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“Superstars of Dance,” hosted by Michael Flatley (“Lord of the Dance”), is a breathtaking international dance competition led by executive producers Nigel Lythgoe and Simon Fuller, two of the masterminds behind “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance.” The unique series will pit the masters of various dance genres from eight countries against [...]

Idol ' producer wants Abdul to stay

Producers expect Paula Abdul (center), seen with fellow “American Idol” judges Randy Jackson (left) and Simon Cowell, to return for the show’s eighth season in January. When talk turns to “American Idol” these days, it’s one of the first questions that surfaces. You know. The Paula Abdul question. Specifically, does occasionally ditzy judge Abdul have [...]

Fan death made Idol's Cowell think long and hard

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Acerbic “American Idol” judge Simon Cowell said on Wednesday the apparent suicide of a former contestant and obsessed fan forced him to think “long and hard” about his blunt comments to hopeless singers on the show. But in his first detailed comments about the fan’s death in November, Cowell said the [...]

Is it time for reality TV to go away?

It was announced yesterday that CTV would not produce a new season of Canadian Idol, their once popular reality TV show. But maybe it’s time to give all competitive reality TV a big re-think. In November, when a former contestant on American Idol killed herself in front of the house of Idol judge Paula Abdul, [...]

Planned 'Idol' Changes: Less Audition Episodes, More Semi-Finalists

Eight seasons in, American Idol is still being the powerhouse it has been.  But, of course, some things have to change, or else the entire thing becomes boring and stale, and viewers have one less thing to look out for when the show finally returns next month.  Executives at Fox have long hinted that there [...]

Paula Abdul's Spot Safe as 'Idol' Gears for Four-Hour Premiere

Thanks to whoever leaked that memo over the weekend, we already had an idea of what changes American Idol—which will premiere on January 13 on Fox—will undertake before the official press conference was held yesterday.  Here goes the recap: first, there will be less audition episodes and more Hollywood episodes; second, there will be 36 [...]

Nigel Lythgoe Responds to Abdul-Goodspeed Controversy

Nigel Lythgoe, former executive producer of American Idol, who is now focusing on So You Think You Can Dance and his new NBC series Superstars of Dance, has responded to Paula Abdul’s recent claims that American Idol producers knowingly sent in Abdul’s stalker to audition in front of the judges in season 5 of American [...]

‘Friday Night Lights’ shines again Jan. 16 on NBC; ‘Superstars of Dance’ set to debut Jan. 4

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ NBC says “Friday Night Lights” will make its season debut on the network in January, along with the new reality shows “Superstars of Dance” and Howie Mandel’s “Howie Do It.” NBC said Tuesday that the third season of “Friday Night Lights” will begin airing Jan. 16. In an unusual arrangement, the [...]