Why Simon Cowell is about to quit "Idol"
With "The X Factor," as Richard Rushfield points out, "Cowell’s role will morph from in-house Idol diva to that of competitor trying to kill his old show." Simon, in effect, is walking away from "Idol" and challenging his biggest rival, Simon Fuller. "For years now," says Rushfield, "even as the show has continued to dominate the television landscape, life on the set was constantly tested by the love/hate battle that raged between American Idol’s creator (Simon Fuller) and its iconic star (Cowell)–a symbiotic relationship with stakes so high, few dared to imagine its end."
Fox orders "Glee's" 2nd season — search is on for 3 new cast members
"Glee" will hold a nationwide casting search to find "new fresh exciting voices" that will be filmed as part of a "Glee" special. PLUS: Olivia Newton-John coming to "Glee."
TV drama writers should stop feeding "revelation addicts"
"American television writing now needs its own equivalent of the slow-food movement, an antidote to all the OMG! pills we've swallowed each time someone turns up dead or divulges some sordid secret," Hank Stuever writes of all the revelations in this season's first two episodes of "Big Love." "What exactly is the rush? (Fear of boredom? Which leads to cancellation?)"
Taylor Kitsch leaving "Friday Night Lights"
This season will be Tim Riggins' last on the show.
"Bones" to flash back for Episode 100 with director David Boreanaz
Plus, there's going to be a "Bones" wedding.
