American Inventor: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

American Inventor, an exciting series is about the biggest search ever for America's best new invention. American Inventor, the embodiment of the ultimate American dream, will uncover the hottest new product and make one struggling inventor's dream come true. With one million dollars at stake, American Inventor will celebrate the best in homespun American ingenuity. National casting calls were held in seven major cities across the country, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Denver, Chicago, Washington DC and Atlanta. Thousands of inventors, tinkerers and entrepreneurs of all ages applied. Viewers will see inventors all of all ages present their most prized inventions.

Series details

• Title: American Inventor
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2006-03-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-08-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 30563
• IMDb ID: tt0780195
• TVDB ID: 79288

Cast and credited roles

• Peter Jones — Judge
• Matt Gallant — Host
• Ed Evangelista — Judge
• Mary Lou Quinlan — Judge
• Doug Hall — Judge
• Nick Smith — Host
• George Foreman — Judge
• Pat Croce — Judge
• Sara Blakely — Judge

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2006-03-16; final listed air date 2006-05-18; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-06-06; final listed air date 2007-08-01; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from American Inventor on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.