<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> American Idol </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Also known as </Th> <Td> American Idol: The Search for a Superstar (season 1) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Reality competition </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Simon Fuller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Based on </Th> <Td> Pop Idol by Simon Fuller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Andy Scheer (2002) </Li> <Li> Bruce Gowers (2003--06, 2008) </Li> <Li> Ken Warwick (2007, 2011--12) </Li> <Li> Bill DeRonde (2009, 2014--15) </Li> <Li> Gregg Gelfand (2010, 2013) </Li> <Li> Louis J. Horvitz (2014) </Li> <Li> Phil Heyes (2015--16, 2018--) </Li> <Li> Ben Thursby (2018) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Presented by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Ryan Seacrest </Li> <Li> Brian Dunkleman </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Judges </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Paula Abdul </Li> <Li> Simon Cowell </Li> <Li> Randy Jackson </Li> <Li> Kara DioGuardi </Li> <Li> Ellen DeGeneres </Li> <Li> Jennifer Lopez </Li> <Li> Steven Tyler </Li> <Li> Mariah Carey </Li> <Li> Nicki Minaj </Li> <Li> Keith Urban </Li> <Li> Harry Connick Jr . </Li> <Li> Katy Perry </Li> <Li> Luke Bryan </Li> <Li> Lionel Richie </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Theme music composer </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Julian Gingell </Li> <Li> Barry Stone </Li> <Li> Cathy Dennis </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language (s) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of seasons </Th> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 574 (list of episodes) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Executive producer (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Simon Fuller (2002--) </Li> <Li> Cecile Frot - Coutaz (2002--) </Li> <Li> Simon Jones (2002--03) </Li> <Li> Nigel Lythgoe (2002 - 08, 2011 - 13, 2016 finale) </Li> <Li> Ken Warwick (2002 - 13) </Li> <Li> Brian Gadinsky (2002) </Li> <Li> Charles Boyd (2009 - 16) </Li> <Li> Trish Kinane (2013--) </Li> <Li> Jesse Ignjatovic (2014) </Li> <Li> Evan Prager (2014) </Li> <Li> Per Blankens (2015) </Li> <Li> David Hill (2015 - 16) </Li> <Li> Megan Wolflick (2015--) </Li> <Li> Jessica Castro (2016) </Li> <Li> Jenniffer Mullin (2018--) </Li> <Li> Phil McIntyre (2018--) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 22--104 minutes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production company (s) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> FremantleMedia North America </Li> <Li> 19 Entertainment </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> FremantleMedia Enterprises </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> Fox (2002--2016) ABC (2018--present) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Picture format </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> NTSC (480i) (2002--04) </Li> <Li> HDTV 720p (2005--) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> June 11, 2002 (2002 - 06 - 11)--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> American Idol </Th> </Tr>

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