America's Next Producer is a 2007 reality television series in which ten contestants competed for the title of America's Next Producer, as part of which they received TV Guide Network deal, office space in Hollywood, 17" MacBook Pro, 23" monitor, Final Cut Studio video editing software, and $100,000. Each week they were challenged to produce a certain genre within a certain amount of time with what they are given, with one contestant eliminated each week until a winner was chosen.
Gwen Uszuko send in a video to the official website, and this was chosen as one of the three videos that anyone could vote online, the winner getting a spot on the show. She emailed about the contest to two of Notre Dame's teachers and her message was posted where students could see it. This resulted in her getting twice the voices as the person who came in second.
Candidates The candidates were: Name Age * Occupation Gwen Uszuko22Web ProducerJessica Laccarino32Producer, Speed ChannelAlphonzo "Zo" Wesson46TV Director/ProducerDaniel Hosea33TV News Writer/ProducerEvie Shapiro37Freelance ProducerSteve "Schliz" Schleinitz32Reality TV ProducerAdam Mutterperl32Comedy Writer/ProducerSharon Nash46Freelance ProducerLindsay Liles24Producer, Style NetworkBradley Gallo29Freelance Producer * as of the date of the programme.
+Elimination Table Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 GwenLOW HIGH LOW WIN WINNER Jessica WINHIGH LOW ZoHIGH HIGH WIN OUT DanielWINLOW LOW OUT Evie LOWOUT Schliz WIN OUT Adam LOW OUT SharonLOWWINOUT LindsayLOW OUT BradleyOUT
(WINNER) Producer was chosen by viewers as the winner of The Fashion Show. [(1ST) RUNNER-UP] Producer came in second place in the votes. (WIN) Producer was selected by judges as the winner of the challenge. (HIGH) Producer had one of the best project determined by the judges. (LOW) Producer was called last before the final two. (LOW) Producer was in the bottom two. (OUT) Producer was eliminated. [SAFE] Producer was good enough to move on to the next round.
Episodes Episode 1 (July 18, 2007) Genre: comedy Challenge: produce a 1-minute comedic field piece. Judges: David Hill, Matt Roush, and David Freeman (guest judge) WINNER: Daniel Hosea ELIMINATED: Bradley Gallo
Episode 2 (July 25, 2007) Genre: reality Challenge: produce a 2-minute pitch reel for the next hit reality TV show. Judges: David Hill, Matt Roush, and Chris Moore (guest judge) WINNER: Sharon Nash ELIMINATED: Lindsay Liles
Episode 3 (August 1, 2007) Genre: comedy Challenge: to produce a 3-minute sitcom piece. Judges: David Hill, [Matt Roush, and Robin Shorts (guest judge) WINNER: Steve Schleinitz a.k.a. Schliz ELIMINATED: Sharon Nash
Episode 4 (August 8, 2007) Genre: children's show Challenge: create 2 segments for a new children's show Judges: David Hill, Matt Roush, Claude Brooks (guest judge), and Gelila Asres (guest judge) WINNER: Jessica Iaccarino ELIMINATED: Adam Mutterperl
Episode 5 (August 15, 2007) Genre: public service announcement Challenge: produce a 30-second public service announcement Judges: David Hill, Matt Roush, and Daniel Hinerfeld (guest judge) WINNER: Alphonzo Wesson a.k.a. Zo ELIMINATED: Steve Schleinitz a.k.a. Schliz
Episode 6 (August 22, 2007) Genre: game show Challenge: create a new dating game show Judges: David Hill, Matt Roush, and J. D. Roth (guest judge) WINNER: none ELIMINATED: Evie Shapiro
Episode 7 (August 29, 2007) Genre: news Challenge: produce a feature news story for live broadcast Judges: David Hill, Matt Roush, and Lisa Kridos (guest judge) WINNER: none ELIMINATED: Daniel Hosea
Reception Variety magazine comments on the low production value but state that they are sufficient, and criticizes some scenes being rushed through.
References
External links Veoh website