Showbiz Tonight
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| Format | Entertainment news program |
| Starring | A.J. Hammer (2005–present) |
| Country of origin | United States |
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| Location(s) | New York Hollywood, California |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original channel | HLN |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | February 20, 2005 – present |
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Showbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN (formerly CNN Headline News).
Showbiz Tonight is hosted by A.J. Hammer at CNN New York. The show reports and debates celebrity entertainment news stories and controversies, along with social networking segments involving viewer interaction via social networks and the program's call-in toll free number. The program airs Sunday through Friday nights at 11PM eastern, with encore presentations Tuesday through Saturday at 2AM and 4:10AM eastern.
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[edit] History
Hosted by A.J. Hammer in New York City, the program was also hosted by Karyn Bryant when it originally aired on February 20, 2005. During the duration of the program, hosting changed with Bryant leaving the show at the end of 2005 and Hammer took on primary hosting duties with correspondents filling in as co-hosts. Brooke Anderson became an official co-host in 2009.
The live telecast moved from 11PM to 5PM eastern/2PM pacific on March 29, 2010, but moved back to 11PM in early May 2011, with the first-run broadcast now airing taped, recorded hours in advance of its initial airtime; meanwhile, the 5PM airing was dropped and replaced with HLN Special Report With Vinnie Politan. A weekday morning replay aired at 11AM eastern/8AM pacific from 2009 until April 2011 and a weekend edition, broadcast as either a best-of format or a replay of the Friday show, depending on events, aired on Saturday and Sunday evenings until July 2011.
On April 13, 2011, it was announced that Anderson would leave the program to join the syndicated entertainment program The Insider in May; with Anderson's departure, Showbiz Tonight has dropped its Los Angeles-based anchor segments for the time being (the program used a dual-coast format with Hammer based in New York, where the program is now solely recorded from, and Anderson in Los Angeles). However, story packages that include discussions between the host and celebrity panelists continue to originate from both cities, with segments originating from Los Angeles done via satellite.
[edit] Hosts
[edit] Current on-air staff
[edit] Anchors
- A.J. Hammer - anchor, New York (2005–present)
[edit] Correspondents
- Kareen Wynter - correspondent (2010–present)
- Jill Simonian - correspondent (2011–present)
- Nischelle Turner - correspondent (2011–present)
[edit] Former on-air staff
- Brooke Anderson - anchor/correspondent (2009–2011, now at The Insider)
- Karyn Bryant - anchor/correspondent (2005)
[edit] Subtitute hosts
When A.J. Hammer is not available, a substitute host would fill in.
[edit] Showbiz Today
The program is a revival of Showbiz Today,[1][2] an earlier program that ran from 1984 until September 10, 2001 on the main CNN network and the international network CNN International. The show's hosts broadcasted live from both New York and Los Angeles, and the format was mainly hard entertainment news mainly involving behind the scenes activities and deals, along with movie review segments and premiere summaries rather than the current day format. Previous hosts and reporters on Showbiz Today include:
- Peter Bart
- Andy Culpepper
- Martin Grove
- Gloria Hilliard
- Dana Kennedy
- Lee Leonard - After helping launch ESPN in 1979 a year prior, Leonard moved to CNN, where he hosted People Tonight, the network's first Los Angeles-based live entertainment news talk show. Many of today's major name celebrities made their first national talk show appearances on People Tonight. including Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and Pee Wee Herman. The show was ground-breaking in its coverage of Hollywood red carpet premieres and many breaking stories including the death of John Lennon and Natalie Wood. Robin Leach cut his teeth as a New York based correspondent before signing on to do Entertainment Tonight and later launching the pop culture hit series, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Leonard stayed at CNN until 1982, when CNN hired veteran talk show host Mike Douglas.
- Dennis Michael
- Jim Moret
- Michael Okwu - From 1997 to 2000, Okwu co-presented Showbiz Today Reports. He was a CNN Entertainment News correspondent while contributing reports as a full-time general assignment correspondent.
- Lisa Schwarzbaum
- Bella Shaw
- Laurin Sydney
- Sherri Sylvester
- Peter Travers
- Bill Tush - Tush was made senior entertainment correspondent for CNN in 1993 and relocated to NYC to host Showbiz Today.
- Liz Wickersham
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