The American Inventor TV show was a 60 minute competitive reality series series on ABC that gave inventors an opportunity to come on a nationally televised program and try to convince a panel of judges that their item was the next great thing that consumers would simply have to buy. Some of the inventions were very useful things that impressed the judges but many of them were just ridiculous ideas that the inventor somehow thought was great.

American Inventor Cast:

Matt Gallant ................ Host (2006)
Nick Smith .................. Host (2007)
Peter Jones ................. Judge (2006-2007)
Mary Lou Quinlan ............ Judge (2006)
Ed Evangelista .............. Judge (2006)
Doug Hall ................... Judge (2006)
George Foreman .............. Judge (2007)
Pat Croce ................... Judge (2007)
Sara Blakely ................ Judge (2007)

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

1. Episode 1 (3/16/2006)
2. Episode 2 (3/23/2006)
3. Episode 3 (3/30/2006)
4. Episode 4 (4/6/2006)
5. Episode 5 (4/13/2006)
6. Episode 6 (4/20/2006)
7. Best of Inventions - Part 1 (Special) (4/20/2006)
8. Episode 8 (4/27/2006)
9. Best of Inventions - Part 2 (Special) (4/27/2006)
10. Episode 10 (5/4/2006)
11. Episode 11 (5/4/2006)
12. Countdown to the Finale (Special) (5/11/2006)
13. The Finale (5/11/2006)
14. The Finale Results Show (5/18/2006)

The Second Season

15. Episode 15 (6/6/2007)
16. Episode 16 (6/13/2007)
17. Episode 17 (6/20/2007)
18. Episode 18 (6/27/2007)
19. Episode 19 (7/11/2007)
20. Episode 20 (7/18/2007)
21. Episode 21 (7/25/2007)
22. Episode 22 (8/1/2007)