Simon Cowell is talking to familiar faces to sit beside him at the judges table on Fox's "The X Factor."

FOX announced today that THE X FACTOR will launch in the U.S. in the fall of 2011. Simon Cowell, who created and launched THE X FACTOR in the U.K.

As if we aren't getting sick of reporting this every year and you aren't sick of reading it, "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell has decided to quit the top-rated TV talent show when

American Idol judge Simon Cowell says he will leave the most popular show on television if it ever slips from the top spot in the ratings.