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“Total F Up”: Baseball Rain Delay Pushes Tonight’s ‘X Factor’ To Tuesday, Will Preempt Comedy Block And Face NBC’s ‘The Voice’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 8:55pm PDTTags: Fox, Simon Cowell, X Factor
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They meet again! After a scheduling move by NBC pitted the network’s The Voice and Fox’s The X Factor during their premiere week, the two singing competition series will go head-to-head again on Tuesday after Fox rescheduled tonight’s episode because of baseball rain delay. “It what’s known as a total f up,” is how X Factor Simon Cowell summed up the situation on Twitter.

Fox first attempted to air X Factor tonight as scheduled on the East Coast despite a baseball rain delay that bled into primetime. After getting word that Game 3 of NLCS wouldn’t resume before the end of Fox’s primetime at 10 PM ET, the network began airing X Factor on the East Coast at about 8:40 PM. But about an hour later, word came that the game would start momentarily, prompting Fox to pull the X Factor feed to switch back to baseball. However, the game did not start right away but after a portion of a Mindy Project repeat. Compounding Fox’s woes tonight, a technical error had the East Coast feed of The X Factor air simultaneously on the West Coast.

As a result, X Factor has been pre-empted on the West Coast tonight, with an X Factor repeat airing instead. Tonight’s conclusion of the “Judges’ Homes round will air in its entirety next Tuesday from 8-10 PM. In addition to facing the hourlong Tuesday edition of The Voice, X Factor will preempt Fox’s fledgling Tuesday comedy block. The 9-10 PM comedies New Girl and The Mindy Project were already pre-empted for the Presidential debate this week and will be again on Nov. 6 for Election night coverage. Now their return will be delayed for another week, a very disruptive move, especially for a new series. Several weeks of a forced hiatus for baseball and X Factor last fall zapped then-freshman New Girl‘s great momentum. The hot comedy was down in its return to the schedule and never recovered.

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Britney Spears Nears Deal For ‘The X Factor’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 10, 2012 @ 6:13pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

I hear that Britney Spears is close to a deal to join Simon Cowell on the judging panel of The X Factor in Season 2. Spears had been in talks for the gig for over … Read More »

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Simon Cowell Plans ‘X Factor’ Stage Musical

By TIM ADLER in London | Monday September 19, 2011 @ 7:25am PDTTags: Mamma Mia!, Simon Cowell, Simon Fuller, X Factor

Simon Cowell may soon have a new venue to go head-to-head with his longtime rival, American Idol creator Simon Fuller: Both are planning musicals for London’s West End. Cowell wants to build a stage show around his global franchise X Factor. Cowell has approached Brit comedian Harry Hill to write the book and comedy music producer Steve Brown — who has worked with UK X Factor finalist Rebecca Ferguson — to come up with musical ideas. Cowell’s production company Syco tells me that it’s still in “very early discussions” about the show. Hill fronts popular ITV comedy TV Burp. Its latest season starts airing soon — right before the current UK run of The X Factor. The comedian pokes fun at clips of the previous week’s TV shows, often singling out Cowell’s music contest. Brown wrote the music for TV Burp and has also written for Cowell’s regular UK TV presenters Ant’n’Dec, so it’s all very much in the family.

Fuller — who is suing for an executive producer credit on the U.S. version of X Factor — is a step ahead with his planned West End stage musical Viva Forever, based on the songs of his pop group the Spice Girls. Producer Judy Craymer, who dreamed up the worldwide Mamma Mia! phenomenon, begins workshops next month and hopes to open Viva Forever by March 2013. The show promises “a glimpse of the underbelly of TV talent shows.” Brit TV comedian Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) has written the book. Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: UK, India, China

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 9:20pm PDTTags: Bollywood, Brian Cox, Disney, Fox, Imax China, India, ITV, Simon Cowell, X Factor

Simon Cowell Tries To Deflect Flak From ‘Red Or Black?’
The music and TV mogul said today “human error” was to blame after a man who did time for domestic abuse, Nathan Hageman, won the £1M jackpot on the game show’s … Read More »

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UPDATED: ‘American Idol’ Creator Simon Fuller Sues Fox & Fremantle Over ‘X Factor’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 20, 2011 @ 1:15pm PDTTags: American Idol, Fox, FremantleMedia, Lawsuit, Simon Fuller, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

2ND UPDATE 1:15 PM: Simon Fuller’s legal battle with Fox and FremantleMedia is quickly turning nasty, with the two sides throwing salvos at each other. Would they be able to bury the hatchet and maintain a decent working relationship on the upcoming 11th season of American Idol while the legal … Read More »

