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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…

Paul Ryan, an actor, TV host and former Entertainment Tonight correspondent, has died. He was 69. Ryan died April 23 of leukemia at Providence Saint Joseph Hospital in Burbank. He hundreds of celebrity interviews as ET‘s Hollywood correspondent, co-hosted the local Mid-Morning Los Angeles and most recently produced…

Near daily news about NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ conflation of facts caused more viewers to tune in to syndicated entertainment magazines the week ending February 8. Magazine leader Entertainment Tonight (3.8 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, up 9% week-to-week) clocked its strongest numbers in four…