Simon Cowell In Talks With NBC For New U.S. Version Of ‘The X Factor’
deadline.comThe X Factor may be coming back the U.S. television, as creator and judge Simon Cowell appears to be in talks to revive the singing competition series on NBC.
Cowell said that the network had “offered us to make the show” during an interview with The Sun, adding: “Which means we’ll make the show here.” Sources tell Deadline that the deal isn’t done yet.
It would likely fall under Cowell’s expanded deal with NBCUniversal, which he signed last year. It is unclear how The X-Factor would fit alongside NBC’s existing singing competition flagship The Voice, which currently airs two installments a season, as well as Cowell’s variety hit America’s Got Talent, a summer staple, which also has spawned a winter All-Stars spinoff.
When Fox carried both American Idol and The X-Factor, they each aired one installment per season — The X-Factor in the fall, and American Idol in the spring.
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