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American Idol is working overtime to convince us that its new, Simon Cowell-less judging panel isn’t going to be an unmitigated disaster. First came reports that Randy Jackson had become the new Simon Cowell, and now executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is saying that Jennifer Lopez will be the panel’s leader and that Steven Tyler is “smart.” “Randy, of course, has changed his persona.

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American Idol producer working hard to convince us new judges don’t suck

American Idol is working overtime to convince us that its new, Simon Cowell-less judging panel isn’t going to be an unmitigated disaster. First came reports that Randy Jackson had become the new Simon Cowell, and now executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is saying that Jennifer Lopez will be the panel’s leader and that Steven Tyler is “smart.” “Randy, of course, has changed his persona. Randy knows what he’s doing, so he’s there.

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American Idol producer working hard to convince us new judges don’t suck

American Idol is working overtime to convince us that its new, Simon Cowell-less judging panel isn’t going to be an unmitigated disaster. First came reports that Randy Jackson had become the new Simon Cowell, and now executive producer Nigel Lythgoe is saying that Jennifer Lopez will be the panel’s leader and that Steven Tyler is “smart.” “Randy, of course, has changed his persona. Randy knows what he’s doing, so he’s there

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American Idol producer working hard to convince us new judges don’t suck

TV News: Advertisers value lower local rates — All of a sudden, large broadcast groups are getting aggressive in developing their digital subchannels as a new revenue source.

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Networks develop digital channels

TV News: J.Lo pacts with ABC on dramatic comedy show — The networks continue to make room for J.Lo, who’s behind a new dramatic comedy set up at ABC.

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Nanny diaries for Jennifer Lopez

The last original American Idol judge, Randy Jackson, has taken Simon Cowell’s spot at the right side of the judges’ table, and will comment last. Jennifer Lopez is in the middle, and Steven Tyler is on the left and will critique contestants first

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Randy Jackson has Simon Cowell’s spot at the American Idol judges’ table

American Idol 10 had its big reveal of its new judges at 1 p.m. ET, and streaming the event live was a colossal failure. The video didn’t start until minutes after the event apparently did, and once the video went live, there was no sound until the very end

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American Idol 10: now with more technical screw-ups, and some new judges

At 1 p.m. ET today, American Idol will officially announce something we already know: Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler will join Randy Jackson as judges for the show’s 10th season. Ryan Seacrest will make the announcement and that will be followed by a press conference, although it’s not clear if that’s going to be a real press conference or a bullshit one like ABC’s DWTS cast announcement.

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Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler will officially join American Idol today during live event

TV News: Steven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez expected to talk Wednesday — Fox will finally unveil Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and pop diva/actress Jennifer Lopez as “American Idol’s” new judges next Wednesday.

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Fox to unveil ‘Idol’ judges next week