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Amber MacArthur

Through October 2006, she worked on a podcast with Call for Help co-host Leo Laporte called Inside the Net, which then morphed into net@night, and has more recently morphed into The Social Hour with Sarah Lane, a Friday lunch time live broadcast.

Baby Pozzi

Born in Genoa, Liguria, she is the younger sister of the pornographic actress and television personality Moana Pozzi.

Brad Lesley

After retiring from athletics, he became a television personality in Japan, where he is probably best known for his role as Animaru Resuri "Animal Leslie" in the Japanese gameshow, Takeshi's Castle.

Daniel Kucan

Daniel Charles Kucan (born October 16, 1970) is a carpenter, artist, interior designer, actor, writer, and television personality (previously with co-hosts Michael Moloney and Tanya McQueen) on the Emmy Award-winning TV series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Daniel Sarcos

Daniel Sarcos (born September 29, 1967) is a Venezuelan actor, singer, stand-up comedian, and television personality best known as the host of Súper Sábado Sensacional from 1997–2009 and the Miss Venezuela pageant from 2004–2009.

Dough Re Mi

Among those who substituted for Rayburn during the run were Jack Barry (prior to the scandals pushing him out of television), announcer Roger Tuttle, Dayton Allen, Keefe Brasselle, and Fred Robbins.

Electrophonic Revolution

In December 2004, the band recorded a Christmas song written by Matt Baker for the children's show Blue Peter.

Holly Hagan

Holly Hagan (born 7 July 1992) is an English television personality and aspiring singer from Thornaby-on-Tees.

Jay Stewart

Stewart also co-hosted with Jim Perry for a week around late 1983, when then-hostess Lee Menning was on maternity leave, and participated in several Instant Bargains during the course of his tenure on Sale.

Keynotes

The host of the first pilot in 1986 was Kevin O'Connell, with Marc Summers of Double Dare fame as announcer, while the second pilot from 1989 was hosted by Clint Holmes.

Laura Greene

Greene was born (1972) in London, England, the daughter of Welsh DIY expert Harry Greene and actress Marjie Lawrence.

LuAnn de Lesseps

LuAnn de Lesseps (born LuAnn Nadeau on May 17, 1965), also known as Countess LuAnn or The Countess, is an American television personality, recording artist, and former fashion model best known for her appearances on the Bravo show The Real Housewives of New York City.

Marc Summers

Summers was a young page at CBS when The Price Is Right premiered with The Joker's Wild and Gambit in 1972, and he often asked advice of Barker, Jack Barry and Wink Martindale—the shows' respective hosts—about a hosting career.

Milan Gutović

Milan "Lane" Gutović (born August 11, 1946 in Umka, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, cabaret performer, and television personality.

Paigion

Kimberly Paigion Walker (born September 27, 1986), better known mononymously as Paigion, is an American actress, radio and television personality.

Rick Steves

Richard "Rick" Steves (born May 10, 1955) is an American author and television personality focusing on European travel.

The Only Way Is Essex

The series returned for a third series on 25 September 2011 and was the final series to feature two of the original cast members Mark Wright whose departure was seen in the final episode whilst Kirk Norcross departed off screen like Childs.


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Alama

Ragheb Alama (born 1962), Lebanese singer, composer, television personality and philanthropist

Alessandro Cattelan

Alessandro Cattelan (born 11 May 1980 in Tortona) is an Italian television personality known for presenting TRL Italy, the Italian version of Total Request Live broadcast by MTV Italia, and Le Iene, broadcast by Mediaset’s Italia 1.

Aquele Abraço

Among the cultural references in the lyrics are the fans of the Flamengo football team, the popular television personality Chacrinha, young girls of the favelas, the samba school Portela, and the Carnaval street parade Banda de Ipanema.

Asner

Jules Asner (born 1968), American television personality, writer, and fashion model

Athalia Ponsell Lindsley

Athalia Ponsell Lindsley (July 25, 1917 – January 23, 1974) was a former American model, Broadway dancer, political activist and television personality on the show Winner Take All.

Belvita

Lisa Snowdon, an English fashion model, television personality and presenter, was the face of Belvita in the United Kingdom in 2010, having appeared in advertisements for the biscuits with fellow Capital FM DJ Johnny Vaughan.

Billy Hardwick

He is the father of comedian and television personality Chris Hardwick.

Brian McDaniel

Brian McDaniel is a stand up comedian and television personality best known for his work on the TV show TMZ on TV.

Burghley House

Lady Victoria Leatham, antiques expert and television personality, followed her father, Olympic gold-medal winning hurdler and runner, IAAF President and MP David "Burghley" Cecil, the 6th marquess by running the house from 1982 to 2007.

Catalina Vallejos

Catalina Alejandra Vallejos Sepulveda (born October 10, 1989) is a Chilean model and television personality best known for winning Miss ATP in 2009 and Calle 7 in 2010 and 2011.

Chiarini

Gianfranco Chiarini (born 1966), Italian chef and television personality

Clarksville, Texas

Euell Gibbons, author of cookbooks and foraging guides, proponent of natural diets, and television personality popular in the 1960s and 1970s

David Ramsay

Dave Ramsey (born 1960), American financial author, radio host, television personality, and motivational speaker

EcoHealth Alliance

EcoHealth Alliance was founded in 1971 by British naturalist, author and television personality Gerald Durrell, who is perhaps best known for his many entertaining books based on his life’s work with animals, as well as a dozen series on the BBC.

