Mike Darnell,
the president of Fox alternative programming told
Entertainment Weekly that the first season of
The X Factor was basically an audition year. He said,
"Season 1 was basically an audition act. Simon got one big new star out of it - L.A. Reid, and that was great casting. There's going to be a natural reassessment."I'm curious to see how much better it does with a new panel of judges. I truly think it didn't do ...