tvweek.com - 8/4/2008
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Nigel Lythgoe, "American Idol" executive producer and 19 Entertainment president, is finally talking about his plans to cut back his involvement in Fox's hit reality show. TelevisionWeek broke the news last month that Mr. Lythgoe would be scaling back his involvement in the audition rounds of "Idol" in order to focus on launching a South African edition of his other hit show, "So You Think You ...
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Nigel Lythgoe leaving American Idol
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... In a statement released by Fox, and reproduced by TV Week, Lythgoe said, "My summer will be taken up by travels to South Africa, Australia and Canada to work on local versions of ('SYTYCD'). I will step back from my day-to-day producing work on 'American Idol' and will be devoting my time to a new venture with Simon Fuller." Fox said, "While we are disappointed that he will no longer be executive producing 'American Idol,' we are pleased to continue working with him on 'So You Think You Can Dance' and look forward to working with him on his new projects." ...
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... American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe is reportedly scaling back his participation on the next season of AI in order to help launch So You Think You Can Dance in other countries. ...
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Variety.com 8/4/2008
Front Page: Executive producer to focus on joint venture -- "American Idol" exec producer Nigel Lythgoe is giving up his duties on the hit Fox competish to focus on a new joint venture with 19 Entertainment's Simon Fuller.
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