Eric Nagler

Eric Nagler (born June 1, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American-born musician and television personality known primarily for his work on Canadian children's television series such as The Elephant Show.

Farmer Wants a Wife

In September 2009, Farmer Wants a Wife returned to British television for a series on Channel 5, presented by singer and television personality Louise Redknapp.

Googolplex

In the PBS science program Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, Episode 9: "The Lives of the Stars", astronomer and television personality Carl Sagan estimated that writing a googolplex in standard form (i.e., "10,000,000,000...") would be physically impossible, since doing so would require more space than is available in the known universe.

Hans Kraay, Sr.

His son Hans Kraay, Jr. is also a retired professional footballer and television personality.

Haut de la Garenne

In March 2008, BBC television personality Jimmy Savile started legal proceedings against The Sun newspaper which had, wrongly he claimed, linked him in several articles to the child abuse scandal at Haut.

Hjeltnes

Arne Hjeltnes (born 1963), Norwegian writer, television personality, marketer and politician

Husein Madhavji

Madhavji co- hosted the national program with television personality Dina Pugliese.

Jackie Johnson

Jacqueline "Jackie" Johnson (born January 23, 1978) is an American weather forecaster and television personality for KCBS-TV news at 5, 6 and 11 PM in Los Angeles, California.

Jar of Kingdom

The name "Jar of Kingdom" was inspired by a comment by television personality and entertainer Graham Kennedy during a comedy skit, in which he described a vial of pig semen as a "jar of kingdom".

John Vaillant

The book was also selected for the 2012 edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, defended by lawyer and television personality Anne-France Goldwater.

Jon Gosselin

Jonathan Keith "Jon" Gosselin (born April 1, 1977) is an American television personality, known for his appearances with then-wife Kate Gosselin and their eight children on the American reality TV show Jon & Kate Plus 8.

Jon Taffer

Jon Taffer (born November 7, 1954) is a bar consultant, television personality, and author, best known as host of the reality series Bar Rescue on Spike.

Lauren Toyota

Lauren Toyota is a Canadian television personality who gained national exposure as a co-host of 969 on Razer.

Linkletter

Art Linkletter (1912-2010), Canadian-born radio and television personality

Marco Maccarini

Marco Maccarini (born 22 July 1976 in Turin) is an Italian television personality known for presenting TRL Italy, the Italian version of Total Request Live broadcast by MTV Italia, and Festivalbar, broadcast by Mediaset’s Italia 1.

Matney

Eddie Matney, American chef, restaurateur and television personality

Matthew Crabb

Crabb has appeared on ITV's This Morning, creating simple carvings for Irish landscape designer and television personality Diarmuid Gavin.

McDonald's Young Entertainers

The show featured some New Zealand teenagers who are now famous, including television personality Drew Neemia, cricketer Ronald Karaitiana, singer Hayley Westenra, actress Michelle Ang and concert pianist John Chen.

Michelle Maykin

Maykin’s efforts received support from many celebrities in the Asian American community, such as American television personality Yul Kwon, who helped raise awareness for Project Michelle and the need for more bone marrow donors in the Asian American and other ethnic communities.

Minogue

Dannii Minogue, Australian singer-songwriter, television personality and occasional actress, model and fashion designer

Morgan Lewington

He is older half-brother of UK television personality, Lara Lewington.

Nancy Fleming

In 1978 she married radio and television personality, Jim Lange (The Dating Game).

New York City College of Technology

Michael Lomonaco (Hotel and Restaurant Management, 1984), chef, restaurateur, and television personality.

Patricia McQueeney

Patricia Noonan McQueeney (born Bridgeport, Connecticut, September 16, 1927; died Santa Monica, California September 4, 2005) was an American actress, television personality, and talent agent perhaps best known as Harrison Ford's manager.

Paul Child

Paul Cushing Child, husband of chef, author and television personality Julia Child

Robert Makłowicz

Robert Makłowicz (born August 12, 1963 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish journalist and historian, notable as a promoter of the Polish cuisine, slow food, and is a television personality.

Rogue Valley Community Television

Longtime television personality Pete Belcastro served as the station's director for 19 years before resigning on August 9, 2007 after his contract was not renewed.

Stephen Leonard

Steve Leonard (born 1972), British veterinarian and television personality

Strictly Global

Born March 2, 1981 in Misawa, Aomori, Japan, Reed is an American actress, model, director and television personality.

Ted Mondale

Mondale's sister, Eleanor Mondale (1960–2011), was a television personality who began her television career at a Minneapolis local network affiliate, and moved on to the E! Online cable channel and eventually the CBS show "This Morning."

Thomas Henty

In an archive interview with the television personality Frank Bough included in the 2001 ITV documentary The Unforgettable Tommy Cooper, Henty explained that he did not want people in the acting profession to know that he was Cooper's son, presumably because he was fearful of claims of nepotism.

Unexplained Channel

The channel was backed by UK television personality Yvette Fielding and her husband Karl Beattie through their Monster Pictures production company.

Van Rankin

Jorge van Rankin (born 1963), Mexican radio and television personality

Wahls

Jessica Wahls (born 1977), German singer-songwriter and television personality

WPYX

WPYX and WTRY went through several ownership changes which includes Scott Broadcasting of Pennsylvania, television personality Merv Griffin and Capstar Broadcasting (which was controlled by billionaire mogul Tom Hicks).