Abdul Lands Tv Deal With Oprah
By WENNWednesday, February 24, 2010
PAULA ABDUL is following in the footsteps of talk show queen OPRAH WINFREY after signing a deal for her own TV series on the mogul’s new broadcasting network.
Abdul stepped down from her last TV job, as a judge on hit reality show American Idol, in August (09) following an alleged pay dispute. She has since been replaced by chat show host Ellen DeGeneres.
But Abdul is preparing to relaunch her small screen career by taping a one-hour pilot episode for the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). The programme will reportedly feature celebrity guests and people telling inspirational stories in a similar format to the media mogul’s current U.S. chat show.
Meanwhile, the Straight Up hitmaker continues to fuel rumours she’s to rejoin former American Idol colleague Simon Cowell as a panelist on the U.S. version of his British talent show The X Factor.
Last week (ends21Feb10), Abdul told reporters: “I’m going back to my roots and doing a TV show that has something to do with my roots. I knew that I would not be able to say certain things. I want to be able to say everything right now, but I can’t.”
But Abdul insists she can handle more than one TV spot. She tells the National Enquirer, “If Ellen DeGeneres can do it…so can I!”
