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23 unusual facts about Entertainment Tonight


Amy Fisher

In 2006, Fisher reunited with Mary Jo Buttafuoco in sessions televised for Entertainment Tonight and its spin-off The Insider.

Angie Goff

During this time Goff served as the personal assistant to Entertainment Tonight anchor Mark Steines.

Blake LeVine

As a child, he was featured on Entertainment Tonight, Maury Povich, The Jon Stewart Show, CNN, The New York Post, Premiere Magazine, The Los Angeles Times and numerous radio programs about his experiences collecting autographs from celebrities including Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, Brad Pitt, Frank Sinatra and over 1,000 notables.

Brad Posey

Posey appeared on various TV shows, including Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy, and 101 Best Kept Hollywood Secrets, and in a number of magazines and newspapers, including Newsweek and The Miami Herald with his side of the controversy.

Brooke Anderson

Brooke Victoria Anderson (born May 13, 1978) was a co-host of The Insider, and is now a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.

Indre Viskontas

Viskontas has appeared on several other television shows including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, Access Hollywood, E!, and TV Guide.

Janice Kaplan

Kaplan has regularly appeared as a guest on television shows including Good Morning America, Today, CBS Early Show, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.

John Canemaker

He has appeared on NBC's Today, PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and Entertainment Tonight, and has lectured throughout the United States and in Brazil, Canada, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Wales.

KGNS-TV

Syndicated programming featured on this station includes Ellen, America's Funniest Home Videos, 30 Rock, Entertainment Tonight and Law & Order.

KLFY-TV

KLFY airs syndicated programs, including Live! with Kelly and Michael, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider.

KNWA-TV

Syndicated programming on KNWA includes Anderson, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, The People's Court, and The Doctors.

KOHD

Syndicated programming on KOHD includes: Inside Edition, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

KSPR

Notable former employees of the station include: Mark Steines (correspondent for Entertainment Tonight), John Brown (former anchor for The Daily Buzz), and Terry Kniess (later became known for perfect showcase bid on The Price is Right).

Lisa Daily

She is also a popular media guest who has appeared on several television programs such as MTV Live to Entertainment Tonight.

Omg!

In December 2012, Yahoo! reached a deal with CBS Television Distribution to cross-promote its Entertainment Tonight spin-off The Insider with omg!, re-branding the show as omg! Insider.

Peter Castro

He has provided pop culture commentary on a variety of TV programs including Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, Extra (TV series), CNN’s Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Dateline NBC, Today Show and E!’s Red Carpet pre-show among others.

Randal Haworth

Haworth has been frequently profiled in print media, including Los Angeles Magazine, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, as well as on television (Entertainment Tonight, Larry King, MSNBC).

Soapdish

It stars Sally Field as an aging soap star, joined by Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Garry Marshall, Kathy Najimy, and Carrie Fisher, as well as cameo appearances by TV personalities like Leeza Gibbons, John Tesh (both playing themselves as Entertainment Tonight hosts/reporters), real-life soap opera actors, Stephen Nichols and Finola Hughes and Ben Stein.

Strassner Editing Systems

At the time Mr. Strassner wrote the software, he was a working editor in Hollywood for shows like Entertainment Tonight and Real People, and companies like Paramount Pictures, CBS, NBC and Smith-Hemion.

WBUP

Syndicated programming on WBUP includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Entertainment Tonight, and The Insider among others.

WCHS-TV

Syndicated programming on WCHS includes: Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, Maury, The Steve Harvey Show, The Ricki Lake Show and Anderson Live.

WLIO

Syndicated programming on this station includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight, and Inside Edition among others.

WPTV-TV

Syndicated programming on the station includes: Entertainment Tonight, omg! Insider, The Dr. Oz Show, and Ellen.


Art Munson

Munson is currently writing and producing music for TV some of which have appeared on Oprah, America's Got Talent, Entertainment Tonight and ABC World News.

Ivyann Schwan

Ivyann was featured on The Jenny Jones Show, TV's Entertainment Tonight on four different occasions and was twice a guest on Live with Regis & Kathie Lee .

KPLC

Rob Marciano - chief meteorologist (1994–1997; now meteorologist at CNN and Entertainment Tonight co-host effective January 2013)

Leanza Cornett

She has also served as a host for several television shows, including Entertainment Tonight (1994–1995), New Attitudes (1998), and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (2000), and made television guest appearances in television series such as Melrose Place, The Tick, and Fear Factor.

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Lifestyles was created by Alfred M. "Al" Masini, who had also created Solid Gold, Entertainment Tonight, and Star Search; all of these were part of his Operation Prime Time project, which he later renamed Television Program Enterprises and later merged with Rysher Entertainment to form Rysher TPE.

Lisa Canning

Her credits include Entertainment Tonight, co-host of "Knights and Warriors", the first season of Dancing with the Stars, Beyond With James Van Praagh (as the backstage interviewer/skeptic) and the Pax show Destination Stardom.

Lochie Daddo

Throughout his career, he has worked as an actor, reporter and presenter for all the major Australian networks, on everything from entertainment news to current affairs including Let’s Do It, E! News, Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show and Animal Hospital.

Patti Russo

Patti's television credits include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Don't Forget the Lyrics, Qcheck, Huckabee, Lopez Tonight, The USA Music Challenge, Top Of The Pops, Brit Awards, American Music Awards, Party in the Park- Hyde Park UK, Prince's Trust- UK, Pres.

Paul Bollenback

Paul Bollenback (born 1959) is a jazz guitarist who has appeared on Entertainment Tonight, The Tonight Show, The Today Show, Joan Rivers, and Good Morning America, and has performed with musicians including Charlie Byrd, Arturo Sandoval, Herb Ellis, Stanley Turrentine, Spyro Gyra's Scott Ambush, and Della Reese.

Raya Abirached

Raya also regularly collaborates as a celebrity journalist with several TV stations like Entertainment Tonight in the US, Star TV in Switzerland, ZDF in Germany, ORF in Austria and Telecine in Brazil and is often requested to do generic interviews for major movie studios like Warner Bros., Disney and Paramount.

Richard Hack

During the same period, he was a frequent guest on Oprah Winfrey, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Charlie Rose, Tomorrow, Entertainment Tonight, and Access Hollywood.

Robert Kotler

As a spokesperson for cosmetic surgeons, he regularly appears on radio and television, including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News; on such shows as Oprah, Deborah Norville Tonight, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Your World with Neil Cavuto, EXTRA, Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood.

Telstar 301

Other entities that also used the satellite included Group W, Wold/Keystone Communications (which used the satellite to feed Paramount Television's syndicated output including Entertainment Tonight, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.), Compact Video, Lorimar/Telepictures, and Warner Bros. Television.

WSST-TV

WSST-TV is a locally-owned independent station in the South-Central Georgia town of Cordele, featuring news and other local programming for the region—more than any other station, plus top-rated syndicated fare, like Extra, Martha Stewart, Entertainment Tonight, The People's Court, Matlock and many more.

WXIX-TV

Kevin Frazier - sports reporter/anchor (later a weekend host for Entertainment Tonight, now co-host of omg! Insider)