Ryan Seacrest Through the Years: From Radio Personality to Media Mogul and More
usmagazine.comMedia royalty. Ryan Seacrest has dominated the entertainment industry for more than two decades — both in front of and behind the camera.Born in Atlanta in 1974, the Emmy-winning producer began his first radio internship while still in high school.
After graduating, he studied journalism at the University of Georgia, but he dropped out before finishing his degree and moved to Los Angeles to start his career in earnest.The risk paid off, because by 1993 he was already on TV hosting the ESPN series Radical Outdoor Challenge.
One year later, he began cohosting the kids’ game show Gladiators 2000, and from then he was rarely without a TV gig.While Seacrest’s voice was a radio mainstay for much of the late 1990s, his real breakout moment came in 2002 when he became the host of a new reality competition series called American Idol.
The show was an instant hit, launching the careers of artists including Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, Fantasia Barrino and Jordin Sparks.In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies“The first season stands out to me because we went on the air unknown,” the On Air With Ryan Seacrest host wrote in The Hollywood Reporter in February 2022, reflecting on Idol’s 20th anniversary. “About midway through the season, it started to generate relatively large numbers in primetime.
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