American Idol creator Simon Fuller sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and Fremantle on Wednesday for an executive producer credit and fees for the upcoming Fox show X Factor. The suit creates an exceedingly awkward situation for Fox, which airs Idol and will debut X Factor in September, and Fremantle, which produces both shows.
“This better bloody work or I am in huge trouble,” the producer says as he prepares to launch the high-stakes X Factor on Fox. This time, the harshest critic sticks his own neck out.
Media buyers have already pegged The X Factor as fall’s breakout new hit, but Fox is leaving nothing to chance. The network will air an extended preview of the show next Tuesday night as a lead-in to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which usually ranks as its most-watched program of the summer, hoping to draw the biggest possible audience for its splashy new show.
After a swirl of rumors that Cole would be dropped, Fox and X Factor producers confirmed the switch Monday that moves Nicole Scherzinger from co-host to judge of the show created by Simon Cowell.
After she was dropped from the U.S. X Factor and declined to return to the original British show, Cheryl Cole now may rejoin the Fox version.
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The American Idol alum appeared with Cowell and fellow judges Cheryl Cole and Antonio “L.A.” Reid at the show’s first taping Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Simon Cowell wants his new Fox talent series “The X Factor” to include controversy, vocal groups and, maybe, Paula Abdul on the judging panel. “We’ve spoken […]
Simon Cowell’s newest show, The X Factor, is due to premiere on Fox next fall and will feature what the network says is television’s largest prize: a record contract worth $5 million.
Fox will announce today that Pepsi is the sole season-long sponsor for The X Factor, a competition Simon Cowell is bringing to the United States.
