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The Queen Monster's $90 million in earnings and mastery of social media pushed her past perennial winner Oprah Winfrey. Not that Oprah's doing badly.

Like Lassie and the Brady Bunch, it seems like the Simpsons family has always been with us. And now Fox has made sure America's favorite dysfunctional animated family will stick around for another year. But as the show sheds viewers, how much longer can it remain on the air?

Many fans skipped the San Francisco Giants vs. Texas Rangers, which is a pity because the Giants played some extraordinary baseball as they captured the World Series. The poor ratings may prompt advertisers to ask for "make-goods" -- free commercials.

Despite a slip in its ratings dip and the loss of man-we-love-to-hate Simon Cowell, American Idol remains the most expensive show on TV for advertisers. Why are they willing to pay close to half a million dollars for a 30-second spot? Young viewers, and lots of them.

As American Idol continues to fall flat with viewers, advertisers are flocking to the Super Bowl, which may just turn out to be the Hail Mary pass that Fox Broadcasting needs.

The talk show queen has agreed to increase her on-air commitment to The Oprah Winfrey Network. And Discovery is going to hike its funding for the joint venture it owns equally with Winfrey.

Sorry, American Idol fans, there will be no Paula Abdul in your future. According to E!, the singer-dancer-Idol judge signed a 7-figure contract with CBS that prohibits her from appearing on anything but CBS' version of 'Got to Dance,' including any competition shows on any other network, both...

Former Britain's Got Talent hopeful Emma Czikai is suing Simon Cowell and the show for $3.8 million, after her tender feelings got hurt following her rejection with two decisive "no's" and a "never" from Cowell when she butchered "You Raise Me Up." "With all due respect, Emma, it is a beautiful...

The search is intensifying to find a replacement for judge Simon Cowell, as preliminary auditions get under way for the 10th season of Fox's "American Idol." Fox is determined to snag a widely-known music industry figure for the post, and Hollywood Reporter says Chris Isaak has met twice with the...

Simon Cowell is calling it quits from Fox's American Idol after this season, he told the Television Critics Association on Monday. Cowell says he plans to focus on developing a U.S. version of the U.K. program The X Factor, in which he has an ownership interest.