If Seacrest isn’t given a pretty hefty incentive, there’s a good chance that American Idol will have to move forward without him.
The biggest question mark moving forward is still Ryan Seacrest, who hosted American Idol for all of its original 15 seasons on Fox.
Hosting American Idol in Los Angeles would undoubtedly be challenging for Seacrest, who just relocated to New York for his new job on Live With Kelly and Ryan.
There have been talks between Seacrest and ABC about working out a deal for a new contract, but nothing has been worked out yet.