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Mike Darnell
Michael Darnell (born 1962 or 1963) is an American entertainment executive. As president of Alternative Entertainment at the Fox network and subsequently president of Unscripted Television at Warner Bros., Darnell was in charge of some of the most successful and longest-running franchises in television history, including ''American Idol'', '' The Bachelor'' franchise, '' The Voice'', ''Family Guy'', ''Futurama'', ''Hell's Kitchen'', ''Kitchen Nightmares'', ''MasterChef'', '' Little Big Shots'', ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', '' So You Think You Can Dance'', ''Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?'', ''The Simple Life'', '' Temptation Island'', and many more. Early life and career Mike Darnell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Eileen and Doyle E. Darnell. His father was a policeman, and Darnell was raised and attended public school in Philadelphia's northeast section. When he was 10, a talent manager saw him singing at a Police Athletic League event and encouraged him to do c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
