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Review: 'Pitchmen'
Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com
• Tue, Apr 14
CA But it is less a glimpse into their lives than it is an extension of such earlier bring-us-your-gadget reality shows as "American Inventor" and "The Dragon's Den." In each episode, the pair will pick a couple of products to sell, and we get to see how ...
NOW how much would you pay?
Original at Shelbyville Times-Gazette
• Fri, Apr 10
TN Like the Simon Cowell-produced "American Inventor," which aired a few years back on ABC, "Pitchmen" showcases would-be inventors, who will try to convince Mays and Sullivan that their products are worthy of the infomercial treatment. ...
Doug Hall to teach at UMaine
Original at Mainebiz Daily
• Tue, Mar 24
Since Hall's years as a "master marketing inventor" at Procter & Gamble, Hall has helped companies including Nike, American Express and Coca-Cola to develop new products. A judge on ABC's "American Inventor" reality show, Hall started his first ...
Springtime in Paris with Harvey Milk
Original at Bay Area Reporter
• Wed, Mar 4
CA Manderson is also the host of the hit summer reality show American Inventor on ABC. Prior to ABC7, he anchored a local morning news program in Philadelphia, and provided live coverage of special interest stories in his own segment, Manderson in the ...
Peter Jones Launches The 2008 Essence Of The Entrepreneur ...
Original at uk.video.yahoo.com
• Wed, Mar 4
Dragons’ Den and American Inventor star Peter Jones will today launch the Essence of the Entrepreneur, a competition aimed at entrepreneurs who ... uk.video.yahoo.com
Inventors gather in Burnaby
Original at StarPhoenix
• Wed, Jan 28
Canada - These days, shows like CBC's Dragons' Den and ABC's American Inventor have given modern inventors the chance to bring their dreams to life in a big way. ...
OBVIA.biz Offers Bailout for American Inventors - PR Newswire
Original at prnewswire.com
• Mon, Jan 12
OBVIA.biz Offers Bailout for American Inventors PR Newswire (press release), NY - To that end, Keeley has come up with his own idea: He calls it "The Great American Inventor Rescue." Between now and February, his firm will waive its ...
the original three 'AMERICAN IDOL' JUDGES
Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Sun, Jan 11
United States - Cowell was executive producer of "American Inventor" (2006-07) and produces "America's Got Talent." He created the singing group Il Divo and made a ...
Cycling News Roundup - 22 December 2008
Original at Daily Peloton
• Mon, Dec 22
- Originally seen on the reality television show American Inventor, it has been redesigned with a total weight capacity rating of 75 pounds and comes with a ...
Claw Bike Storage From ABC's "American Inventor" Available For Pre-Order [Storage]
Original at Gizmodo
• Thu, Nov 6
By Sean Fallon If you caught ABC's "American Inventor" last season you may remember "The Gladiator Claw" bicycle storage device as one of the finalists. Well, the folks behind the Claw have used the startup money earned from the show to turn their idea of a push-button catch and release storage hook into...
ABC diving into The Shark Tank
Original at TV Squad
• Wed, Sep 3
CA - This is ABC's second reality show for entrepreneurs, but it also has a connection to the first, American Inventor. That show was helmed by Simon Cowell and ...
Wii Loop Machine turns to TV millionaires for funding, fails
Original at Nintendo Wii Fanboy
• Tue, Aug 19
By Chris Greenhough For the uninitiated, Dragon's Den follows a similar concept to American Inventor -- hopeful entrepreneurs line up in front of unimaginably rich businessmen and beg for funding to assist their zany ideas, while we smugly laugh at their ...
Amuso.com - Reality TV Comes To Your Home
Original at Killer Startups
• Tue, Jul 15
FL - The likes of American Idol, that Pussy Cat Dolls show, America’s Got Talent, American Inventor, America’s Next Top Model, and the list goes on and on and on ...
Yahoo! Stock Quotes
Original at Big Sky Business Journal
• Thu, Jun 19
MT - Hall is best known as one of the judges in the first series of the ABC television show “American Inventor.” He is also known for his energetic presentations ...
Students pitch breakfast blueprints
Original at Northwest Herald
• Sat, May 31
IL - Miller said she was inspired to create the panel after watching the reality TV show “American Inventor.” Panel members said they were impressed with what ...
AMERICAN INVENTOR by Jerry Saltz
Original at Artnet
• Wed, May 28
NY - In fact, everything he made, good or bad -- and many think his late work is junk -- has an edge of wit, optical nerve and invention. ...
Peter Jones Unveils Government-Backed Plans to Teach Teenagers how ... - Earthtimes
Original at Earthtimes.org
• Tue, Mar 11
Peter Jones Unveils Government-Backed Plans to Teach Teenagers how ... Earthtimes, UK - Mar 11, 2008 His television work has also taken him to the US with "American Inventor," which can currently be seen in the UK on Virgin 1. The Plans for the NEA have won ...
American Inventor - Mirror.co.uk
Original at Sunday Mirror
• Tue, Feb 26
American Inventor Mirror.co.uk, UK - Meanwhile, Peter Jones, off Dragons' Den (who invented the idea for this rather similar show), looks appalled by practically everything and even makes ...
