Network may agree to bring Simon Cowell’s British show to U.S. to keep him on ‘Idol.’ By Eric Ditzian Simon Cowell Photo: Steve Granitz/ WireImage With Simon Cowell ruling the judges’ table, “American Idol” launched in 2002, spun-off from its British predecessor, “Pop Idol.” “Pop Idol,” meanwhile, stalled in the U.K. and “The X Factor,” a singing competition created by Cowell, rose up to replace it in 2004
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