated,' one reader says.
By Kyle Anderson
Two episodes of the ninth season of "American Idol" <link> are already in the books, and while the narrative about it beingSimon Cowell's final season <link> has yet to really emerge, there is one story line that has been front and center: the absence of original "Idol" judge Paula Abdul <link> .
Wednesday on the MTV Newsroom <link> blog, we asked readers whether they really missed Abdul's presence <link> on the...