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Fox, Simon Cowell Break Silence, Confirm Nicole Scherzinger Will Replace Cheryl Cole On ‘X Factor’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 6, 2011 @ 8:56am PDTTags: Cheryl Cole, Nicole Scherzinger, Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

After a week of behind-the-scene drama, Fox, and X Factor USA producers Simon Cowell’s Syco TV and FremantleMedia this morning issued a statement confirming the … Read More »

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Never Mind: Cheryl Cole Asked To Return To Fox’s ‘X Factor’?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday June 4, 2011 @ 10:34pm PDTTags: Cheryl Cole, Fox, Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

The drama continues. After she was dropped from the U.S. X Factor and declined to return to the original British show, Cheryl Cole now may … Read More »

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Fox Schedule Intel: ‘Terra Nova’ On Monday?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday May 15, 2011 @ 1:56pm PDTTags: American Idol, Bones, Fox Schedule, Glee, House, Terra Nova, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Right after NBC, it is Fox’s presenting its fall schedule tomorrow. After making some major scheduling moves last year with shifting American Idol to Wednesdays and Thursdays and launching a Glee-anchored comedy block on Tuesdays, the network is expected to … Read More »

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‘The X Factor’ Paula Abdul Signs With CAA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 13, 2011 @ 6:43pm PDTTags: CAA, Paula Abdul, UTA, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of getting a new job as a judge on Fox’s X Factor, Paula Abdul is also getting a new agency representation. Abdul has just signed with CAA. For the past almost 2 years, since her abrupt … Read More »

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TV BAFTA Awards: ‘Boardwalk Empire’ Battles ‘Glee’ And ‘Mad Men’

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday April 26, 2011 @ 5:53am PDTTags: BAFTA, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boardwalk Empire, Doctor Who, Gillian Anderson, Glee, Mad Men, Martin Freeman, Steve Coogan, X Factor

Mad Men, which has won best international show at the Brit TV BAFTA awards for the past two years, is up against Boardwalk Empire, Glee, and Danish crime thriller The Killing. This year’s BAFTA TV awards will take place at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel on May 22, fronted by chat show host Graham Norton. BBC1 will televise the show on the night.

Misfits, the sci-fi drama that U.S. broadcasters are sniffing around for a remake, leads the nominations in four categories. The BBC’s Sherlock has three nominations in total, as do Channel 4’s drama Any Human Heart and the BBC’s The Road to Coronation Street, the story of how the UK’s longest-running soap nearly never made it on air. Other names known in Hollywood up for awards include Steve Coogan and Gillian Anderson, and The X Factor is nominated for Entertainment Programme.

The BBC leads the broadcaster noms with 51 nominations in total, followed by Channel 4 (26), ITV (8) and Sky (6), the highest-ever number of nominations for Rupert Murdoch’s pay-TV service, including the first-ever for a 3D program:

Philips British Academy TV Awards 2011 Nominations
Leading Actor/Programme/Channel
Jim Broadbent/Any Human Heart/Channel 4
Benedict Cumberbatch/Sherlock/BBC One
Daniel Rigby/Eric and Ernie/BBC Four
Matt Smith/Doctor Who/BBC One

Leading Actress/Programme/Channel
Anna Maxwell Martin/South Riding/BBC One
Vicky McClure/This Is England ’86/Channel 4
Natalie Press/Five Daughters/BBC One
Juliet Stevenson/Accused/BBC One

Supporting Actor/Programme/Channel
Brendan Coyle/Downton Abbey/ITV1
Martin Freeman/Sherlock/BBC One
Johnny Harris/This Is England ’86/Channel 4
Robert Sheehan/Misfits/E4

Supporting Actress/Programme/Channel
Gillian Anderson/Any Human Heart/Channel 4
Lynda Baron/The Road to Coronation Street/BBC Four
Lauren Socha/Misfits/E4
Jessie Wallace/The Road to Coronation Street/BBC Four

Entertainment Performance/Programme/Channel
Rob Brydon/The Rob Brydon Show/BBC Two
Stephen Fry/QI/BBC One
Harry Hill/Harry Hill’s TV Burp/ITV1
Graham Norton/The Graham Norton Show/BBC One

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ITV Confirms Simon Cowell Will Not Be Weekly Judge On UK ‘X Factor’

By TIM ADLER in London | Monday April 18, 2011 @ 7:23am PDTTags: Antonio "L.A." Reid, Cheryl Cole, Fox, ITV, Jennifer Lopez, Simon Cowell, X Factor

