Next Action Star

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Next Action Star
Genre Reality
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 producers Cris Abrego
Gary R. Benz
Joel Silver
Rick Telles
ProducersFernando Mills
Alan Schechter
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time24 mins.
Production companies Silver Pictures Television
Brass Ring Entertainment
Warner Bros. Television
NBC Studios
GRB Entertainment
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseJune 14 (2004-06-14) 
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)

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

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Synopsis

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

The 14 contestants were:

Female

Male

Production

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

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]

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