Paula Abdul can't get a break.

The American Idol judge's new reality TV show for Bravo, Hey Paula, has bombed.

Its first two original half-hours kicked off last Thursday with only 607,000 total viewers.

That number was well off the pace for the opening episodes of such Bravo shows as Top Design (1.76 million), Top Chef (1.28 million) and Being Bobby Brown (1.1 million).

It's safe to say that the almost 30 million viewers a week that were watching American Idol were NOT tuning in for Paula Abdul.

Simon Cowell, who also is a judge on the highly successful X Factor and Britain's Got Talent shows, must be getting a good chuckle out of this!