Ken Warwick Explained

Ken Warwick is a British television executive producer and director, most noted for producing the reality television series American Idol,[1] and Pop Idol.[2] Before being a producer he was a dancer/choreographer, previously being a member of BBC's The Young Generation. Warwick has received numerous awards for his television programs including Two Emmy's a BAFTA,[3] the Golden Rose of Montreux, a National Television Award, and has been nominated for eight Emmys. Ken lives in Beverly Hills and London, and has three children, Joe, Gracie and Max, and a wife Julie. Ken has also directed and produced the popular TV show Gladiators which appeared on British primetime TV.[4] He most recently produced the NBC show America's Got Talent.[5]

In 2004, Ken purchased a vineyard on the Californian central coast. Producing Villa San Juliette fine wines and being considered one of the most aesthetically beautiful vineyards in the area, VSJ now produces approximately 7,000 cases per year. In June 2013, it was confirmed that Warwick would not return to American Idol to executive produce the thirteenth season.[6]

In June 2014, Warwick acted as the executive producer for the American version of Rising Star.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: American Idol Producer Gets Multimillion Dollar New Deal - Paula Abdul Still Waiting . Radar Online . 2009-07-24 . 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. News: Erin . Meister . Searching the World for an 'Idol' . https://archive.today/20120717133730/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/525029891.html?dids=525029891:525029891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+21,+2003&author=ERIN+MEISTER,+GLOBE+CORRESPONDENT&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=SEARCHING+THE+WORLD+FOR+AN+'IDOL'&pqatl=google . dead . July 17, 2012 . Boston Globe . 4 . 2003-12-23 . 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. .
  3. Web site: American Idol : Bios . FOX Flash . 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. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711022204/http://foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z31z16z4&bioid=2726 . 2011-07-11 .
  4. News: Gerard . Gilbert . Television preview . The Independent . 1997-07-19 . 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..
  5. News: Maureen . Ryan . Got talent? Cowell's new show sets tryouts . https://archive.today/20120713233140/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1010930791.html?dids=1010930791:1010930791&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+28,+2006&author=Maureen+Ryan&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Got+talent%3F+Cowell's+new+show+sets+tryouts&pqatl=google . dead . July 13, 2012 . Chicago Tribune . 13 . 2006-03-28 . 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." .
  6. Web site: 'American Idol's' Nigel Lythgoe, Ken Warwick Out . . 2014-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130611033345/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/idol-worship/american-idols-nigel-lythgoe-ken-562585 . 2013-06-11 . dead .

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