Posted on 02/05/2010 11:37:14 AM PST by dead
"American Idol" producers are eager to hire Howard Stern to replace Simon Cowellas the show's tough-talking judge, sources tell Page Six.
An insider said that producers of the hit Fox show say Stern, America's highest-paid radio personality, is their top choice to take over from Cowell, who leaves at the end of this season. They approached the King of All Media after he repeatedly mentioned on-air that his exclusive Sirius XM Radio deal expires next January and he was open to other offers. Cowell was paid $50 million a year.
A source connected to "Idol" said, "It's one of the few shows that could compete with Stern's $100 million-a-year Sirius contract, and 'Idol' bosses think he'd be even nastier than Simon.
"They know he would be great TV and would clash with the other judges such as Ellen DeGeneres and the contestants. 'Idol' will do what it takes to sign him."
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My kids enjoy watching Idol. Ellen Degenerate is bad, but they will never ever watch the show again with Stern.
Ellen I can tolerate. They put that foul mouthed idiot Stearn on and forget it.
>>>I don’t don’t know why they choose Ellen. Her sitcom was a flop, her talk show a flop, she’s not funny, she has no professional music background.
You may have a future as president of NBC. You remind me of people talking about how Limbaugh’s television show failed, not realizing how many years it actually ran. Ellen’s sitcom ran for five seasons, and her talk show last numbers I saw was the highest rated daytime talk show passing Oprah last year.
You’re right about Stern though.
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