"American Idol" judge Randy Jackson is excited to have Ellen DeGeneres on board! Randy tells "Extra" he's "so happy" Ellen is joining him, Simon Cowell and Kara DioGuardi.

"Yo baby! You know we got love," Jackson said. Contestants and audience members should also get pumped! He added, "It's going go be fun. We're gonna rock the house every night!"

"Ellen's gonna be rockin', man," Randy confirmed.

The new season of "American Idol" starts in January.

In the days before Michael Jackson's star-studded funeral, the Jackson family announced they would release handout footage and photos to the media. MJ's younger brother Randy Jackson released a statement on Friday expressing his disappointment over unapproved aerial footage of the funeral used on television.

"I was dismayed last night and again today at the coverage I saw on television of our ceremony for Michael," Randy's statement said. "We had asked the media to respect the privacy and the sanctity of this event; to give us one moment of privacy to mourn as a family out of the public spotlight."

He added, "Unfortunately, despite a no-fly zone around Forest Lawn, many media organizations decided to ignore our wishes. They employed helicopters that not only surreptitiously recorded our private family ceremony, but also severely disrupted it."

Jackson is now asking for the footage to be permanently "pulled from the air."

Michael Jackson was buried at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, Calif. on Thursday. A public memorial was held for the music superstar on July 7 at Staples Center in L.A.

Michael Jackson's family has not shied away from the spotlight since the performer's sudden death on June 25. Now a Jackson brothers reality television show will be going forward.

A&E will air a one-hour pilot episode of Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon Jackson's as yet untitled show. The brothers began filming the project shortly before MJ passed away.

Episodes will reportedly focus on how the family is dealing with Michael's death. An airdate has not yet been decided.

"American Idol" judges Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson are breaking their silence to "Extra" about Paula Abdul leaving the show.

"I am sad," Simon admitted at the Denver auditions for the show. "She was like my best buddy, really, on the show. And you only realize how much you miss somebody when they're not there."

Jackson shared Cowell's disappointment at Abdul not returning to the judge's table. "She started on this journey with us together. Me and Ryan and Simon and her (sic) started this journey together. So, really shocked and really sad."

Randy adds that he isn't worried about Paula succeeding during her post-"Idol" days. "We love her. I'm sure she's going to be great whatever she decides to do and wherever that takes her. But she's still family she's still part of this as far as I'm concerned."

Kara wore black to the auditions and praised the support Abdul gave to contestants. "She was really the heart of the show. Incredibly nurturing to the contestants and was like that for me last year."

Host Ryan Seacrest also shared his sadness that Paula won't return to "Idol," and gave "Extra" an update on how Abdul is doing. "She seems to be doing just fine," Ryan shares. "It's one of those things that, as an outsider looking in, you hate to see it get to that situation where somebody feels like they've got to go and do something else but, we're there for her. We'll support her and hopefully we'll all be doing this for a long time."

Seacrest adds, "You never want to see anybody leave something like this, so we wish her the best we love her we've been friends for a long time."

Watch Paula Abdul and the other "American Idol" judges as they bring down the house in this footage pulled straight from the "Extra" vault.

A&E has been working on a reality show that followed members of the Jackson family around for months as they prepped for a new album and tour -- but since Michael's death, the network is now deciding what to do with the footage.

"We have started discussing internally and with the family but have not yet decided what direction to take with the show," A&E executives said in a statement. "We are respecting the family's wishes right now, and at the appropriate time we will all decide what direction this program to take, so stay tuned."

The footage, tentatively titled "The Jackson Family," followed Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy, and was originally intended as a "backdoor pilot" for a possible series. Producers haven't shot any footage since the pop icon's death.