Ken Warwick adalah seorang produser eksekutif dan sutradara televisi asal Britania Raya, paling dikenal karena membuat program serial acara realitas American Idol,[1] dan Pop Idol.[2] Sebelum menjadi produser ia adalah seorang penari, sebelumnya merupakan anggota The Young Generation. Ken juga telah mengarahkan dan memproduksi acara TV populer Gladiator yang hadir di televisi Britania Raya pada jam tayang utama.[3] Ia saat ini memproduksi acara NBC America's Got Talent.[4]

Pada Juni 2013, telah dikonfirmasi bahwa Warwick tidak akan kembali ke American Idol untuk memproduseri musimnya yang ketigabelas.[5] Ia digantikan oleh Per Blankens.

Pada bulan Juni 2014, Warwick menjabat sebagai produser eksekutif pada versi Amerika dari Rising Star

Kehidupan pribadi sunting

Ken tinggal di Beverly Hills dan London, dan memiliki tiga anak, Joe, Gracie dan Max, dan seorang istri Julie.

Penghargaan sunting

Warwick telah menerima banyak penghargaan untuk program televisinya termasuk dua Emmy, satu BAFTA,[6] Golden Rose of Montreux,[6] National Television Award,[6] dan telah delapan kali dinominasikan di Emmys.[6]

Referensi sunting

  1. ^ "American Idol Producer Gets Multimillion Dollar New Deal - Paula Abdul Still Waiting". Radar Online. 2009-07-24. Diakses tanggal 2010-11-04. Ken Warwick who has been American Idol's executive producer and showrunner since the show began in 2000 has signed a new three-year deal to stay on the job. 
  2. ^ Meister, Erin (2003-12-23). "Searching the World for an 'Idol'". Boston Globe. hlm. 4. Diakses tanggal 2010-11-04. Executive producer Ken Warwick, who's been with the franchise since its beginnings as England's "Pop Idol," said he expects the phenomenon to get even bigger as it expands across the globe. [pranala nonaktif permanen]
  3. ^ Gilbert, Gerard (1997-07-19). "Television preview". The Independent. Diakses tanggal 2010-11-04. The organisers of The Royal Tournament, surveying its stagnated tea-time slot, obviously didn't, and have drafted in Gladiators producer Ken Warwick to sex it up for prime-time ITV. 
  4. ^ Ryan, Maureen (2006-03-28). "Got talent? Cowell's new show sets tryouts". Chicago Tribune. hlm. 13. Diakses tanggal 2010-11-04. In a Monday conference call with reporters, [Simon Cowell] and fellow executive producer Ken Warwick of "American Idol" promised that "America's Got Talent" would be different from "Idol." [pranala nonaktif permanen]
  5. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/american-idols-nigel-lythgoe-ken-562585
  6. ^ a b c d "American Idol : Bios". FOX Flash. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2011-07-11. Diakses tanggal 2010-11-04. He was series producer for the U.K. show “Pop Idol,” which received the Golden Rose for Montreux (the Rose d’Or), a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award and National Television Award for Best Entertainment Program. He has earned eight Emmy nominations for his work on AMERICAN IDOL. 

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