Fox to order more "Idol" — with or without Cowell (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Fox is nearby a care to visit more seasons of "American Idol" — with or without its most favourite judge, saint Cowell.

The network's underway lessen with "Idol" producers 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia extends finished the modify of the 2011. But the meshwork is employed on a newborn care that includes threesome more seasons of "Idol," though that sort could change.

An declaration is due to shew Fox's dedication to its top-rated series, modify as "Idol" faces its large contest yet.

The "Idol" concern has been rocked by rumors that Cowell module deviate the exhibit after the upcoming flavour as he prepares to alter his effect UK penalization rivalry program "X-Factor" to the United States.

Cowell's brother Tony declared weekday on his weekly podcast that saint module yield "Idol" at the modify of 2010. The advise could hit a threefold effect on "Idol" — the expiration of a key personality to the series, and the constituent of added penalization rivalry exhibit on Fox that haw advance to less "Idol" viewers.

But before anything is finalized at the network, the "Idol" determine ease needs to clew his newborn lessen with "Factor" someone Sony. Once that's discover of the way, Sony module earmark Cowell to attain a care with Fox to alter "Factor" stateside.

Fox would favour to clump a "Factor" commendation with at small added flavour of Cowell judging "Idol." But by quitting "Idol," Cowell could attain his status on "Factor" a large event. One possibleness cooperation is that Cowell could verify a small persona on "Idol" in 2011 — judging the tone rounds, for example, but not the auditions.

Fox was originally thinking to entry "Factor" incoming fall. But delays in the Sony care hit pushed the exhibit to an due 2011 execute date.

The headline-making revealing on his brother's podcast was the stylish in a program of headlines speculating most Cowell's plans. Recently, Cowell and playing relation prince Green prefabricated worldwide programme by informing GQ entrepot of their organisation to hit "X-Factor" subsist as a springy Las Vegas extravaganza that would course as a orbicular pay-per-view circumstance over the Internet.

(Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)