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"Idol" and "SYTYCD" may be sold to "Idol's" creator for $600M
"Idol" and "SYTYCD" creator Simon Fuller and a Barclays banker plan to submit a $600 million bid on Friday to purchase CKX Inc., which owns both "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance."
ABC declines to save "Ghost Whisperer"
The canceled CBS series, which is co-owned by ABC Studios and CBS Studios, won't be returning for a 6th season.
Crystal Bowersox almost sounds relieved that she lost "Idol"
"I knew Lee was going to win," she says. "I just had a feeling and I couldn't be happier for him. Lee deserves every minute of this."
Crystal and Lee sign "Idol" record deals
Lee DeWyze has signed to 19 Recordings Limited and RCA Records, while Crystal Bowersox has joined 19 Recordings Limited and Jive Records.
Gary Coleman in critical condition after fall
The "Diff'rent Strokes" star reportedly suffered a head injury after a fall on Wednesday.
Andy Richter to host "Pyramid" on CBS
Conan's sidekick could pull double duty, working as a game show host.
Cartoon Network making a Green Latern cartoon
"Green Lantern: The Animated Series" won't debut until something in mid-2011, when the movie comes out.
Niecy Nash: Nicole Scherzinger was too much of a pro for "Dancing"
"There were moments you couldn’t tell her from the pro dancers," says Nash. "I like to see the growth," she adds. "Nicole today is who she was when she got here — she was a great dancer and she still is."
Bravo gives Rocco DiSpirito his own chef-eliminating series
"Rocco’s Dinner Party" will follow the former "The Restaurant" star as he eliminates one of four chefs each week.
CBS' version of "The View" lines up Sharon Osbourne
Osbourne will tape a pilot with Sara Gilbert, Julie Chen and Holly Robinson Peete.
Michael Emerson's next gig is on the Science Channel
The "Lost" star will lend his voice to "Creating Synthetic Life."
"Royal Pains" is trading away Lacoste shirts for charity
All you have to do is give up your "gently used" summer shirt and you'll receive a gift card for a Lacoste shirt. In addition, for each shirt received, USA wil donate $10 to Doctors Without Borders.
Minor League baseball team will celebrate "Jersey Shore Night"
The Omaha Royals of Nebraska will give free admission to those dressed like Pauly D or Snooki, while also featuring a "fist-pump" cam.
Claim: Texting, instruments created "Idol's" "cute boy dynasty"
Would Kelly Clarkson or Carrie Underwood win "American Idol" nowadays? Perhaps not: "If three times makes a pattern," says Richard Rushfield, "'Idol' then has set in to what seems a hardened law that the winners will be exclusively low-key, cute, white, male rockers, as seen in the last winners David Cook, Kris Allen and now, Lee DeWyze." Rushfield points out that the "cute boy dynasty" started in 2007, when "Idol" first allowed singers to use instruments. "Since the rules were changed to allow instruments, the contest has been dominated by musicians, much more out of the rocker or singer/songwriter tradition, then pure songbirds," he notes. Also around 2007, says Rushfield, young people texting became widespread, which has resulted in them becoming a powerful voting block.
Lowest-rated May "Idol" finale: Just 24.2 million tuned in
Crystal Bowersox: I broke up with my boyfriend on Tuesday morning
Lee DeWyze fan: Even I didn't think he didn't deserve to win
"Idol's" voice coach joining Jay Leno // Watch Jimmy Kimmel Simon montage
Listen to the recorded versions of Lee's "Beautiful Day" and Crystal's "Mountain"
Bret Michaels: I didn't tell my doctors or family about "Idol" gig
"The doctors, I didn't tell them I was going to do this," he tells Us Weekly. "I never told them I was coming here. They're going to find out in a few minutes!" As for his family, "I may not have told them, either."
"Idol's" bandleader upset that his departure wasn't acknowledged
Ricky Minor, who's leaving for "The Tonight Show" after six seasons with "Idol," chwed out producers backstage, according to TMZ, after he was snubbed on last night's finale.
Did Ellen steal buzz away from "Idol" with Greyson Chance signing?
