Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host and producer. He is known for hosting the competition show American Idol, the syndicated countdown program American Top 40, and iHeartMedia’s KIIS-FM morning radio show On Air with Ryan SeACrest. In 2006 he became co-host and executive producer of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. In 2013, he signed a two-year, USD 30 million deal to stay on as host of American Idol.
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Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host and producer. He is known for hosting the competition show American Idol, the syndicated countdown program American Top 40, and iHeartMedia’s KIIS-FM morning radio show On Air with Ryan SeACrest. In 2006 he became co-host and executive producer of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. In 2013, he signed a two-year, USD 30 million deal to stay on as host of American Idol. In May 2016 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Georgia and gave the commencement speech at the graduation ceremony. In 2018, he received nominations for Live with Kelly and Ryan in Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment as well as Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host. He also appeared as the host of the fictional game show Lover’s Lane on Beverly Hills, 90210 in \”The Final Proof\”. He also performed as a substitute on CNN’s Larry King Live on December 31, 2005, when Larry King was recovering from a stroke. He has a son and a daughter, both of whom live in Los Angeles, California. His father served as a Lieutenant in the US Army and his grandfather, Henry Gene Skeen, was a Major General in the U.S. Army. His mother told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, \”Instead of playing with G.
I. Joes or Cowboys and Indians, Ryan would always have a little microphone and do shows in the house. At age 14, he attended Dunwoody High School. At age 16, while still attending high school, he won an internship at 94. 1 WSTR, in Atlanta, with Tom Sullivan, who trained him in the many aspects of radio. He went on to study journalism in fall 1992. He continued his radio show at a local Athens station. He left the university at age 19 and moved to Hollywood to pursue his broadcasting career. The following year, he became the sole host of a new Fox reality television series American Idol with comedian Brian Dunkleman. In 2003, he hosted the spin-off show, American Juniors. In July 2009, he inked a deal with CKX for USD 45 million to continue to host American Idol,. He also hosted three kids’ game shows, Gladiators 2000 from 1994 to 1996, Wild Animal Games in 1995, and Click in 1997. He won an Emmy for producing Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution in 2010 and was nominated again in 2012. His initial multi-year deal was reported to be worth over USD 10 million in August 2005. In August 2005, it was announced that he would become executive producer and co- host of ABC’s New Years Rockin’ Eve. He remained host of that show until the end of its run in April 2016.
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