LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tyra Banks is hosting the 12th season of "America's Got Talent." NBC said Sunday that the supermodel, Emmy-winner and creator of "America's Next Top Model" will be joining the competition series alongside returning judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel. 
 
 Banks will be taking over hosting duties from Nick Cannon, who left the show earlier this year after eight years in the post. Banks said she looks forward to "connecting with the dreamers" and will try to get a few to "smize" for the audience. 
 
 Contestants in the popular summer series come out to show off a wide array of talents to compete for a $1 million prize. 
 
 Episodes will be aired live this summer from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. ||||| Presenter Heidi Klum greeted the models on stage before the show was pulled 
 
 The live final of a reality television show, Germany's Next Topmodel, was taken off air after a bomb scare at the venue where it was being filmed. 
 
 As many as 10,000 spectators were evacuated from the arena in Mannheim, in south-west Germany. 
 
 Reports say model Heidi Klum and judges on the show were the first to leave the arena, before the audience were removed. 
 
 Police say they received a bomb threat from an anonymous female caller. 
 
 They investigated a suspicious suitcase but later said no bomb had been found. 
 
 The show was interrupted at about 21:30 local time on Thursday (20:30 BST), with technical problems blamed. 
 
 Shortly afterwards, broadcaster ProSieben said it would not be airing the programme, which is one of Germany's most popular shows. 
 
 Audience members were escorted outside, and later told to go home 
 
 Thousands of people had been watching the live finals inside the arena 
 
 Police said the audience left the SAP Arena calmly. But ARD television reported that many left their jackets and bags behind. 
 
 Klum, who hosts the show, later tweeted (in German): "Dear GNT fans, the evening has not ended as I would have wished! Safety comes first!" 
 
 Newspaper Bild said Klum, her daughter Leni and the show's judges had been taken to an undisclosed location outside the venue. 
 
 The finalists joined Heidi Klum (centre) for a photo call ahead of the show 
 
 Four young women were competing in the finale of the 10th series of Germany's Next Topmodel, based on model Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model. 
 
 Klum said the producers would announce the name of the winner in the next few days. ||||| CLOSE The long-running music competition series "American Idol" is coming back for the 2017-2018 season on ABC instead of FOX. USA TODAY 
 
 Original 'American Idol' judges Randy Jackson, left, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell returned for the series finale in 2016. Fox says it's "too soon" for a return, though ABC will give it one. (Photo: Matt Sayles, AP) 
 
 This ... is American Idol, on a new network. 
 
 The singing competition, which set ratings records over a storied 15-year run on Fox but was canceled last spring, is being resurrected on ABC. 
 
 The Disney-owned network confirmed the news early Tuesday, providing no details about judges, a host, timing or the duration of the series, though it's been speculated that a shortened season will begin next spring on Sunday nights. The show's previous seasons, about 20 weeks each, stretched from mid-January to mid-May. 
 
 TMZ first reported Idol producers FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment's talks with ABC after earlier discussions with NBC ended. 
 
 As for who might be back? 
 
 TMZ says Ryan Seacrest, who joined the Disney family only last week as the new co-host of Live with Kelly!, "seems interested" in returning as host, though Seacrest Monday played coy on Live!, saying, "I don't know if I can host it." 
 
 If the show remains in Los Angeles, as expected, Seacrest would have to jet back and forth each week during live Idol episodes. But Live!'s previous co-host, Michael Strahan, did the same thing each week during NFL season, when he moonlighted as a host of Fox NFL Sunday in Los Angeles, though the weekend gig didn't pose as direct a conflict. 
 
 Simon Cowell, the judge who vaulted the show to fame, is now executive producer and a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent. NBC is also the new network home of fellow judge Jennifer Lopez, who has a major deal to produce and star in a new reality-competition series, World of Dance (premiering May 30) in addition to her current detective drama Shades of Blue. 
 
 Idol was the top-rated show for eight seasons of its run, peaking in its fifth with an average of more than 30 million viewers (and 36 million for its May performance finale). But by the end of its run, Idol drew only about one-third of that audience, even as the show's expenses — some judges were paid $15 million a season — skyrocketed. Fox announced a planned final season in 2015, and the show ended its run only last May, after NBC's The Voice had eclipsed it. 
 
 While ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey, in a statement, called Idol "a pop-culture staple that left the air too soon," former executive producer Nigel Lythgoe expressed skepticism about the speedy return, telling Variety, "it feels a little too soon to bring it back." But ABC has been struggling on Sundays with dramas, ranks fourth among the major networks and with no NFL contract, can sorely use another reality hit. And all of the networks have struggled in recent attempts to launch new unscripted hits; NBC's Little Big Shots,which started strongly, already has faded in its second season. 
 
 Although ABC found success adapting two other British reality hits, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and Dancing with the Stars, it has failed in several attempts to clone Idol. Among the notorious bombs were The One: Making a Music Star, a costly summer series that opened with 3 million viewers and was canceled after two weeks in 2006; and Rising Star,which aired in 2014 and featured contestants singing behind partitions. But Idol has a built-in (if faded) fan base, and the reboot will likely be heavily promoted during ABC's Oscar telecast, typically the highest-rated entertainment program each year. Except for that time Idol beat it. 
 
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– Tyra Banks is hosting the 12th season of America's Got Talent, the AP reports. NBC said Sunday that the supermodel, Emmy-winner, and creator of America's Next Top Model will be joining the competition series alongside returning judges Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, and Howie Mandel. Banks will be taking over hosting duties from Nick Cannon, who left the show earlier this year after eight years in the post. Banks said she looks forward to "connecting with the dreamers" and will try to get a few to "smize" for the audience. Contestants in the popular summer series come out to show off a wide array of talents to compete for a $1 million prize. Episodes will be aired live this summer from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Tyra Banks, Stanford professor?)