"So You Think You Can Dance" Michael Jackson Tribute Nixed

July 9, 2009 9:47 p.m. EST

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - "So You Think You Can Dance", a popular FOX reality show, planned a Michael Jackson tribute Thursday, but plans changed when the show could not obtain licensing of Michael Jackson's music from the Jackson estate.

It is not clear whether the Jackson family or two long-time Jackson associates, John McClain and John Branca, refused the show rights to broadcast an on-air competition with the King Of Pop's music being featured.

Last week, Judge Mitchell Beckloff named McClain and Branca as executors of Jackson's estate, according to a will filed in 2002.

That judge removed Katherine Jackson, Michael's mother, and named the aforementioned temporary executors of the estimated $500 million estate until another court date scheduled for Aug 3.

Jackson's most valued asset is his 50 percent share in the Sony-ATV Music Publishing catalogue, which is valued at between $1.5 and $2 billion. After debt that asset is worth between $150 million and $400 million.

No one from the popular show was available for comment at press time, and calls to FOX television were not immediately returned.