| 01. Start It Up! | Jan 21, 2003 | |
| 02. Part Deux | Jan 22, 2003 | |
| 03. One Last Batch | Jan 28, 2003 | |
| 04. Cut 'em Up | Jan 29, 2003 | |
| 05. Eight Is Enough! | Feb 4, 2003 | |
| 06. Two To Tango | Feb 5, 2003 | |
| 07. Here We Go Again | Feb 11, 2003 | |
| 08. Oh, Who Will It Be?! | Feb 12, 2003 | |
| 09. Eight More Will Come Before Usa | Feb 18, 2003 | |
| 10. Get Ready To See Two Happy People. And Six Unhappy Ones. | Feb 19, 2003 | |
| 11. Last Batch | Feb 25, 2003 | |
| 12. Two By Two They March To The Finals | Feb 26, 2003 | |
| 13. Wild! | Mar 4, 2003 | |
| 14. I Need Results, Not Excuses! | Mar 5, 2003 | |
| 15. The Clean Dozen | Mar 11, 2003 | |
| 16. The First One Bites The Dust! | Mar 12, 2003 | |
| 17. Eleven Man Band | Mar 18, 2003 | |
| 18. One More Shall Fall | Mar 19, 2003 | |
| 19. 10, 9, 8a Ah, You Know How The Rest Goes | Mar 25, 2003 | |
| 20. Ten Will Become Nine | Mar 26, 2003 | |
| 21. You Kids Be Good! | Apr 1, 2003 | |
| 22. Not The Final Countdown! | Apr 2, 2003 | |
| 23. The Hits! | Apr 8, 2003 | |
| 24. Eight Minus One Is Seven (p.s. I Am Smart) | Apr 9, 2003 | |
| 25. (insert Clever Headline Here) | Apr 15, 2003 | |
| 26. One Will Go. Six Will Remain. A Recap Will Be Written. You Will Laugh At Least Once. | Apr 16, 2003 | |
| 27. Six Of One, Half Dozen Of Another. | Apr 22, 2003 | |
| 28. Six To The Five On A To The I | Apr 23, 2003 | |
| 29. And Then There Were Five (a Title That Can Be Used With Any Number) | Apr 29, 2003 | |
| 30. Five Minus One Equals Four. (and Other Simple Math) | Apr 30, 2003 | |
| 31. The Final Four Is A Trademarked Term, So I Won't Use It As A Cliched Title. | May 6, 2003 | |
| 32. Want To See A Magic Trick? Tonight Somebody Will Disappear! | May 7, 2003 | |
| 33. Trifecta! | May 13, 2003 | |
| 34. Soon, There Will Be Two. Very Soon, In Fact. | May 14, 2003 | |
| 35. Clay V. Ruben | May 20, 2003 | |
| 36. I Bet It'll Be Ruben! Or Clay! | May 21, 2003 | |
| 01. First Show, First Recap | Jan 19, 2004 | |
| 02. The Journey Continues! | Jan 20, 2004 | |
| 03. Night Three! | Jan 21, 2004 | |
| 04. Finally! A Show About California! | Jan 27, 2004 | |
| 05. Mokolokilikilanilaki! It's Hawai'i! | Jan 28, 2004 | |
| 06. The Road Is To Hollywood! (is Paved With Broken Dreams. And Asphalt.) | Feb 2, 2004 | |
| 07. You're Going To Hollywood! (for A Little Bit, At Least.) | Feb 3, 2004 | |
| 08. 87 - People Not Good Enough = 32 Finalists! | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| 09. Sing! | Feb 10, 2004 | |
| 10. Two Will Be Happy. Six Will Be Sad. Lots Will Be Watching. | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| 11. Sing Again! | Feb 17, 2004 | |
| 12. The Final Decision...but The Right One? | Feb 18, 2004 | |
| 13. I'm Back, Baby! | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| 14. You! Over Here! With The Rest Of The Finalists! | Feb 25, 2004 | |
| 15. Group Four! Then The Wild Card! | Mar 2, 2004 | |
| 16. Finally! Finalists! | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| 17. Wild Card Round (1) | Mar 9, 2004 | |
| 18. Wild Card Round (2) | Mar 10, 2004 | |
| 19. 12 Finalists Have Been Chosen | Mar 16, 2004 | |
| 20. Clay Aiken Returns | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| 21. 1 Down 11 To Go | Mar 23, 2004 | |
| 22. Soon There Will Be 10 | Mar 24, 2004 | |
| 23. 10 Contestants Sing | Mar 30, 2004 | |
| 24. 10 - 1 = 9 | Mar 31, 2004 | |
| 25. Elton John Theme | Apr 6, 2004 | |
| 26. Tamyra Gray Returns | Apr 7, 2004 | |
| 27. 8 Left To Compete | Apr 14, 2004 | |
| 28. Down To 7 (battle Of The Jo(h)n's) | Apr 15, 2004 | |
| 29. 7 Sing!! | Apr 20, 2004 | |
| 30. 6 Remain - Barry Manilow Visits | Apr 21, 2004 | |
| 31. 6 Perform | Apr 27, 2004 | |
| 32. 6-1=5 Is The Result | Apr 28, 2004 | |
| 33. 5 Idols Sing | May 4, 2004 | |
| 34. Only 4 Remain | May 5, 2004 | |
| 35. 4 Idols Perform | May 11, 2004 | |
| 36. Only 3 Idols Remain | May 12, 2004 | |
| 37. 3 Sing | May 18, 2004 | |
| 38. Now Down To 2 | May 19, 2004 | |
| 39. Fantasia Barrino Vs. Diana Degarmo | May 25, 2004 | |
| 40. And The Winner Is..... | May 26, 2004 | |
| 01. Washington D.c. Auditions | Jan 18, 2005 | |
| 02. St. Louis, Missouri Auditions | Jan 19, 2005 | |
| 03. New Orleans, Louisiana Auditions | Jan 25, 2005 | |
| 04. Las Vegas, Nevada Auditions | Jan 26, 2005 | |
| 05. Cleveland, Ohio & Orlando, Florida Auditions | Feb 1, 2005 | |
| 06. San Francisco, California Auditions | Feb 2, 2005 | |
| 07. American Idol Takes The Auditions To The Next Level...hollywood! (1) | Feb 8, 2005 | |
| 08. Hollywood Auditions Continue (2) | Feb 9, 2005 | |
| 09. Auditions Continue In Hollywood (3) | Feb 15, 2005 | |
| 10. Auditions Continue In Hollywood (4) | Feb 16, 2005 | |
| 11. The Top 12 Boys Perform Live | Feb 21, 2005 | |
| 12. The Top 12 Girls Perform Live | Feb 22, 2005 | |
| 13. First Result Show Of The Season | Feb 23, 2005 | |
| 14. Ten Males Perform Live | Feb 28, 2005 | |
| 15. Ten Females Perform Live | Mar 1, 2005 | |
| 16. Who Has America Chosen To Stay And Who Will Go Home? | Mar 2, 2005 | |
| 17. Eight Males Perform Live | Mar 7, 2005 | |
| 18. Eight Females Perform Live | Mar 8, 2005 | |
| 19. Top 12 Revealed | Mar 9, 2005 | |
| 20. Top 12 Finalists Perform For The First Time! | Mar 15, 2005 | |
| 21. One Must Go Home Tonight! | Mar 16, 2005 | |
| 22. American Idol's Top 11 Perform | Mar 22, 2005 | |
| 23. It's Down To The Top 10 | Mar 24, 2005 | |
| 24. Top 10 Perform Live | Mar 29, 2005 | |
| 25. It's Down To The Top 9 | Mar 30, 2005 | |
| 26. American Idol's Top 9 Perform | Apr 5, 2005 | |
| 27. Find Out Who's Been Eliminated From The Top 9 | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| 28. Top 8 Perform | Apr 12, 2005 | |
| 29. Who Is Eliminated From The Top 8 | Apr 13, 2005 | |
| 30. Top 7 Perform | Apr 19, 2005 | |
| 31. Who's Out Of The Top 7 | Apr 20, 2005 | |
| 32. Top 6 Perform | Apr 26, 2005 | |
| 34. Top 5 Perform | May 3, 2005 | |
| 36. American Idol's Final 4 Perform! | May 10, 2005 | |
| 38. American Idol's Final 3 Perform | May 17, 2005 | |
