American Idol Extra

“We always set up for a big marketing and advertising push, but I still truly believe in the grassroots element, which is picking up the phone and asking, “Who do you know, who’s this, who’s that?” Of course, by now, my database is huge and I can reach out to many people, but we still pick up the phone, call someone in Des Moines, Iowa, and ask, “Who’s the prettiest girl in your town that’s single?”

from The Male Standard

“As far as people writing pages every day for people to say, that’s not happening…We’re not writing scripts. But the overall show has a structure….The writing is definitely happening in setting the outline and then guiding it,” Conlin says.

from Variety – Music City Meets Reality