Abdul-less Idol?

While Season 8's winners are on the road and sharing their favorite movie scenes with us, and the next round of cattle-calls has already begun, the fate of Paula Abdul on the next season of American Idol is up in the air, and not looking good. Her manager told the LA Times that FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment have yet to produce even a draft of a contract: "Very sadly, it does not appear that she's going to be back on 'Idol.' ... I find it kind of unconscionable and certainly rude and disrespectful..." [LA Times]