American Idol

American Idol is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired... Wikipedia

• Genre:  Reality competition
• Created by:  Simon Fuller
• Based on:  Pop Idol
• Directed by:  Andy Scheer (2002), Bruce Gowers (2002–2010), Ken Warwick (2003–2013), Nigel Lythgoe (2003–2008, 2012), Paul Miller (2003), John Pritchett (2008), Bill DeRonde (2009, 2014–2016), Gregg Gelfand (2008–2013), Russell Norman (2013, 2015–2016, 2019), Louis J. Horvitz (2014), Glenn Weiss (2015), Phil Heyes (2015–2016, 2018–present, Bootcamp onwards), Ben Thursby-Palmer (2018, 2020–present, Auditions only), Ryan Goble (2019), Sam Wrench (2020, 2025), Julia Knowles (2022)
• Presented by:  Ryan Seacrest, Brian Dunkleman
• Judges:  Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Kara DioGuardi, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Keith Urban, Harry Connick Jr, Luke Bryan, Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Carrie Underwood
• Theme music composer:  Julian Gingell, Barry Stone, Cathy Dennis
• Country of origin:  United States
• Original language(s):  English
• No. of seasons:  23
• No. of episodes:  718
• Executive producer(s):  Simon Fuller (2002–2016), Cecile Frot-Coutaz (2002–2016, 2018), Simon Jones (2002–2003), Nigel Lythgoe (2002–2008, 2011–13, 2016 finale), Ken Warwick (2002–2013), J. Brian Gadinsky (2002), Charles Boyd (2009–2016), Trish Kinane (2013–2016, 2018–2022), Jesse Ignjatovic (2014), Evan Prager (2014), (2014–2015), David Hill (2015–2016), Megan Wolflick (2015–2016, 2018–present), Jessica Castro (2016), Jennifer Mullin (2018–present), Phil McIntyre (2018), Caroline Abaecheta (2018–2020), Daniel Martin (2018–2020), Chris Anokute (2019), Robert McLoed (2019, 2023), Eli Holzman (2020–present), Aaron Saidman (2020–present), Brian Burke (2021–present), Brian Updyke (2021–2022), Nikki Varhely Gillingham (2021), Theodore Dimitriou (2022–present), Matt Banks (2022–present), Mike Deffina (2023–present), Katie Fennelly Watkins (2024–present), Arinze Ikemefuna (2025–present)
• Running time:  22–104 minutes
• Production company(s):  Fremantle North America, 19 Entertainment
• Original network:  Fox
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo