Brit singer Cheryl Cole, who had been a judge on the original British version since its inception, was dropped from the U.S. version after the first two audition cities last season and replaced by singer Nicole Scherzinger (who got replaced this season by Britney Spears)--Cole is suing the dummy corp of producers FremantleMedia North America and Simon Cowell's SYco, Inc. for not giving her the second season guarantee of $2M (like the Animaniacs, she had a pay-or-play contract) and various allowances for the first season:
http://www.thewrap.com/tv/article/x-factor-castoff-cheryl-cole-files-23m-lawsuit-against-producers-68466 BTW, "Animaniacs" reruns return on the Hub in January. Now THAT'S comedy! -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
