According to The Hollywood Reporter, reality TV overlord Ryan Seacrest is "in early talks" to get his own channel.

Interesting, because we thought he already had one: It's called E!. Does he really need another?

The man's presence is already felt all over the network: he hosts 'E! News,' pretty much all of their red carpet specials, and he created the network's prized reality hit 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians.' He also created 'Denise Richards: It's Complicated,' but that's neither here nor there. Plus, what would an episode of 'The Soup' be without a few cracks at his height?

In his free time (what free time?), the 'Crest hosts a daily radio show, 'American Idol,' 'American Top 40' and 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.'

While we certainly think Seacrest has the drive and the talent to pull off a channel of his own -- he's clearly tapped into the cultural zeitgeist with the myriad of reality shows he's developed -- in our minds, a Seacrest-only network would look and sound exactly like E!. And we don't need another E!.

He should just follow in Nick Cannon's footsteps and become "chairman" of E!, much like Cannon is chairman of TeenNick. The job consists of developing programming and serving as network spokesman, which Seacrest does already. Why not just make it official with a vanity title?

Side note: have you ever noticed how Seacrest and Cannon are eerily alike? They both host a popular reality talent competition ('American Idol' for Seacrest, 'America's Got Talent' for Cannon), they both host their own morning radio show ('On-Air With Ryan Seacrest' in L.A. and 'Rollin' With Nick Cannon' in New York) and they're both heavy into TV production (Seacrest with his E! shows, Cannon with TeenNick). We smell an evil twin conspiracy theory...

One bonus if the deal does, in fact, go through: Joel McHale could create a 'Soup' spinoff dedicated solely to Seacrest jokes. 'Lil Soup,' perhaps?