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Don’t expect Howard Stern to take over for Simon Cowell on ‘Idol’
By Courtney Hazlett
The Scoop
msnbc.com
updated 8:59 p.m. ET, Sun., Feb. 7, 2010
No ‘Idol’ for Howard Stern
According to reports by the New York Post's Page Six, radio shock jock
Howard Stern has had talks with Fox about being the replacement for
Simon Cowell when he leaves “American Idol.”
This comes after Stern said, cryptically, that he “was approached by a
major TV network to take over a TV show and leave here and do that
next year — and I did turn it down . . . I’m not even sure if I want
to be working. I’m waiting to see what happens.”
It might be a long wait, according to one source close to the show,
who says that regardless of Stern turning down an alleged offer, he
wasn’t likely to make any sort of short list.
“Being controversial is one thing, but being downright divisive, like
Stern would be? That’s another issue entirely,” the source said. “He’s
mainstream in his own right, but he’s not so much family-friendly.
He’d be a huge gamble for the network. “I don’t see it happening even
if he agreed to it.” |
