Dick Clark Joins ‘Idol’ Creator On New ‘Bandstand’

Reuters reports Dick Clark, who presided over more than three decades of pop music as host of ‘American Bandstand,’ has teamed up with Simon Fuller, the creator of contemporary TV hit ‘American Idol’ to bring ‘Bandstand’ back to the airwaves. Clark, whose company has produced such perennial events as the American Music Awards and the Golden Globes telecast, said on Monday he is shopping an update of ‘American Bandstand’ to a number of networks, aiming for a summer 2005 debut.