BREAKING:Stern fires Mandel from AGT

[Missypooh RN]

shit gets real tonight....kind of getting windy already.

good luck - stay safe!!

[Spazzmatazz]

shit gets real tonight....kind of getting windy already.

So is Mandel a lib or conservative? I'm trying to keep up here.

[tv910]

Imagine how bad that show is going to be with Wiggy bullying the new judges into agreeing with him and hogging the spotlight even more. Of course, when the ratings tank and they fail to find anyone with real talent he'll blame it on everyone else. More face time and influence for Wiggy = DISASTER of epic proportions.

[Spazzmatazz]

shit gets real tonight....kind of getting windy already.

[Double Blizz]

Not at all. I just call them as I see them.

[Nemo]

Sharon Osbourne is quitting 'AGT' after NBC axes Jack

• By SEAN DALY
• Last Updated: 12:11 AM, August 7, 2012
• Posted: 1:23 AM, August 6, 2012

EXCLUSIVE

Sharon Osbourne is quitting "America’s Got Talent" after a nasty dispute with NBC involving her son, she told The Post.
The long-time TV judge, 59, is fuming over how the network’s new reality TV series "Stars Earn Stripes" cut ties with son Jack, 26, after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Producers of the "Stars Earn Stripes" show — which will pit celebrities against one another in military training exercises -- fired Jack by e-mail two days before he was to report to work, then lied about it to the press, Osbourne claimed.
AP
‘HEALTH RISK’: Sharon Osbourne says NBC sent her an e-mail telling her it had booted son Jack from an upcoming show because of his multiple sclerosis.


"I just can’t be fake," she said. "It’s discrimination, and it was badly handled."
After a series of heated exchanges with NBC brass over the issue, Osbourne said, she has decided not to return next season to top-rated "AGT."
"It’s time to move on," she said.
While Osbourne remains under contract, "They can’t make me do something I don’t want to do," she insisted. "All they can do is stop me from being a judge on another network for five years."
Osbourne said ‘AGT’ producer Simon Cowell had tried to make peace between the network and his longtime friend but that she's not budging.
Things first turned ugly in June when Jack appeared on his mother’s daytime series "The Talk," claiming he was fired from the military-style competition because of his newly disclosed condition.
But at a "Stars and Stripes" press conference in LA last month, producer David Hurwitz heaped fuel on the fire, insisting that Jack was never hired to begin with.
"He was somebody we were in talks with," Hurwitz said.
Both Osbournes admit his 50-page contract was never formally signed.
But they contend that all parties were moving forward on a good-faith, verbal commitment, which is commonplace in the industry.
"I was working without a signed contract right up until the live shows started on ‘America’s Got Talent,’" Osbourne noted. "Everything is done at the last minute. We took six months to negotiate back and forth."
Jack was first contacted by NBC in April.
After coming to what he considered a binding agreement to participate, he received an e-mail May 18 from Chuck LaBella, the network’s vice president of Talent Relations.
"We are looking forward to working with you," it said. "I am happy you are going to be in the NBC family."
A month later, Jack went public with his condition.
Sharon Osbourne provided The Post with an e-mail she said she got from NBC soon after, just two days before Jack was due to report to work in June.
"Regretfully, we cannot move forward with Jack’s participation," it said.
An NBC rep acknowledged that serious discussion had been taking place for many weeks and that all parties were hopeful he would join the show. A phone message was left in early June, but in the interest of time, it was necessary to follow up by e-mail, the rep said.
"An NBC executive did initially leave a message for Ms. Osbourne," the rep said. "However, when we received no return call we sent an email in the interest of time. Further Ms. Osbourne was offered the opportunity to discuss the situation with another NBC programming executive but declined."
According to producer Hurwitz, "The rigors of the show were too intense for him."
Jack -- who successfully completed a 30 mile, 16 hour endurance race in January -- said he offered to purchase his own insurance policy but that producers declined.
Osbourne claimed that an NBC executive offered to pay Jack his full appearance fee to smooth things over but that she refused.
"He didn’t want the money," Osbourne said. "He wanted his gig. It gave him something to look forward to when he was diagnosed.
“Think of the good that it could have done to show other people who have this [condition] that your life is not over.”
A network rep said: “Sharon has been a valuable part of the NBC family. We regret any misunderstanding and wish Jack well.”

a few days before this she said she hadn't been asked back to AGT.....a day before that Stern mentioned on the radio show that Sharon wanted more money. (HOWARD was ground ZERO...shocking!!!)

we went through all this at the time.

BTW NBC said Jack could be a part of the show....just not a contestant because of his illness.

[gyp rosetti]

Not at all. I just call them as I see them.

[Rufus Teefus]

https://www.facebook.com/nbcagt

Where is Howie Mandel??
https://twitter.com/nbcagt/status/29991929071338291



This is Nemo reporting for Dawg100 News!
#boobs please

[Nemo]

good luck - stay safe!!

[isabella]

Mandel loved doing AGT.
Stern got both Howie and Sharon fired!!!!!!!

do we know that howie is definitely not coming back? and is there going to be a change in format to highlight "america's judge"? if so then i have no doubt that howard has become a miserable scumbag. he cultivated their friendship (howie & sharon) now he sabotages them?
that's really low....i hope agt implodes and howard is shown to be the backstabbing douche he has become.

[FishySausage]

I have no doubt this was Howard's doing. What are the chance they're both gone the season after he gets there. Booey and Robin are going to be the new hosts.

That's the most ridiculous, crazy, outright ludicrous thing I've heard today.
How much pull do you think this entertainment fossil has?? Yeesh.
Whatever the NBC brass is doing regarding this POS show has nothing to do with Howard A. Stern. This I guarantee you

[Nemo]

Imagine how bad that show is going to be with Wiggy bullying the new judges into agreeing with him and hogging the spotlight even more. Of course, when the ratings tank and they fail to find anyone with real talent he'll blame it on everyone else. More face time and influence for Wiggy = DISASTER of epic proportions.

Stern will allegedly cut a safety wire for a live show death allegedly
Imagine the ratings ....

[Coconut Sid]

Are they really having trouble finding new judges to work with Howard? They should have picked replacements by now.

[Nemo]

pack a bowl....

[MarvelComics85]

Should be fun.

[Bye You!]

pack a bowl....

god i haven't heard that in years.

[Missypooh RN]

a few days before this she said she hadn't been asked back to AGT.....a day before that Stern mentioned on the radio show that Sharon wanted more money. (HOWARD was ground ZERO...shocking!!!)

we went through all this at the time.

BTW NBC said Jack could be a part of the show....just not a contestant because of his illness.

I don't remember hearing anything BUT that Sharon quit AGT ....

I still can't imagine Wiggy having two of his "friends" let go... let's be honest: he ain't got many friends to begin with. Sharon, and to a lesser degree, Howie, are friends of his show.

And I gotta agree with FishySausage on this point: how much pull can Howard really have on network TV? He's a 100% pure has been.

[MarvelComics85]

what a fucking douche!!!!!


srs, how does he fucking live with himself? what a total piece of shit he is.

Last year didn't open your eyes that he was beyond a megalomaniac.

[Bye You!]

Last year didn't open your eyes that he was beyond a megalomaniac.

i saw that way before last year...but he stlil amazes me with how low he will sink.

[Xent]

Wow. Two of my fb friends like the agt page. You guessed it.......both flamboyant.

A lot of people I work with who hated him and his radio show, love him on AGT. It annoys me but he does have his AGT fans out there.