{"id":3567,"date":"2018-02-09T12:14:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/american-idol-returns-latam-canal-sony\/"},"modified":"2018-02-09T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T17:14:21","slug":"american-idol-returns-to-latam-on-canal-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvlatina\/american-idol-returns-to-latam-on-canal-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"American Idol Returns to LatAm on Canal Sony"},"content":{"rendered":"
Canal Sony has picked up the revival of American Idol<\/em>\u00a0in a deal with FremantleMedia International.<\/p>\n The new season of\u00a0American Idol<\/em>\u00a0is part of Canal Sony\u2019s Sigue la M\u00fasica strategy for its prime-time programming block on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The block showcases talent competitions such as\u00a0The Voice<\/em>\u00a0(U.S.),\u00a0The X Factor<\/em>\u00a0(U.K.) and\u00a0America\u2019s Got Talent<\/em>.\u00a0American Idol<\/em> will come to Canal Sony in March 2018.<\/p>\n \u201cFor more than 20 years, the industry has looked to Canal Sony for programming that presents the best and latest Hollywood productions, including the most popular series, comedies and musical competitions,\u201d commented TC Schultz, the executive VP and managing director for Latin America and Brazil at Sony Pictures Television Networks. \u201cThe new season of\u00a0American Idol<\/em>\u00a0underscores once more the enormous diversity and quality of our content, and our network\u2019s role in bringing viewers the best new musical talent from the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFollowing the previous success of\u00a0American Idol<\/em>, we are incredibly proud to be working with Canal Sony again to bring the series back to Latin American audiences,\u201d commented Sheila Aguirre, the executive VP of content distribution and format sales for Latin America, the Caribbean, Hispanic U.S. at FremantleMedia International. \u201cWith the new star-studded judging panel, including musical sensations Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, and with Ryan Seacrest returning as host, the new series promises to be even more spectacular and iconic than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canal Sony has picked up the revival of American Idol\u00a0in a deal with FremantleMedia International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":3568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[605,606,405],"class_list":["post-3567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-american-idol","tag-canal-sony","tag-fremantlemedia-international"],"yoast_head":"\n