Virgin1 Picks Up FME’s American Inventor - World Screen News
Original at World Screen News
• Thu, Feb 7
Virgin1 Picks Up FME’s American Inventor NY - Feb 7, 2008 The deal covers two seasons of the prime-time reality show, which is from business tycoon Peter Jones and his company Peter Jones TV and American Idol judge ...
'American Inventor' heads to Virgin1 - Digital Spy
Original at digitalspy.co.uk
• Wed, Feb 6
American Inventor' heads to Virgin1 By Dave West, Media Correspondent Virgin1 is bringing American Inventor and ex-Dragons' Den panelist Peter Jones to the UK. In 24 hour-long episodes, ... Virgin Media buys rights to air American Inventor Brand Republic (subscription)
Bulletball Gets Last Laugh On American Inventor
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Tue, Dec 18
By Joe One of the decisions questioned was how the judges told inventor Marc Griffin to give up on his Bulletball game. Judge Mary Lou Quinlan told Griffin, “You’ve told us that you’ve given twenty-six years of your life to this game. ...
American Inventor - George Foreman = YouBeTheVC
Original at Mashable!
• Wed, Nov 14
• 3 related articles
By Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins An interesting twist on American Inventor is coming today to, not to network TV (although now would be a great time to pitch it to the networks, given the WGA strike), but to the internet. They’re turning the process of launching an ...
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Heroes: Four months later, "Yatta!" becomes "Dai pinchi!"
Original at TVgasm
• Wed, Sep 26
By tam(tam.u.vo@gmail.com) New York City Claire's new high school, science class Somewhere in Honduras, or South America in general New York New York City, by the familiar red staircase sculpture Peter's old apartment in New York We're going to America! The Deveaux building, New York
[User Submitted] InventorSpot.com - Website for American Inventor Reality Show
Original at TV.com
• Mon, Aug 13
InventorSpot.com is most popular website for independent inventors and fans of American Inventor.
What's up with all these Brits on American reality TV? - Louisville Courier-Journal
Original at Louisville Courier-Journal
• Thu, Aug 9
What's up with all these Brits on American reality TV? KY - What about "American Inventor," on which a London businessman named Peter Jones passes judgment? It's "American Inventor," not "British Inventor. ...
SFist Watches: Your Locals On Reality TV
Original at SFist
• Mon, Aug 6
By Rain Over on "American Inventor," Camarillo, California contestant (who auditioned in San Francisco) Greg Chavez took home the big prize with his "Guardian Angel" Christmas tree topper which is supposed to put out fires. Maybe we missed it, ...
Televison. American Inventor. I Wanted the Bra to Win!
Original at Second City Style
• Thu, Aug 2
By Lauren Dimet Lately this summer I've been enjoying the National Pastime - Watching TV. I saw one of the recent American Inventor programs and of the 3 finalists: 1. There was a firefighter, Gregg Chavez, with an invention called The Gardian Angel. ...
Greg Chavez wins American Inventor 2 for his angel-shaped ...
Original at reality blurred
• Wed, Aug 1
By Andy Dehnart 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 ...
American Inventor Season Finale
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Tue, Jul 31
By Joe Reality American Inventor's" panel of expert judges are businessman/former heavyweight champion/ordained minister George Foreman, British tycoon Peter Jones, entrepreneur Pat Croce and Spanx creator Sara Blakely. Nick Smith hosts. The series is produced by FremantleMedia North America...
Recap: American Inventor: EZT4U, or Why Our Country Can't Spell
Original at TVgasm
• Mon, Jul 23
We are one week closer to someone winning a million dollars and then quickly spiraling downwards into reality-television obscurity. I've decided to put this week's "inventions" to the wedding gift test: If this show claims to choose an invention that will change America, each of these p...
What You've Been Missing on TV This Summer
Original at A Socialite's Life
• Thu, Jul 19
By klondon American Inventor. The first contestant guaranteed that the show started with a bang. The bang of my remote smashing into my television set after I threw it in complete disgust. This woman doesn't even belong on this show but I am going to talk about her because I have learned that when I bottle...
Local inventor makes pitch on network television
Original at WPDE
• Wed, Jul 18
Wednesday night on ABC’s show American Inventor, a Conway man had his chance to show off his invention before a national audience.
American Inventor Houston And Tampa Auditions
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Jul 11
• 5 related articles
By Joe Reality However, things once again went south with a wave of rejected inventors. The American Inventor judges said no to Michael Osayi who invented the Scramblers 10 game, Virginia Gentile who invented the Pet Jacuzzi, and Khaled Abusaif who invented the Car Zoogler.
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American Inventor Houston And Tampa Auditions
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Jul 11
By Joe Reality is your source for American Inventor news. For other great American Inventor news, please also check out SirLinksALot: American Inventor. The American Inventor Houston and Tampa auditions didn’t start off very well. The American Inventor judges turned away Charles Amyx who invented t...
Recap: American Inventor: Apparently, "Drownded" is a Word.
