Judges Simon Cowell (l to r) & Paula Abdul are reunited on THE X FACTOR, along wtih Nicole Scherzinger and L.A. Reid.

Guess who’s back? It’s America’s favorite man to hate. Simon Cowell will soon be telling aspiring singers the unvarnished truth on his new show The X FACTOR on FOX…or will he?.

Set your calendar reminders now to tune in to FOX 50 on Wednesday, Sept 21 and Thurs, Sept 22nd at 8pm for THE X FACTOR: Highlighting FOX Sports All-Star pregame coverage.

• Could Simon be turning into a nice guy? For a fun sneak peak now, check out this promo video on FOX 50.com here.

The highly anticipated singing competition will be hosted by Steve Jones and features judges Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, L.A. Reid and Nicole Scherzinger.

THE X FACTOR will award the next superstar solo artist or breakout musical group with a $5 million recording contract with Syco/Sony Music.

Don’t miss it!

Thanks to FOX 50’s Kevin Kolbe for this capcom scoop & to FOX.com for these capcom graphics.