Ryan Seacrest has committed to more “American Idol.”

Fox announced late Monday that it had re-signed the host of the singing-competition series.

“Ryan is one of a kind,” Mike Darnell, Fox Broadcasting’s president of alternative entertainment, said in a statement. “His ability to engage the viewers, keep the contestants at ease during intense moments and adapt to any situation, especially during the live shows, solidifies him as the absolute best in the business.”

The network did not specify the length of the deal. But trade paper Variety reported that Seacrest had been signed for two more seasons and that he will make $15 million a year to host the two-nights-a-week show for five months a year.

To put that report in perspective, that’s a little more than half the salary Matt Lauer, NBC’s “Today” star, is being paid to anchor the morning program.

The signing comes just days after Seacrest informed Matt that he was joining the “NBC family” and that his first assignment would be to help Matt cover the Summer Olympics in London. That on the heels of months of speculation that Seacrest would be groomed to eventually co-anchor “Today.”

But for the next two years, at least, Seacrest is tied to “American Idol,” which remains the country’s most-watched program. “Idol” is broadcast live from Los Angeles — unlike “Today,” which is broadcast live from Manhattan.

Lohan is Lifetime’s Liz

Lifetime finally confirmed that tabloid darling Lindsay Lohan has been cast as Elizabeth Taylor in its biopic “Liz & Dick.”

See? Perpetual Internet hype-whisper does sometimes become fact.

Negotiations for that bit of casting were reported last fall, in the thick of Lohan’s interesting party, rehab, jail, house arrest, morgue-internship period.

Only in March was Lohan able to turn her attention back to “acting,” via a guest-hosting gig on “Saturday Night Live,” for which she got mostly poor reviews but really good ratings. Lohan attracted 7.4 million people to the March 3 “SNL” broadcast — the second-most-watched “SNL” of the season, behind only the episode hosted by NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. (Barkley had a huge ratings advantage because of a prime-time NFL playoff game that Saturday night.)

“Eureka!” shouted Lifetime. “We have our Liz!” — at least the network did in the Lohan biopic in our head.

“We are thrilled Lindsay will portray beloved Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor,” Lifetime Networks executive veep Rob Sharenow said in Monday’s announcement. “She is one of the rare actresses who possesses the talent, beauty and intrigue to capture the spirit of such a provocative icon.”

“I am very honored to have been asked to play this role,” Lohan said, returning the compliment. “I have always admired and had enormous respect for Elizabeth Taylor.

“She was not only an incredible actress but an amazing woman as well.”

Larry Thompson (“Lucy & Desi”) is producing “Liz & Dick,” and Christopher Monger (HBO’s “Temple Grandin”) is writing, but no word Monday on who will play “Dick” — a.k.a. Liz Taylor’s husband and frequent co-star Richard Burton — or when the flick will premiere.