ABC Eyes Paula for Dancing With Stars

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 9, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
ABC Eyes Paula for Dancing With Stars
Paula Abdul arrives at Nickelodeon's 2009 Kids' Choice Awards at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion earlier this year.   (Getty Images)

Paula Abdul has bailed on American Idol, but if execs at ABC have their way she may be back to reality TV soon. "We would love to have her on Dancing With the Stars," the network's president tells People. “She’s a huge talent. There’s an empathy that balances out Idol, and we’d love to get a piece of that." Whether Abdul would be a fourth judge or dancer remains open.
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