Cowell: 'X Factor' will still get 20M viewers

Simon Cowell tells Access Hollywood he was misunderstood when he told a trade magazine he?d consider it a ?disappointment? if ?The X Factor? didn?t pull in 20 million viewers on its first outing on FOX.

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?That was a slight misunderstanding. I wasn?t saying I want 20 million for the first episode. I said we wanna hit 20 million,? Simon told Access, attempting to cast a new light on his previous comments to The Hollywood Reporter.

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?Of course that went out there and I thought, ?I have really opened my big mouth here because anything now under 20 is a disaster,? ? he added. ?As much as people want you to succeed, there?s a ton of people that want you to fail and I took a bit in the neck that first day.?

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Simon did, however, tell Access he predicts ?The X Factor? will draw in 20 million viewers at some point.

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?I do believe ? in time, because I believe in the show ? we?re gonna hit those numbers,? he told Access.

?You?ve gotta remember ? this is a new show,? he added.

In addition to commenting on those number predictions, Simon also offered a further description of what ?D.O.A.,? which he recently used with L.A. Reid during the audition rounds, means.

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?We use this expression on the show ?D.O.A.? ? Dead On Arrival. Anyone under the age of 21 who?s cute, who?s got talent (and is) female (is)] not gonna get through,? he said, referring to what he and L.A. say between themselves when Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger veto a female contestant.

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?The X Factor? returns for its third week of episodes on Wednesday at 8/7 on FOX.

Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44768969/ns/today-entertainment/

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