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Yet another London studio quietly opened this week, hosting Simon Cowell’s ITV format Walk The Line, with plans to launch Leeds and Manchester sites next year. Versa Studios says it will cover 330,000 sq ft once the three sites are up-and-running. Versa London opened its doors last Sunday to host ITV format Walk The Li…

Simon Cowell is to be replaced by Take That singer Gary Barlow on upcoming ITV entertainment format Walk The Line. The genre-bending show from Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and ITV Studios’ rebranded Lifted Entertainment division was unveiled with fanfare over the summer and would have represented Cowell’s on-screen…

After all the performances, the laughs, the tears, the rooting and the disappointments, Simon Cowell’s America’s Got Talent’s two-hour season finale gave America its winner. The Season 16 Top 10 was around for Wednesday’s final results show. As usual, it was a Noah’s Ark of performers, including singers, an aerialist…

Simon Cowell is staying in business with NBCUniversal. The Got Talent and The X Factor creator has signed an expanded deal with the company, which includes a new unscripted series for streamer Peacock that he will produce and appear on screen in. The deal is the latest major talent deal for the company after…

UK broadcaster ITV has said that it has no plans to screen another season of Simon Cowell’s entertainment juggernaut The X Factor. The singing competition was due to return for a 16th season under a deal Cowell signed with ITV in 2019, but the plans have changed as the two parties switch their attentions to other…

Simon Cowell is to front a genre-bending ITV musical game show, which will combine a talent contest with a gaming element, as singers decide whether to stay in the competition or cash out. Walk The Line is the latest format from Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and will be produced for ITV in partnership with Lifted…

It’s a good day for Simon Cowell, who has extended his globe-conquering Got Talent franchise in two new directions. The music and TV mogul will dust off the variety show for Canada’s Citytv after it was last on the network for a single season in 2012. Cowell is also creating an America’s Got Talent live show in Las…

Simon Cowell has cancelled a planned stint as a judge on the new series of The X Factor Israel which is due to air on Reshet 13 later this year. The impetus for Cowell’s reported pulling out has not been officially clarified, although the Jewish News of London cited a source saying, "For a number of reasons, he just…

America's Got Talent, one of NBC's longest running reality series, is getting a spinoff and it's going to be extreme. The network has ordered AGT: Extreme from Simon Cowell and his Syco Entertainment company and Fremantle. The series will showcase the most outrageous and jaw-dropping daredevil acts. Each week extreme…

ITV has delayed production on its blockbuster entertainment show Britain’s Got Talent as coronavirus rampages across the UK. The Simon Cowell-created Syco Entertainment and Fremantle talent show was due to commence filming later this month, but this has now been postponed indefinitely amid a Covid-19 surge that has…

Simon Cowell is back in business and set to star as a judge on the Israel version of The X Factor. The music mogul has spent some of the second half of 2020 recovering from complex back surgery after an electric bike accident. He will be a judge on the fourth season of The X Factor in Israel, which airs on Reshet 13…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS is jumping back into the music competition reality arena in a big way, teaming with top producers Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Simon Cowell on 50 States To Stardom. I hear the network is in advanced discussions with Grazer and Howard’s Imagine Entertainment and Cowell’s SyCo Entertainment for the…