One week from now, Season 13 of "American Idol" will be over. Actually, it will have been over for a day, since "Idol" will be shifting to its usual Tuesday/Wednesday Finale schedule, which allows Fox to slip in the season-closer on the last night of the 2013-2014 Nielsen season. Back when "American Idol" was the Biggest Show In All The Land, that used to be really meaningful. Now? Meh. But it doesn't hurt. Tonight's show will feature our Top 3 results, a performance by Scotty McCreery, plus long and tear-filled clip packages about the joys of visiting Fox affiliates in New Hampshire, Michigan and North Carolina. Settle in and enjoy the hour-long ride... 9:01 p.m. Et. After bringing out Grumpy Cat last week, Ryan Seacrest is pandering to dog lovers with an adorable puppy named Georgia. Awwww. 9:02 p.m. Puppy. 9:02 p.m. Jena Irene, Caleb Johnson and Alex Preston look miserable.
- 5/16/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Former Ryan Seacrest Svp Development and Current Unscripted Programming Heather Schuster has launched her own reality production company, Morocco Junction Entertainment, which is being backed by All3Media. It will be based out of All3Media America’s Los Angeles offices. During her tenure with Rsp, Schuster oversaw such series as the recently announced Dream Date for Fox, Girls In The Game for Vh1, Go Viral for Nickelodeon, as well as The Wanted Life for E! and How I Rock It for Esquire. Before that, Schuster spent four years at Reveille and worked as a producer on the first five seasons of The Apprentice. Morocco marks the first company to join Studio Lambert USA under the umbrella of All3Media America, which was established last year.
- 3/13/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Ryan Seacrest Productions said Izzie Pick Ashcroft will join the company as Evp Current, Unscripted Programming. She will report to CEO Adam Sher and start early next year. Pick Ashcroft is currently Svp Programming Development and Production at BBC Worldwide Productions La, where she oversees a team that developed and formatted shows including Ladies Of London (Bravo), Breaking Pointe and Breaking Pointe 2 (the CW), Lovetown, USA (Own), The Next Big Thing (Oxygen), and Skating With The Stars (ABC). Before joining BBC, she was the showrunner on Dancing With The Stars and was part of the original team on Strictly Come Dancing, helping to develop both formats in the UK and the U.S. Ryan Seacrest Prods recently sold Dream Date to Fox, marking a rare competition series for the company, which has built its unscripted brand on docu-reality series like the Keeping Up With The Kardashians franchise and Shahs Of Sunset.
- 9/30/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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