Some networks wait a lifetime for a moment like this.
ABC has tried for nearly 20 years to launch a hit music competition series. Now, it has finally acquired one: “American Idol,” which ended its run last year on Fox, will relaunch next spring on the network. Details are slim, including new judges and who will host. (“Idol” veteran Ryan Seacrest, now firmly a part of the ABC family as co-host of “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” was not mentioned in the press release.) But the network and producers FremantleMedia North America and Core Media Group made the announcement Tuesday morning.
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey called “American Idol” a “pop-culture staple that left the air too soon,” while Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC, said the show “is an entertainment icon, and now it will air where it belongs, in ABC’s lineup of addictive fan...
ABC has tried for nearly 20 years to launch a hit music competition series. Now, it has finally acquired one: “American Idol,” which ended its run last year on Fox, will relaunch next spring on the network. Details are slim, including new judges and who will host. (“Idol” veteran Ryan Seacrest, now firmly a part of the ABC family as co-host of “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” was not mentioned in the press release.) But the network and producers FremantleMedia North America and Core Media Group made the announcement Tuesday morning.
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey called “American Idol” a “pop-culture staple that left the air too soon,” while Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney/ABC, said the show “is an entertainment icon, and now it will air where it belongs, in ABC’s lineup of addictive fan...
- 5/9/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
When the 12 finalists on ABC's new reality romp, "High School Musical: Get In The Picture," found out that they were going to meet the real stars of the Disney Channel phenomenon, they almost had a group coronary.
"It was an awesome moment," says host Nick Lachey, 34, who serves as the kids' "homeroom advisor" and mentor. "This is the franchise they've grown up watching. These are the performers they've been inspired by. They were shocked." It was only a matter of time before ABC brought "HSM" to network television, and this is it:...
"It was an awesome moment," says host Nick Lachey, 34, who serves as the kids' "homeroom advisor" and mentor. "This is the franchise they've grown up watching. These are the performers they've been inspired by. They were shocked." It was only a matter of time before ABC brought "HSM" to network television, and this is it:...
- 7/20/2008
- by By DEBORAH STARR SEIBEL
- NYPost.com
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