Oops!...Fox Did It Again

Network bolsters schedule with Britney, Demi and Mindy

It was perhaps the worst kept secret in the business, but when Simon Cowell on Monday afternoon introduced Britney Spears as one of The X Factor’s new celebrity judges, the crowd at the Beacon Theater let out quite a whoop, y’all.

“This year, we are going to seriously kick butt,” Cowell told the crowd of media buyers and advertisers assembled for Fox’s 2012-13 upfront presentation. “I promise you…we are going to make this the best series we’ve ever made.”

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