AP - Kara DioGuardi is following Ellen DeGeneres and Simon Cowell out the door at "American Idol."

AP - Bristol Palin said she didn't think twice before waltzing into "Dancing with the Stars," though she's barely danced in her life.

Reuters - Fox announced Friday what media reports have speculated for weeks: Kara DioGuardi is leaving "American Idol."

AP - From the mixture of hurt, anger and embarrassment on his face, Gordon seems like one of the last people who would want to open his life to cameras for a reality television show.

It's Labor Day weekend. The last hurrah of summer is upon us, and most theatre folk are less bent on practicing the business of show than they are squeezing whatever remaining hours of relaxation that Hurricane Earl will permit them. (Precious few, I'm guessing, if they are owners of Long Island beach properties. On the plus side, traffic to the Hamptons should be light this weekend.)

Reuters - NBC might have summer's most-watched show in "America's Got Talent," but the network's late-night ratings aren't so hot.