Out with the old, in with the shock jock?
America’s Got Talent is said to be zeroing in on outspoken radio personality Howard Stern as a replacement for departing judge Piers Morgan, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Morgan announced his AGT exit on Wednesday’s edition of Piers Morgan Tonight, stating, “I’m leaving America’s Got Talent after 6 wonderful years. Turned out that juggling’s harder than it looks…”
Talent’s seventh season is slated to debut in 2012, with or without rumored replacement Stern.
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• Good news for Anderson Cooper. His syndicated talk show Anderson, which has only been on the air for two months, has scored a second season renewal.
• Curb Your Enthusiasm star J.B. Smoove has joined the cast of NBC’s midseason comedy Bent. According to TVGuide.com, Smoove will play an electrician co-worker of David Walton’s womanizing contractor, Pete.
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• Sullivan Stapleton and Philip Winchester (who play Sgts. Scott and Stonebridge) are officially set to return for Season 2 of Cinemax’s Strike Back, as are Rhashan Stone and Michelle Lukes (aka Sinclair and Richmond). The action-drama’s 10-episode sophomore run begins shooting in South Africa in January, to debut later in 2012.
• St. Louis Cardinals third baseman and World Series MVP David Freese has booked a cameo in ABC’s midseason cross-dressing comedy Work It, EW.com reports.
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