Simon Cowell's 'dream' is for his 11-year-old son to take over America's Got Talent

Simon Cowell's "dream" is for his 11-year-old son to take over 'America's Got Talent'.

The 65-year-old star - who has Eric with partner Lauren Silverman - is celebrating 20 years since the reality show began and not only can he see it running for at least another two decades, he hopes to keep the programme in the family and have his only child take his executive producer title one day.

He told People magazine: "I'm now looking at the next 20 years of this show - where does it go next?"

"And because it's so open to anyone, I really do have this feeling that whether it's me or whether it's Eric, my son, you're going to be having a conversation with us in 20 years time saying, 'Well, how was the 40th anniversary?' Because I can't imagine this show not being on now."

Simon admitted he has already "hinted" to Eric that he'd like him to follow in his footsteps.

Asked if he has spoken to Eric about working on 'America's Got Talent' in the future, he said: "I haven't really had that conversation. I've hinted at it.

"Fortunately like me, he loves these kinds of shows, which is a good start. I think he'd actually be a really good producer."