Here’s how I imagine Simon Cowell invented his ABC reality show, American Inventor 2: He thought to himself, “You know what’s missing from American Idol? Long, tedious periods of silence, awkward pauses, and time-wasting moments that stretch 10 minutes of content into 44. Also, more sappy videos. And judges who make you realize just how …
American Inventor 2
This is the summer of reality talent competitions; there are at least six American Idol rip-offs currently airing, and six Project Runway-style series will air by the end of the summer. You’d think that producers and networks had run out of ideas. Two of the stage/judges/audience series debuted on ABC last week: The Next Best …
Following an often dull and drama-less first season, one that lost viewers as it progressed, American Inventor 2 will look significantly different. First, all of the show’s judges–Ed Evangelista, Doug Hall, Mary Lou Quinlan–are all out, except for Peter Jones, who Variety notes is “also one of the show’s exec producers.” Stepping in as a …
ABC and Simon Cowell’s American Inventor begins casting this weekend for its second season. The show will visit six cities between now and the middle of April. The show is looking for “a new and useful consumer product that can be marketed and sold directly to consumers through retail outlets” and “manufactured and distributed in …