The X Factor’s return: ‘Simon Cowell is like a cross between Steve Bannon and an Irish wolfhound’

The autumnal reality staple is back! But despite some new Robbie-shaped additions, it’s never looked so flat, joyless and bored of its own existenceThe nights are drawing in, the kids are back at school and, like a turd that just won’t flush, The X Factor (Saturday, 8.25pm; Sunday, 8pm, ITV) is back on the telly. Mustering a sense of occasion for the arrival of this autumn staple is akin to throwing a party to celebrate a new train timetable. System improvements are habitually prom...

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