DO BRITS DO IT BETTER?

The British are coming! Well actually we’ve been here for a while… Lask week it was announced that Paul Lee, the British executive currently running ABC Family, would be moving to ABC to take over the seat recently vacated by rumor plagued Entertainment President Stephen McPherson. Paul is seen as a rising star in the industry and come with an enviable track record. Also in the headlines is fellow Brit Nigel Lythgoe, the So You Think You Can Dance judge who’s heading back to his old stomping ground at American Idol to try and rescue the ‘sinking’ ship – and sort out the biggest talent vacuum on American TV – who will replace Simon Cowell (another Brit – are you seeing the pattern here!) Add into the mix: Mark Burnett (the reality guru behind The Apprentice, Survivor and, ahem, Pirate Master!); Gordon Ramsay (who with Hell’s Kitchen, Masterchef and Kitchen Nightmares now has three successful franchises on Fox); Dan Cutforth of Magical Elves (the company behind Top Chef and Project Runway); Michael Davies (the game show king behind Who Wants To Be A Millionaire); Ricky Gervais… the list goes on and on…(MORE)