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Article: PAX TV And Ed McMahon Join Forces to Search for America's Best Undiscovered Talent; `Ed McMahon's Next Big Star' Launches a New Generation of Performers Beginning August 2001.
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- May 1, 2001
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Business & Entertainment Editors/Television Writers
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2001
Ed McMahon reprises his role as starmaker in Ed McMahon's Next Big Star, a new variety series set to air on PAX TV beginning August 2001. When "Star Search" debuted on television in 1984, McMahon ignited a national phenomenon, rocketing the careers of young stars through the stratosphere, including Rosie O'Donnell, Drew Carey, Dennis Miller, Britney Spears and LeAnn Rhimes. The announcement was made today by Bill Scott, President of PAX Programming and Kobi Jaeger, President and CEO of Next Big Star, LLC.
Based on McMahon's successful Internet venture and ...