Original at TVgasm
• Mon, Jul 2
This week on Why Japan Kicks our Ass in the World of Technology: I am sorry to report that our judges have not been replaced with four poo-flinging monkeys. New York has completely failed to live up to expectations (thanks, Black Cougar, for trying). Chicago's going strong. Finalists for the...
American Inventor Judges Select New York And Chicago Winners
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Jun 27
By Joe Reality is your source for American Inventor news. For other great American Inventor news, please also check out SirLinksALot: American Inventor. Not many inventors had success during the New York and Chicago American Inventor auditions. Wigberto Delgado invented the Urinator, which was a de...
'American Inventor': Is it really that taxing to lift a toilet lid?
Original at From Inside the Box
• Wed, Jun 27
By Sarah Jersild Welcome back to American Inventor, intones host Nick Smith. The judges saw thousands of inventors in Chicago and New York, but chose only the best as finalists. The producers, however, chose to spend the bulk of their time showing us. ...
An insult with an accent - Richmond Times Dispatch
Original at inrich.com
• Thu, Jun 21
An insult with an accent Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - 8 pm Tuesdays) Peter Jones of ABC's "American Inventor," a contest to find the next great inventor and his (or her) invention. ...
Suffolk inventors pitch 'hoop hat' on national TV
Original at Newsday
• Tue, Jun 19
For two Suffolk men, the road to American Inventor, an ABC-TV show that exhibits some of the nation's most novel and nutty inventions, was all in their heads.
American Inventor: The Search for the Next Great Invention - Design News
Original at Design News
• Fri, Jun 15
• 8 related articles
American Inventor: The Search for the Next Great Invention MA - The panel of judges, which includes George Foreman, Peter Jones, Pat Croce and Sara Blakely, will narrow down the initial entries and choose one finalist ...
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Recap: American Inventor: It's All Gonna Be Alright
Original at TVgasm
• Sat, Jun 9
Letter from the Editor: As you know, we have been searching long and hard to put together a roster of fierce writers to keep you out of that god awful sun for the Summer. Inside? Good. Now, please welcome our newest playa to the plate, the one, the only...T.Vo!! by T.Vo "It's back! The biggest inventi...
Simon’s American Inventor Returns Tonight
Original at Idol Stalker
• Wed, Jun 6
By Jeanne American Idol judge, Simon Cowell, has the new season of American Inventor to think about. With barely two weeks’ between the season finale of Idol and the beginning of Inventor, Simon is a very busy man. He’s also estimated to be worth $200 million. That’s quite an accomplishment given the f...
TV Junkie: 'American Inventor' Premieres; Cornell on Leno; Artie on Letterman
Original at LAist
• Wed, Jun 6
By tomdog Tonight - Wednesday - June 6th, 2007 Twins @ Angels (Fox Sports, 7:00 p.m.) American Inventor (ABC, 9:00 p.m.) Series premiere! Inventors in LA and SF vie for $1 million Dateline NBC (NBC, 9:00 p.m.) Twisted teenage love triange (is there any other kind?)
We Grill George Foreman About American Inventor - TV Guide
Original at TV Guide
• Tue, Jun 5
We Grill George Foreman About American Inventor - What's your style going to be for American Inventor? Foreman: It's funny — Peter Jones, a tough judge on the show, said, "George, are you going to vote yes ...
Simon Cowell talks about the new "identity" of 'American Inventor 2'
Original at Reality TV World
• Thu, May 24
Inventing New Idols: Simon Cowell on 'American Inventor' Season Two - New York Post
Original at New York Post
• Thu, May 24
Inventing New Idols: Simon Cowell on 'American Inventor' Season Two NY - Pat and Peter [Jones] are quite tough to please but that's what we needed on the show this year. We didn't ask them to be mean or anything like that. ...
America's got Sharon Osbourne again
Original at TVgasm
• Fri, Apr 20
In the early years of this new century, we Americans have gotten used to being judged on foreign-imported network talent shows by panels including one middle-level American professional, one birdbrained or drug-addled female and one nasty witty British queen (see American Idol, Ame...
American Inventor 2 Announces Judges & Host
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Mar 21
By Joe Reality American Inventor" is produced by FremantleMedia North America, Simon Cowell's Syco Television and Peter Jones TV Ltd. Simon Cowell, Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Siobhan Greene, Peter Jones and Clay Newbill are executive producers. Dug James and Tabitha Hansen are co-executive producers.
American Inventor gets re-invented
Original at TVgasm
• Wed, Mar 21
Simon Cowell's American Inventor is getting an extreme makeover when it returns for a second season. Former heavyweight champ and grill hawker Georghe Foreman wiloljudge, along with former talk show host Pat Croce and inventor Sara Blakely. Gone are tough guy adman Ed Evangelista, weep...
American Inventor Conducting Casting Calls For Season Two
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Wed, Mar 14
By Joe Reality Producers of American Inventor are coming to a major city near you as they get ready to kick off the second season of the popular ABC program. A nationwide search to discover the ultimate in homespun ingenuity will make one... Producers of "American Inventor" are coming to a major city near you...