| 40. Bo Bice Vs. Carrie Underwood | May 24, 2005 | |
| 41. And The Winner Is....... | May 25, 2005 | |
| 01. Auditions #1 (chicago, Il) | Jan 17, 2006 | |
| 02. Auditions #2 (denver, Co) | Jan 18, 2006 | |
| 03. Auditions #3 (greensboro, Nc) | Jan 24, 2006 | |
| 04. Auditions #4 (san Francisco, Ca) | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| 05. Auditions #5 (las Vegas, Nv) | Jan 31, 2006 | |
| 06. Auditions #6 (austin, Tx) | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| 07. Auditions #7 (boston, Ma) | Feb 7, 2006 | |
| 08. Hollywood Round #1 | Feb 8, 2006 | |
| 09. Hollywood Round #2 | Feb 14, 2006 | |
| 10. Hollywood Round #3 | Feb 15, 2006 | |
| 11. Performance Show Females #1 (top 12) | Feb 21, 2006 | |
| 12. Performance Show Males #1 (top 12) | Feb 22, 2006 | |
| 13. And Then There Were 20... | Feb 23, 2006 | |
| 14. Performance Show Females #2 (top 10) | Feb 28, 2006 | |
| 15. Performance Show Males #2 (top 10) | Mar 1, 2006 | |
| 16. And Then There Were 16... | Mar 2, 2006 | |
| 17. Performance Show Females #3 (top 8) | Mar 7, 2006 | |
| 18. Performance Show Males #3 (top 8) | Mar 8, 2006 | |
| 19. And Then There Were 12... | Mar 9, 2006 | |
| 20. Top 12 Perform Live | Mar 14, 2006 | |
| 21. And Then There Were 11... | Mar 15, 2006 | |
| 22. Top 11 Perform Live | Mar 21, 2006 | |
| 23. And Then There Were 10... | Mar 22, 2006 | |
| 24. Top 10 Perform Live | Mar 28, 2006 | |
| 25. And Then There Were 9... | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| 27. And Then There Were 8... | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| 01. Phoenix Auditions | Jan 13, 2009 | |
| 02. Kansas City Auditions | Jan 14, 2009 | |
| 03. San Francisco Auditions | Jan 20, 2009 | |
| 04. Louisville Auditions | Jan 21, 2009 | |
| 05. Jacksonville Auditions | Jan 27, 2009 | |
| 06. Salt Lake City Auditions | Jan 28, 2009 | |
| 07. New York City & San Juan, Pr Auditions | Jan 29, 2009 | |
| 08. Hollywood Round 1 | Feb 3, 2009 | |
| 09. Hollywood Round 2 | Feb 4, 2009 | |
| 10. Hollywood Round 3 | Feb 10, 2009 | |
| 11. Hollywood Round 4 | Feb 11, 2009 | |
| 12. 12 Semifinalists (group 1) Perform | Feb 17, 2009 | |
| 13. 3 Finalists Chosen | Feb 18, 2009 | |
| 14. 12 Semifinalists (group 2) Perform | Feb 25, 2009 | |
| 15. 3 Finalists Chosen | Feb 26, 2009 | |
| 16. 12 Semifinalists (group 3) Perform | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| 17. 3 Finalists Chosen | Mar 4, 2009 | |
| 18. Wild Card - 3 Finalists Chosen | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| 19. Top 13 Finalists Perform | Mar 10, 2009 | |
| 20. Two Voted Off Live | Mar 11, 2009 | |
| 21. Top 11 Finalists Perform | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| 22. One Voted Off Live | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| 23. Top 10 Finalists Perform | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| 24. 1 Of 10 Voted Off | Mar 26, 2009 | |
| 25. Top 9 Finalists Perform | Mar 31, 2009 | |
| 26. 1 Of 9 Voted Off | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| 27. Top 8 Finalists Perform | Apr 7, 2009 | |
