Cowell to appear in 'Apprentice'-style show

Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is set to appear in a new show along the same lines as Donald Trump's The Apprentice

Called Mogul, the new show would follow a similar format and air - perhaps somewhat unsurprisingly - on the FOX network in the States.

Speaking to Broadcast, Cowell said that the show was in the "first stages of development."

In The Apprentice, the highest-rated new series of last year, sixteen hopefuls vied for the position of president at one of Trump's companies. Cowell's version would see a number of contestants trying to land a lucrative job in the record business.