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Clay Smith, who spent many years as a senior producer at Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight, died Friday night in Palm Springs, Calif. after a long battle with cancer, according to a friend. He was 69. "Clay really invented music coverage for TV entertainment news shows,” said Deadline critic and columnist…

Hallmark Channel’s Cameron Mathison has revealed he will undergo surgery this week for kidney cancer. The host of Home & Family shared his diagnosis on his Instagram page as well on the show. You can read his entire post below the story. “About a month ago, I had an MRI for some gut issues I've been having, and during…

Nancy O’Dell is leaving her perch as co-host of Entertainment Tonight after nearly a decade with the syndicated entertainment newsmagazine. The veteran showbiz journalist made the announcement at the end of today’s broadcast. "Tonight, I'm excited to tell you about the start of a new chapter in my life,” she began. “A…

It’s been eight years since Oprah Winfrey signed off her popular talk show, but the itch to revive the platform is still there. Winfrey told ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey that she has thought about a reboot during an interview airing tonight on Entertainment Tonight. “I would love to make that happen, let me tell you. But…

Veteran producer Erin Johnson has been named Executive Producer of Entertainment Tonight. Johnson is replacing Sharon Hoffman, who decided to leave ET to move back to the East Coast to be closer to her sons and family, we hear. Johnson has served as Co-Executive Producer of ET for the past two years where she oversaw E…

Aiming to leverage Entertainment Tonight‘s brand equity in the streaming era, CBS has launched ET Live, an ad-supported, round-the-clock service complementing the company’s existing news and sports offerings. With a different set and on-air talent roster from the “mother ship” syndicated show, a mainstay for nearly…

ReachMe.TV and CBS Television Stations have sealed a 10-year exclusive partnership that will put CBS programming on ReachMe.TV’s upcoming in-airport mobile entertainment network. The deal will provide entertainment, news and sports programming, including local news, weather and sports reports provided by CBS TV…

Bonnie Tiegel, longtime Emmy-winning producer on Entertainment Tonight, died today in Los Angeles. ET released the statement below to Deadline and announced Tiegel’s passing on its website. A four-time Emmy winner, Tiegel was with Entertainment Tonight for decades, most recently serving as senior producer. Her other…

We’ll be seeing more of Carly Steel on Entertainment Tonight. Steel, who has worked as a special correspondent for ET since joining in 2013 to cover the Cannes Film Festival, has been named a correspondent for the top syndicated series. Steel previously served as a special correspondent for ET's sister show, The Inside…

CBS News veteran Sharon Hoffman has been named executive producer at Entertainment Tonight and ET‘s sister show The Insider, CBS said today. Hoffman most recently served as EP Weekend News at CBS News. She oversaw the Saturday and Sunday editions of the CBS Evening News, managed weekend breaking news coverage and…

While Billy Bush will be MIA tomorrow from his job as anchor of NBC’s Today, it will be business as usual for another main figure in the Donald Trump hot mic scandal. Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O’Dell, who was dragged into the controversy when she was revealed as the object of Trump’s crude remarks in a leaked…

Two years after taking the job, Entertainment Tonight Executive Producer Brad Bessey is departing the newsmagazine show, Deadline has confirmed. While the split was amicable, his contract wasn’t renewed due to concerns about a drop in ratings in several important categories. Bessey will be leaving before the show’s…