Next Action Star is an American reality television program shown on NBC from June to July 2004.[1][2]

Next Action Star
GenreReality
Directed byOmid Kahangi
Glenn GT Taylor
Presented byTina Malave
JudgesScot Boland
Victoria Burrows
Marki Costello
ComposersDan Radlauer
Adam Zelkind
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producersCris Abrego
Gary R. Benz
Joel Silver
Rick Telles
ProducersFernando Mills
Alan Schechter
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time24 mins.
Production companiesSilver Pictures Television
Brass Ring Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television
NBC Studios
GRB Entertainment
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJune 14 (2004-06-14) –
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)

Synopsis

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The series featured 14 finalists (7 women and 7 men) vying for 2 spots as the Next Action Star in their own feature film. Each week, the contestants participated in screen tests that determined who got a callback and who goes home.[3] The two winners starred in their own made-for-TV movie, the Louis Morneau-directed Bet Your Life which was aired on NBC on August 4, 2004.[4]

Contestants

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The 14 contestants were:

Female

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  • Corinne Van Ryck de Groot (winner)
  • Jeanne Bauer (runner up)
  • Melisande Amos (third place)
  • Mae Moreno (fourth place)
  • Linda Borini (fifth place)
  • Somere Sanders (sixth place)
  • Viviana Londono (seventh place)

Male

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  • Sean Carrigan (winner)
  • Jared Elliott (second place)
  • John Keyser (third place)
  • Mark Nilsson (fourth place)
  • Harold "House" Moore (fifth place)
  • Greg Cirulnick (sixth place)
  • Santino Sloan (seventh place)

Production

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The episodes of the show are filmed in U.S. cities such as Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas, Miami, Florida, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Los Angeles, California and New York City.[2]

Episode status

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Reruns of the show was aired on the Game Show Network (GSN) in 2004.[5]

As of 2024, the show is made available for streaming online on FilmRise (who acquired the digital distribution rights to some shows from GRB Studios in 2023) and its partners, the Fox Corporation-owned AVOD service Tubi, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video and its sister AVOD service,Amazon Freevee.[6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ "NEXT ACTION STAR: MOVE OVER, VIN DIESEL AND UMA THURMAN". New York Post. June 13, 2004. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Next Action Star". Variety. June 13, 2004. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  3. ^ "NEXT ACTION STAR". GRB Studios. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Bet Your Life". Variety. August 2, 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Reynolds, Mike (June 14, 2004). "GSN Gets NBC's Next Action Star". Multichannel News. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Next Action Star". Tubi. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  7. ^ "Next Action Star". Amazon Prime Video. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  8. ^ "Watch Next Action Star (2004) Online for Free". The Roku Channel. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
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