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Simon Cowell has put pen to paper on a new five-year deal for Britain’s Got Talent with UK broadcaster ITV. It represents ITV’s longest commitment to the variety show since it launched in 2007 in the UK, and comes as America’s Got Talent is mired in controversy amid an NBC investigation into working conditions. Britain…

Simon Cowell is on the brink of inking a record deal for Britain’s Got Talent, as NBC investigates the workplace culture on the U.S. version of the show, America’s Got Talent. A source said Cowell is in the final stages of talks with ITV over a new five-year agreement for the variety show, which will be the longest…

Magic Mike Live is finally heading to London after creator and star Channing Tatum revealed the news live on the final of Britain's Got Talent. The high-profile live show, which is based on the 2012 film starring Tatum and Matthew McConaughey and directed by Steven Soderbergh, will land in London in November at the…

UPDATED with show being pulled: ITV has pulled its hit show Saturday Night Takeaway this coming weekend after co-host Ant McPartlin was involved in a suspected DUI yesterday. The presenter will now return to rehab, the broadcaster said. No decisions have been made about the final two episodes of the show, due to be…

ITV has moved the Britain's Got Talent finale from Sunday night to Saturday night (June 3) so it won't clash with Ariana Grande's upcoming benefit concert for victims and families of the Manchester attacks. The One Love Manchester concert, which will feature performances from Grande, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry…

ITV has signed a new three-year deal with Simon Cowell's production banner Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK for hit shows Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor. The new partnership will commence in spring 2017 with Britain's Got Talent and the The X Factor in the fall. "Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor…

UPDATE, AUGUST 17: Fitting for the dog days of summer, the case of Britain's Got Talent and the canine finale-act switcheroo has reared its head once again. After a detailed investigation into the events of the May 31 Season 9 ender, British media regulator Ofcom today ruled that ITV was in breach of Rule 2.14 of the…

ITV is extending its relationship with Simon Cowell for another three years. The British network has pacted with Cowell and Sony's Syco Entertainment and FremantleMedia UK to keep reality competition series The X Factor UK and Britain's Got Talent on the air through the end of 2016. Britain's Got Talent will return to…

Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald Prep Documentary On Malala Yousafzai Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are to produce a feature-length documentary chronicling the story of 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student who last year survived a brutal assassination attempt by the Taliban. Davis Guggenheim is…

The 7th season of Simon Cowell‘s Britain’s Got Talent concluded Saturday night with Hungarian shadow dance troupe Attraction crowned the winners. But it was during the performance of third place Welsh singing brothers Richard and Adam Johnson that a woman raced on stage and started pelting judges Cowell, Amanda…

As Simon Cowell put it yesterday, Britain’s Got Talent has “gotten some stick” in the past few weeks. Viewers have reacted to what they perceive as inappropriate acts on the show, and also to the fact that some current contestants have previously appeared on TV. Cowell took to Twitter on Sunday to address the latter…

Simon Cowell‘s Britain’s Got Talent dropped slightly on Saturday from its debut last week, scoring 10.3M viewers for a 47% share, UK network ITV said. The show peaked with an audience of 12.1M, but that was down from a high of 13M on April 13. After going head-to-head with BGT last week, rival show The Voice UK moved o…