Trish Kinane

Before Kinane moved to Los Angeles, she was an established producer in her native United Kingdom. Her first television project was producing the documentary "Spike" (1986), about the troubled UK comedian and writer Spike Milligan, best known for the pioneering British radio comedy "The Goon Show" (BBC Home Service 1951-1960). Milligan's visionary sketch show "Q" "(BBC 1969-1982), was credited as a major influence on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (BBC 1969-1974). Kinane next served as producer on "Robbins" (ITV 1987), a TV special about the UK show business family of Amy, Emma, Jane, Kate and Ted Robbins. Kinane joined forces again with the family on "Kate and Ted's Show" (ITV 1987), a UK sketch comedy show featuring Kate and Ted Robbins. She went on to produce a music documentary of a fundraising concert for an established British charitable organization, "The Prince's Trust Rock Gala" (1987), which included performances by rockers Eric Clapton, Elton John, Phil Collins, Mark Knopfler, and Peter Gabriel.Kinane was the executive producer of "The Word" (Channel 4 1990-95), a British youth entertainment program with a magazine format. The controversial show included a popular segment called "The Hopefuls," which pushed contestants to humiliate themselves in order to participate in the show. In 1993/94, Kinane produced seven episodes of a half-hour musical variety show built around popular UK musical theater celebrity Michael Ball, eponymously named "Michael Ball" (ITV 1993-94). The show featured musical acts like Dionne Warwick, Joe Cocker, Erasure and James Brown. By 1996, Kinane was executive producer on "Crazy Cottage" (ITV Network 4 1996-98), a children's game show that was performed backwards. Several years later she worked on a reality show narrated by Honor Blackman that involved a S.W.A.T. team of domestic advisors, "Dial a Mum" (ITV 2005) and a TV documentary, "50 Questions of Political Incorrectness"(Sky Television 2005). In 2012, Kinane became president of entertainment programming for FremantleMedia North America and was tasked with oversight of "American Idol"(Fox 2002-16), "America's Got Talent" (NBC 2006-), and "The X Factor" (Fox 2011-13), the American version of a franchise developed by former "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell, which proved popular with both sponsors and teen audiences.