Ryan Seacrest, the busiest man in showbiz, has now ousted Simon Cowell from the top spot on The Hollywood Reporter‘s fourth annual Reality Power List.
Cowell was ranked number one the last two years in the running but has now dropped to number 6 among the 50 people considered to be making the greatest impact in the realm of unscripted television.
The rankings were based on: Having a reputation for quality and innovation within the business; the indelible mark one makes on his/her shows as overseeing executive, producer, or talent; one’s overall impact on pop culture, and the “watercooler” factor: One’s ability to create dramatic, comedic and can’t-miss TV moments.
Those requirements pretty much sum up our American Idol host and producer of the Kardashian TV empire. Seacrest is credited with the resurgence of Idol after the high profile departure of Cowell and he won an Emmy last August for producing Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. Congrats Ryan!