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"Nigel Lythoe has said that he relishes the idea of &amp;quot;dumbing down&amp;quot; television. The So You Think You Can Dance judge told The Guardian&amp;#039;s Media Talk podcast that reality talent contests are like the shows from his childhood &amp;quot;dressed up in a different way&amp;quot;. He said: &amp;quot;Dumbing down is something that I&amp;#039;ve always taken pleasure in doing. I try to entertain. I&amp;#039;ve laughed at bawdy humour for many, many years and if that&amp;#039;s being dumb, then I&amp;#039;m dumb. &amp;quot;I enjoy entertaining. I am there to let people enjoy themselves away from the mundane lives they lead. At the same time, with So You Think You Can Dance, I truly believe we have affected the culture in America.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;American Idol in America gets between 30 and 33 million viewers and the next programme - no matter how great you think Lost, Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy or any of these brilliant dramas are - is 50% of that audience. &amp;quot;The people that are calling them dumb and hating them - the writers of Lost and Grey&amp;#039;s Anatomy are the ones that are most vociferous about it - they are not the ones watching it.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Click here to read our interview with Nigel Lythgoe and Arlene Phillips "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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