FOX’s The Next Great American Band concluded last Friday night, and the Clark Brothers won the show and a recording contract. That group defeated Denver and the Mile High Orchestra and Sixwire. I learned this from a Fox press release, because like most of America, I didn’t watch the series, an American Idol knock-off that …
The two-hour premiere of The Next Great American Band, which seemed set up to fail, is officially not the next American Idol. The show debuted with just 3.6 million viewers, which Variety reports is “no worse than the net had been faring on the night with entertainment programming this fall.” And it’s better than FOX’s …
FOX attempts another competition series modeled after American Idol tonight when it debuts The Next Great American Band at 8 p.m. ET. The show will follow Idol‘s format, with auditions tonight followed by a top 12 that will perform and be eliminated one by one after viewers vote. It’s hosted by New Zealand Idol host …
The producers of FOX’s The Next Great American Band, which debuts on Friday, are in an unusual position: To promote their new series, they’re essentially criticizing their other show, reality TV behemoth American Idol, from which the new show gets its familiar format (three judges, top 12, viewer votes, et cetera). To start, the auditions …
The Goo Goo Dolls’ John Rzeznik will appear as one of the three judges on The Next Great American Band, which debuts Friday, but he initially rejected the job. But after talking to producers, he agreed to participate. “I said, ‘Do I get to speak my mind and tell the truth? And not be fed …
FOX’s fall talent search The Next Great American Band has announced its host and judges, and two of them are associated with versions of FOX’s other talent show. The three judges are John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, musician Sheila E., and Australian Idol judge Ian “Dicko” Dickson. The show will be hosted by …
On last night’s American Idol results show, Ryan Seacrest revealed that the show’s producers are “looking for a group–a band.” Television’s number one series is spinning off a talent competition that will search for an instrument-playing group. The new show “will follow the ‘Idol’ format, starting with an audition phase in which producers will look …