The 12-year-old YouTube sensation's signing to Ellen's record label apparently took some of the spotlight away from "Idol," at least on Twitter. As Simon Dumenco notes, "what we have here is a show whose iconic chief judge, Simon Cowell, just departed, and whose newest judge, Ellen DeGeneres, seemed to be way more interested, during finale week, in cultivating her own star-making powers, which have nothing to do with 'Idol.'"
ABC to remake "Alias"!?
According to E! Online, there's talk at ABC of doing a "reboot" of the J.J. Abrams series that ended in 2006 after a five-year run. The thinking is that a new "Alias" would keep "Lost" fans at ABC.
Maura Tierney may be headed to ABC
A year after dropping out of "Parenthood" to undergo treatment for cancer, Tierney is poised to join legal drama "The Whole Truth," where she'd replace Joely Richardson, who quit the project last month.
"Lost" DVD will feature an extended Hurley/Ben epilogue
Michael Emerson says of the bonus footage: "For those people that want to pony up and buy the complete 'Lost' series, there is a bonus feature — you could call it an epilogue, a lost scene. It's a lot, 12 or 14 minutes, that opens a window on that gap of unknown time between Hurley becoming number one and the end of the series." PLUS: "Lost" shatters BitTorrent download record.
"Project Runway" spinning off 2 shows with Santino, Austin, Heidi and Seal
Lifetime will send Santino Rice and Austin Scarlett across the country to help women who need a fashion makeover in one spinoff. In the other, "Love's Divine," Heidi Klum and her hubby will travel the country helping couples in need of coaching.
HBO to CBS: Please remove "Sopranos" connection from "Blue Bloods" promos
"Blue Bloods" creators Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green did indeed work as executive producers on "The Sopranos," as touted by the CBS promos. In fact, they won two Emmys as key lieutenants to David Chase. But apparently there was actual bad blood between the writing couple and Chase, who seems to be bothered by the "Blue Bloods" promos.
"Skins" movie gets a greenlight
The four-year-old British teen series, which MTV is remaking, is heading to the big screen in summer 2011 with stars taken from the show's two casts, as well as new additions.
Mia Michaels: I'm going to be the "artsy fartsy" judge on "SYTYCD"
"I'm all about the art of dance and the craft," she said in advance of tonight's season debut. "I'm sitting there in a very commercial world, but I come from a different point of view. What really turns me on with dance is the artistry, and the commitment, and the work ethic, and the craft."
Cat Deeley: Adrenaline will be pumping for live "SYTYCD" // More Deeley
Oprah lands Sarah Ferguson interview days after scandalous video
Daytime Emmys to pay tribute to Dick Clark
Why couldn't NBC show "Law & Order" some gratitude?
Hulk Hogan sues Cocoa Pebbles over lookalike character
2010: When the sitcom made a comeback
Lee: "Idol's" 3rd "Super-Safe Kinda Beige Rocker Boy winner" in a row
"Weirdly," says Lisa de Moraes, "tweener girls and middle-aged women seem to love to vote for these super-safe guys — they just don't buy their albums or download their tunes much." The part-time paint salesman, she notes, "became the franchise's third consecutive Super-Safe Kinda Beige Rocker Boy winner. DeWyze follows the super-safe Kris Allen who, similarly, in 2009 beat the spectacularly talented but ultra-polarizing guy-linered Adam Lambert, and 2008's super-safe David Cook, who beat out the spectacularly talented but creepily dad-dominated David Archuleta."
Did Crystal ever have a chance? She was too different, seemed too cocky
It seemed like a wake more than a finale: Couldn't Simon pretend to care?
Lee was the "underdog," while Crystal didn't have to prove herself
Will "Idol's" female voters ever allow another female to win again?
Burning questions: Where was Adam Lambert and David Cook?
What a sloppy, shamelessly amateur broadcast // Lee is the new Kris Allen
The lame tribute to Simon is a sign of bad things to come for "Idol"
"Idol" showed it is stuck in Bee Gees past, ignoring the current Bieber pop world
It's over: "Idol" as we know it is done // Crystal will top Lee over the long haul
Crystal is already beating Lee on iTunes charts // William Hung's comeback
"Idol's" Kanye moment: Ian Benardo crashed Dane Cook's performance
Bret Michaels makes surprise appearance, gives Lee advice
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