| 28. 1 Of 8 Voted Off | Apr 8, 2009 | |
| 29. Top 7 Finalists Perform | Apr 14, 2009 | |
| 30. 1 Of 7 Voted Off | Apr 15, 2009 | |
| 31. Top 6 Finalists Perform | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| 32. 2 Of 7 Voted Off | Apr 22, 2009 | |
| 33. Top 5 Finalists Perform | Apr 28, 2009 | |
| 34. 1 Of 5 Voted Off | Apr 29, 2009 | |
| 35. Top 4 Finalists Perform | May 5, 2009 | |
| 36. 1 Of 4 Voted Off | May 6, 2009 | |
| 37. Top 3 Finalists Perform | May 12, 2009 | |
| 38. 1 Of 3 Voted Off | May 13, 2009 | |
| 39. Top 2 Finalists Perform | May 19, 2009 | |
| 40. Winner Revealed | May 20, 2009 | |
| 01. Boston Auditions | Jan 12, 2010 | |
| 02. Atlanta Auditions | Jan 13, 2010 | |
| 03. Chicago Auditions | Jan 19, 2010 | |
| 04. Orlando Auditions | Jan 20, 2010 | |
| 05. Los Angeles Auditions | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| 06. Dallas Auditions | Jan 27, 2010 | |
| 07. Denver Auditions | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| 08. Best of the Rest | Feb 3, 2010 | |
| 09. Hollywood Round, Part 1 | Feb 9, 2010 | |
| 10. Hollywood Round 2 | Feb 10, 2010 | |
| 11. Hollywood Round, Part 3 | Feb 16, 2010 | |
| 12. Hollywood Round, Part 4 - Top 24 Semifinalists Announced | Feb 17, 2010 | |
| 13. Top 12 Female Semifinalists Perform | Feb 23, 2010 | |
| 14. Top 12 Male Semifinalists Perform | Feb 24, 2010 | |
| 15. First Results Show | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| 16. Top 10 Male Semifinalists Perform | Mar 2, 2010 | |
| 17. Top 10 Female Semifinalists Perform | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| 18. Results Show | Mar 4, 2010 | |
| 19. Top 8 Female Semifinalists Perform | Mar 9, 2010 | |
| 20. Top 8 Male Semifinalists Perform | Mar 3, 2010 | |
| 21. Top 16 Results Show | Mar 11, 2010 | |
| 22. The Top 12 Finalists Perform For The First Time | Mar 16, 2010 | |
| 23. One Of The Top 12 Must Go Home Tonight! | Mar 17, 2010 | |
| 24. The Top 11 Finalists Take The Stage Live | Mar 23, 2010 | |
| 25. Find Out Who Is The Next Finalist To Be Eliminated | Mar 24, 2010 | |
| 26. The Top 10 Take The Stage Live | Mar 30, 2010 | |
| 27. Find Out Who Is The Next Finalist To Be Eliminated Tonight!! | Mar 31, 2010 | |
| 28. The Top 9 FinalistsTake The Stage Live | Apr 6, 2010 | |
| 29. Find Out Who Stays And Who Goes Home Live! | Apr 7, 2010 | |
| 30. Top 9 Perform Again | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| 31. 2 of 9 Voted Off | Apr 14, 2010 | |
| 32. Top 7 Perform | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| 33. One of 7 Voted Off; Idol Gives Back | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| 34. Top 6 Perform | Apr 27, 2010 | |
| 35. 1 of 6 Voted Off | Apr 28, 2010 | |
| 36. Top 5 Perform | May 4, 2010 | |
| 37. 1 of 5 Voted Off | May 5, 2010 | |
| 38. Top 4 Perform | May 11, 2010 | |
| 39. 1 of 4 Voted Off | May 12, 2010 | |
| 40. Top 3 Perform | May 18, 2010 | |
| 41. 1 of 3 Voted Off | May 19, 2010 | |
| 42. Top 2 Perform | May 25, 2010 | |