Courtney Friel
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 Courtney Friel, 2007-06-30 |
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| Born | April 22, 1980 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation | reporter/anchor |
| Title | Entertainment and General Assignment Reporter for KTTV-TV Los Angeles, CA |
| Spouse(s) | Carter Evans |
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Courtney Friel (born April 22, 1980) is an American reporter for KTTV-TV in Los Angeles, California. She covers entertainment for the Fox11 station in Los Angeles as well as for Fox News Channel and other local stations.[1]
Prior to her move to Los Angeles, she was the entertainment reporter at Fox News Channel, contributing to a number of different entertainment related programs for the network's website, FoxNews.com. Friel was a frequent guest contributor on the Fox News late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld.
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[edit] Family
Friel is married to Carter Evans who is a national business correspondent for CNN Newsource. On January 1, 2011, Friel gave birth to Cash Hudson Evans.[2] On November 22, 2011 Friel announced that she is currently pregnant with her second child. According to Friel, she will be having a girl and is due in April 2012.
[edit] Early life
Friel attended Methacton High School in Norristown, Pennsylvania. She regularly did the televised morning announcements, and was very active in the school's media production class. One day, after submitting a short video, Friel was chosen to appear in Channel One News' student produced week in Los Angeles. Friel went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from San Diego State University.
[edit] Career
Friel was a sports anchor and entertainment reporter for GoTV Mobile Television, as well as the hostess for the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel. She was also the host of GameStop/EBGames "EB TV" which boasted of recently released and upcoming video games. Before that, she was the co-anchor of Court TV's The Saturday Night Solution. Friel has also worked as a field reporter for various networks including E! Entertainment, Oxygen Channel and Comcast Cable, the World Poker Tour, as well as the syndicated program, Extra. She also worked as an anchor at ABC affiliate WBBJ-TV in Jackson, Tennessee in 2003. Friel arrived at WBBJ during the May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence, and covered the devastation in Jackson. She joined Fox News Channel in February 2007. Friel stated on the November 22, 2011 Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld show that she would be moving to the Fox News Los Angeles bureau.
[edit] References
- ^ Courtney Friel Moving West for Fox
- ^ Andrea Roth, on Andrea Roth Praises Her 'Fabulous' Fiancé. "Courtney Friel, Carter Evans Welcome Son Cash Hudson – Moms & Babies – Moms & Babies - People.com". Celebritybabies.people.com. http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/01/03/courtney-friel-carter-evans-welcome-son-cash-hudson/. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
