Trish Kinane Shifting Roles at FremantleMedia

LONDON: Trish Kinane is taking on responsibilities as the president of entertainment programming at FremantleMedia North America, overseeing the reality juggernauts American Idol, The X Factor and America’s Got Talent. 

Currently the president of worldwide entertainment at FremantleMedia, Kinane will take up the new post, based in Los Angeles, as of August 1. She will initially report to incoming FremantleMedia CEO Cecile Frot-Coutaz.

Kinane will be overseeing the strategic, day-to-day operational and creative aspects of American Idol, The X Factor and America’s Got Talent. She will be working closely with FOX and NBC as well as FremantleMedia North America’s production partners Syco and 19 Entertainment.

Frot-Coutaz said: “Trish Kinane is a pre-eminent TV production executive with decades of experience at the forefront of the industry. She also has firsthand knowledge and a huge breadth of experience with the Idols, Got Talent and The X Factor formats gained during her time as the president of worldwide entertainment at FremantleMedia. Trish’s experience, combined with her remarkable natural creative instincts and inherent management and production know how make her the perfect choice to ensure the continued success of these market leading shows.”
 
Kinane commented: “It’s a great privilege to take on this exciting new challenge. American Idol, America’s Got Talent and The X Factor are loved by audiences not only in America but around the world. I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to work with the production teams of the shows and our partners to build upon the considerable success of these hit programs.”