(TCO 4) Several years ago, American Idol premiered as the first talent show in a couple of decades. Once the show became a hit and televised twice a week, other networks quickly created their own version of what they hoped to be a successful talent show format. Dancing with the stars and The Voice are the names of two of the shows that were created to compete with American Idol. At this point in time, the nighttime televised talent show genre has been around for a few years, no new shows have been introduced recently, and the three mentioned are still going strong according to ratings. This genre has entered which stage of its product life cycle? (Points : 5)

Growth stage Decline stage Commercialization stage Maturity stage Introduction stage