TORONTO -- Hoping to repeat the success of its first Canadian Idol competition, Canadian broadcaster CTV Inc. said Tuesday that it will broadcast Canadian Idol 2 in mid-2004 as part of a deal with format producer FremantleMedia/19TV. Following the success in airing Fox's American Idol series on its primetime schedule, CTV in the summer aired a Canadian version that averaged about 3 million viewers per episode, a hit by Canadian audience standards. CTV said the format, host and judges of Canadian Idol 2 will be virtually the same as the first installment, with Toronto-based Insight Prods. once again producing the series. CTV president of programming Susanne Boyce announced the new deal with FremantleMedia from London, where she is attending the upcoming World Idol competition. Ryan Malcolm, the winner of the first Canadian Idol, released his first album Dec. 9 by BMG Canada.
- 12/17/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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