Tycoon (TV series)

This article is about the 2007 TV series. For the 1960s TV series starring Walter Brennan, see The Tycoon (TV series). For other uses, see Tycoon (disambiguation).

Tycoon
GenreReality television
StarringPeter Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5 (list of episodes)
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Production
ProducerPeter Jones TV
Running time60 minutes, later cut to 30 minutes
Original release
NetworkITV
Release19 June (2007-06-19) –
23 July 2007 (2007-07-23)
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Tycoon is a British reality television show, based on the existing Peter Jones/Simon Cowell production American Inventor,[1] which began on 19 June 2007 at 9.00pm. It was fronted by Peter Jones, who searched for entrepreneurs with ideas that he helped turn into profit-making companies, in which the winner is chosen by the public. The entrepreneurs compete for support from Jones and the other companies' profits. The series also included a viewers' competition in which 25% of the winning company's shares were divided between 2,000 viewers.[2]

After two weeks Tycoon was pulled from its slot at 9pm on Tuesday night due to disappointing ratings. After missing a week, the series returned on Monday 9 July at 10pm, cut from one hour to 30 minutes and reduced from six episodes to five.[3]

The final of Tycoon took place on Monday 23 July on ITV, with Kate Thornton as host. Iain Morgan was announced the winner of the series.

  1. ^ "Forbes.com: UK Tycoon Is Man Behind ABC's American Inventor". Forbes.
  2. ^ "Tycoon.com: Tycoon shares competition".
  3. ^ "Digital Spy: ITV yanks Tycoon from prime slot". Digital Spy.