Peter Fincham, ITV’s director of TV, said this weekend that Simon Cowell will not be one of the main judges on the British X Factor. ITV is still holding out that Cowell will appear in the live shows toward the end … Read More »

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Report: Cowell Quits UK’s ‘The X Factor’

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday April 12, 2011 @ 7:05am PDTTags: Fox, ITV, Simon Cowell, Simon Cowell ITV, Syco, Talkback Thames, The X Factor Judges, The X Factor UK, The X Factor UK Judges, TV, X Factor

While he continues to do his tedious fan dance as to who will judge the U.S. X Factor, Simon Cowell has reportedly told Brit broadcaster ITV that he will not be judging this year’s home-grown version. According to the … Read More »

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Simon Cowell: ‘X Factor’ Nowhere Near Picking Remaining Judges

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 7, 2011 @ 3:21pm PDTTags: Antonio "L.A." Reid, Simon Cowell, The X Factor Judges, The X Factor US, TV, X Factor
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On a call promoting the new X Factor recording booths that are being dispatched to six cities for auditions, boss Simon Cowell shared his frustration over the dragged-out decision on who the remaining two judges will be, joining him … Read More »

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Simon Cowell Hopes To Announce Remaining ‘X Factor’ Judges “Very Shortly”

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 2:45pm PDTTags: Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

During a live chat on Twitter to drum up interest in the upcoming auditions for his new Fox reality series, the incredibly press savvy X Factor creator-star judge-executive producer Simon Cowell said that Cheryl Cole, judge on the British X … Read More »

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It’s Official: Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid Tapped As ‘X Factor’ Judge

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 18, 2011 @ 1:09pm PDTTags: Antonio "L.A." Reid, Fox, Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Fox just officially announced that Antonio “L.A.” Reid, who resigned yesterday as chairman of Island Def Jam Music Group, will join Simon Cowell on the judging panel of The X Factor. “L.A. was my number one choice to sit alongside me on the show,” Cowell said. “In … Read More »

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Record Executive L.A. Reid Negotiating For ‘X Factor’ Judging Gig

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 5:28pm PDTTags: Antonio "L.A." Reid, Fox, Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Well, now there will be two judges on big singing-competition series dropping Mariah Carey’s name. Sources confirm that Island Def Jam Music Group chairman and CEO Antonio “L.A.” Reid is in negotiations to join Simon Cowell’s upcoming X Factor on … Read More »

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Enrique Iglesias Approached For ‘X Factor’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 12:01pm PDTTags: Fox, Simon Cowell, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Simon Cowell and Fox may be looking to shake things up in the on-air department of the upcoming reality series X Factor. I hear pop star Enrique Iglesias has been approached to star on the singing competition series. … Read More »

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‘X Factor’ Wins At Royal TV Society Awards

By TIM ADLER in London | Tuesday March 15, 2011 @ 5:55pm PDTTags: David Tennant, Doctor Who, Sherlock, Simon Cowell, Steven Moffat, The Cove, X Factor

Simon Cowell and his X Factor producers won best entertainment show at tonight’s Royal Television Society awards in London. And BBC hit Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, beat ITV’s Downton Abbey to win best drama series. But Piers … Read More »

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‘X Factor’ To Feature Contestants Ages 12+: Winner’s Recording Deal To Be Worth $5M

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 7, 2011 @ 5:36am PSTTags: Fox, Fox The X Factor, Simon Cowell, Simon Cowell The X Factor, The X Factor, The X Factor Promo, The X Factor US, TV, X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

On the heels of Fox unspooling a new promo for Simon Cowell’s The X Factor during the Super Bowl, the network this morning made several X Factor-related announcements.

First off, the winner of the reality singing competition will be awarded a $5 million record deal, which the producers called “the largest guaranteed prize in television history”, with Syco, a joint venture between Sony Music and Cowell. Secondly, all singers and vocal groups 12 and over will be eligible to compete. American Idol this season brought down the lower end of the contestants’ age limit to 15, resulting in an influx of young talent. But, unlike Idol, X Factor doesn’t have upper age limit.  “I like the idea that a 12-year-old on this show can compete with an older singer and a singing group,” said Cowell. “I’ve never believed there should be a cut-off age for talent, and we are going to put our money where our mouths are with the $5 million recording contract. I’m doing this show in America because I genuinely believe we can find a superstar.” The show is yet to announce judges, with U.K. singer Cheryl Cole, a judge on the British Factor, considered a frontrunner according by the British press, which also lists U.S. singers Nicole Scherzinger and Katy Perry as contenders. Read More »

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