American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe is launching a new U.S. talent show
in a bid to find the nation's next band.
Lythgoe will use his experience from American Idol to produce The Next
Great American Band, which debuts on Friday (19Oct07).
And the music mogul hopes to find artists of substance and not just
style.
He says, "We're not creating bands. We're sort of introducing
talented bands to a television market.
"If anything, that's where we failed with 'Idol' last year. We
were more interested in how people wore their hair."