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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…

Almost a year after Gabrielle Union was fired as a judge from America's Got Talent after just one season, she and NBC have come to a deal over her claims of misconduct and racial discrimination on the show and at the Comcast-owned network. “We've reached an amicable resolution,” said NBC and Union in a concise joint…

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell’s production outfit Syco Entertainment has said that it does not expect to be “materially impacted” by Covid-19, despite disruption to some of its biggest shows this year following the outbreak of the disease. In its earnings for the 18 months to the end of September 2019, the company…

Kenan Thompson is the latest member of the NBC family to fill in for Simon Cowell on his NBC competition series America's Got Talent. The SNL star will serve as a guest judge on this Tuesday and Wednesday's live telecasts of the Terry Crews-hosted AGT, alongside fellow judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum and Sofia…

Simon Cowell helped jump-start Kelly Clarkson’s career with her win on the first season of American Idol, where he arguably was the most influential judge. Now she is returning the favor by filling in for Cowell as a judge on his NBC reality series America’s Got Talent. Clarkson will serve as a guest judge on this…

2ND UPDATE SUNDAY 6:30 PM: Simon Cowell was in good spirits on Sunday night in his first public comments after the surgery to repair his broken back following an electric bike accident. In a message posted on Twitter and Instagram series of tweets, he shared “some good advice” on safely using an electric bicycle and…

Simon Cowell won’t appear on NBC’s America’s Got Talent‘s first two live shows this season, Tuesday Aug. 11 and Wednesday Aug. 12. The news comes a day as the AGT judge is recuperating from surgery following an accident at his Malibu home. Cowell fell while testing his new electric bike Saturday afternoon. According…

Simon Cowell is to take full control of Got Talent and The X Factor producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment's stake in the joint venture. Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a…

Louis Tomlinson, a former One Direction member, announced on Twitter today he is parting ways with Simon Cowell’s Syco Music. Tomlinson has been with Syco Music since One Direction’s inception on The X Factor in 2011. Syco Music is a subsidiary of Syco Entertainment, a joint venture by Simon Cowell and Sony…

UPDATED at 10.25AM with a statement from producers: Former The X Factor contestant Misha B has spoken candidly about her experience performing on the Simon Cowell-created talent show, saying that producers foist an ‘”angry black girl narrative” on her. Misha B took part in the 2011 season of The X Factor, at which…

Despite a detailed complaint from Gabrielle Union over alleged misconduct on and off the set of America's Got Talent, a parsing NBC said Thursday that NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy never directly threatened the former judge on the Simon Cowell-created series. "The allegation that anyone involved in this…

NBC may say it's all over and done with, but Gabrielle Union doesn't think so, and the former America's Got Talent judge is taking Simon Cowell, Universal TV, Syco Entertainment and Fremantle Productions North America to task and likely to court over what really went down on the competition series last season – and…