Comments on: Ryan Seacrest, Inc.

By: acon

acon — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:00:47 +0000

He sells himself, a true talent of any business person, but I wouldn’t be sad to see him drift away from American Idol. His Seacrest Out line is getting so over-used that people are forgetting that it was dumb in the first place!

I think a lot of people could do what Seacrest does, but not as many could sell themselves and work hard enough to get to where he is.

By: Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:09:36 +0000

I guess Seacrest has to put out a hip-hop cd or be in a movie to have “talent” Nikki ?
He sticks to what he knows, like you.Nikki - when is your rap cd gonna come out so we can truly judge whether you have “talent”?

By: Not in NYC

Not in NYC — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:09:53 +0000

Seacrest is a great example of someone “making” their own luck via hard work. He sees the opportunities and takes them, who can argue with that? More power to him, I wish him continued success.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:41:19 +0000

I don’t have a problem with RS at all. I don’t get why some would have a problem with him. He might not be a talented actor or writer or whatever, but, he works extremely hard at what he does. He has a work ethic that rivals Sean Combs. Did he luck out with the success of AI? Yes, and No. He lucked out that it was so successful, but, he was much more likeable than the idiot that cohosted with him that first year.

How would you like to be Dunkledork and seeing RS so successful while Dunkledork has completely dissappeared.

RS annoys me at times, but, I’ll never begrudge the guy because of the hard work he does.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:24:59 +0000

Ryan Seacrest’s talent is that he doesn’t rock the boat nor make much of an impression. He’s the model of the new blank slate host who stays out of the way, is reasonably comfortably on camera, and is ready and willing to turn himself into a mouthpiece and teleprompter reader. The fact that he’s come as far as he has is a credit to his timing and his connections and his catchy name. I’m not sure there’s much to really HATE here, but there’s nothing to admire (unless your bar for what you admire in others is really low). The guy’s a plain white canvas.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:25:46 +0000

The Seacrest fan club is out in full force on this board! Truly bizarre comments here - he must have paid his PR firm to get on this board and respond. The guy is a no-talent loser. He is Carson Daly. His financial success shows just how pathetic our country has become. I can’t wait for the day when, like his annoyingly un-hip sign-off, Seacrest is truly “out.”

By: Original Joe

Original Joe — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:04:50 +0000

I find him really annoying, where as Merv Grifin and Dick Clarke were always warm and inviting. I liked Merv’s self deprecating humor. Ryan is far too into himself for me.

It’s a positive that he’s so great at making money, because when that’s your only talent, it’s a matter of time before people catch on. But by then it won’t matter, he’ll be entrenched.

And by the way, as much as I dislike Ben Mulroney, and I definitely do…watching Seacrest first makes Mulroney watchable.

I find Seacrest disingenuous in his interactions. Mulroney looks like he can’t believe he’s got the gig.

By: P.J.

P.J. — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:40:18 +0000

Um, Richard, “Griffin, King and Clark had no discernible talents either.”

Okay, Merv Griffin created Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, two of the most successful syndicated shows of all time.

Larry King’s talent is in marrying and divorcing women.

And Dick Clark’s talent is being the cheapest, most miserly person in Hollywood…allegedly.

By: Connie Z

Connie Z — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:29:36 +0000

Oh please. Get over yourselves!

I met Ryan through mutual friends a month or so after he arrived in LA from Atlanta. He was a ’star’ waiting to happen even then. I saw it and so did everyone else who met him because he had ‘it’…that indefinable charisma that so few really have. Within in no time he was booked to host a syndicated show. It never got on the air but we all knew it was only a matter of time before he hit with something big.

I haven’t spoken to him in quite a while (no longer live in LA) but I’m proud of him for building the blocks of an empire. The public doesn’t buy into a personality for long if it ‘ain’t there.’ Ryan’s gonna be around for a very very long time. And deservedly so.

By: So Much Seacrest

So Much Seacrest — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:17:31 +0000

I’d be annoyed by his success and omnipresence, but he comes across as very likable and nice. It’s bothersome that he’s everywhere, but it’s hard to dislike him personally from a distance, and I think that’s a big part of his success. “Furious D” is right on as well. He’s striking while the iron’s hot. Plus, he was great in “Knocked Up”. Come to think of it, I respect him a great deal. Most people in his position would want to work less, not more.

By: Fletch

Fletch — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:29:09 +0000

Why do we care what Nikki thinks about Seacrest? If you’ve EVER read DHD before you know she hates success. She hates CEO’s, moguls, loves to wax poetic about “CEO porn”. Capitalism scares the hell out of her.

Seacrest is a brilliant marketer who’s comfortable on camera.

Talentless? You mean like a blogger?

By: Can't Take It Anymore

Can't Take It Anymore — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:21:32 +0000

Maryland: Seacrest knew who Busey was and, if I’m not mistaken, even referred to him by name during the Oscar pre-show.

By: Tim Coyne

Tim Coyne — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:07:48 +0000

Nikki,

Love your blog and respect your opinion but I think you’re being way too harsh on Seacrest.

He’s a host - TV and radio - and he’s the best at it.

What would he need to do to win you over?

He does his job and he does it well. He’s also clearly a very hard worker.

I respect anybody who can succeed in “live” mediums. He’s on the radio “live” daily and on TV in front of millions “live” weekly.

Most of the people we consider “talented” are actually protected by and created by great Hollywood editors.

Something to consider.

Tim

By: theTVaddict

theTVaddict — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:05:58 +0000

As someone who’s had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Seacrest, I must concur with many of the commentators. The man is an absolute class act and frankly doesn’t get the recognition he deserves. Not only that, he makes IDOL watchable, which is more than I can say for our Canadian version of Ryan Seacrest, Ben Mulroney.

By: Robet

Robet — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:32:11 +0000

He works incredibly hard and doesn’t cheat people. That’s enough in my book.