Paula Abdul and New Star Search?
If you are in your 20s-30s you have probably heard of Star Search with Ed McMahon. It is basically one show that showcases a bunch of people with talent every week and then the audience/judges give them a rating out of 4 stars. The winner int eh category comes back the next week to taken a new challenger. They have all kinds of categories like female singers, dance groups, and comedians. Basically all the crap reality entertainments shows rolled into one without all the stupid stories.
With my new cell phone signal booster today I read that Paula Abdul is in talks to bring it back. Abdul, 47, is finalizing a deal to help ABC launch a new version of Star Search, the classic TV talent contest from the ’80s, according to Entertainment Weekly. The network isn’t commenting, but Abdul would reportedly juggle a combination of hosting and judging duties for the show, which could debut this summer.
The original Star Search, hosted by Ed McMahon, ran in syndication from 1983 until 1995 and featured comedy, modeling and dancing as well as singing. It featured performances by many future stars, including Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears in the early ’90s. A revival on CBS in 2003, hosted by Arsenio Hall, fizzled after just two seasons, though a young David Archuleta was the junior vocal champion in 2003.
