Paula Abdul returns to TV

And a grateful nation sighs with relief

May 24, 2010 at 6:06PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Hi everybody!
Hi everybody! (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

CBS's press release takes a deep breath and says, with a straight face:

And she chose the flowers for the dressing room and has a fabulous idea for these shoes everyone should wear on Tuesdays and she stays up until 2 AM making those little swirls on the cupcakes with marzipan and also she fixed the toilet it turns out the handle just needed to be juggled and also, Simon I hate you, take this, I am just as multi-talented but also beautiful and fierce but very much a caring person with people who love me.

The show's format is "American Idol" except with feet.

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