Topic: Mike Darnell

Competition heats up as American Idol returns

Victoria Times-Colonist, Canada - 20 days ago
Tweet Comment 0 . American Idol returns on Wednesday for an 11th season, facing a new wolf at the door as it tries to retain its place as the No...

"X Factor" to return for second season on Fox

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News - 104 days ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Simon Cowell's new talent show "The X Factor" will return for a second season on television, Fox said on Wednesday, calling the show a "monumental success".Launched in September after almost a year of hype, "The X Factor ...

"Octomom" footage to get primetime showcase on Fox

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News - 919 days ago
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox will air a two-hour documentary special on Nadya Suleman, " The Incredible Unseen Footage," on August 19.The program draws from seven months of exclusive access to Suleman, starting with the birth of her octuplets in January.Fox ...

Voted Off the Job

Human Resource Executive - 1030 days ago
A new reality TV show that will let employees determine which co-worker will be fired may be tasteless, but could also provide a reflection of the alliances and biases of ordinary workplaces. Ordinary working Americans soon will have an opportunity for HR ...

Fox to make reality TV show out of company layoffs

AP News - 1043 days ago
Fox reality TV show will let employees decide who is laid off from their companyThe Fox network is letting employees of some troubled small businesses decide which one of their colleagues will be laid off and turning the results into a reality ...

Audience holds steady up for `American Idol'

AP News - 1125 days ago
`American Idol' audience increases on the show's second nightThe second night of " American Idol" delivered an unexpected gift to Fox.Its audience was virtually the same as the first night (30.4 million on Tuesday, 30.3 million on Wednesday), and ...

Burn Off: Strike Jury in Deliberations

Advertising Age - 1541 days ago
With Writers Guild of America contract negotiations resumed, the town is waiting for the first words to leak about how the talks are proceeding (and leak they will, media blackout or not). With a new report of backchannel progress being made running ...