What happened to Dunkleman?

[Lager]

What happened to Brian Dunkleman? The co-host of the first American Idol with Ryan Seacrest. How come Seacrest gets elevated to A-list status while we never hear from Dunkleman?

Why didn't Dunkleman benefit from this? Last time I saw him, he played a waiter at a Chinese restuarant in That 70's Show.

 

[Lager]

Anybody know?

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Fox apparently elected not to sign him for the second and subsequent seasons (though the official buzz at the time was that he elected not to resign because it would interfere with his comedy career - I find that wildly improbable).