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'Tom Bergeron' (born May 6, 1955 in Haverhill, Massachusetts) is an Emmy Award-nominated American television personality and a popular one-time game show host, best known to the public as the host of ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' (2001 - current) and ''Hollywood Squares'' (1998 - 2004). He is currently the host for the ABC reality series ''Dancing with the Stars'' (2005 - present), and a fill-in host for ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire''. He is a Daytime Emmy winner.
Bergeron's very first job in the business was as a disc jockey at local radio station WHAV, in his home town of Haverhill. He was an extremely-popular radio DJ in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire in the early 1980s on Portsmouth's WHEB where he played comedy records along with music and offbeat interviews. His professional voice and warm personality landed him with additional TV and radio auditions, and he was well on his way.
One of his first jobs on television was as host of a local game show, ''Granite State Challenge'', on New Hampshire Public Television (produced at NHPTV flagship station WENH-TV). He moved to the Boston market in February 1982, joining WBZ-TV as a general on-air personality. His early roles at the station included being a contributor on ''Evening Magazine'', and landing the hosting spot on ''Lottery Live'', the nightly drawings of the Massachusetts State Lottery games. By January 1987, while still functioning in these roles, Bergeron added ''People Are Talking'' to his duties. He replaced former hosts Nancy Merrill and Buzz Luttrell on the early afternoon talk show, and gained even more popularity with this role. By the early 1990s Bergeron was seen as a solid figure in Boston television, and WBZ continued to capitalize on his talents by featuring him on on WBZ Radio. It was there he had an early-morning radio show called ''The Tom Bergeron Show''. When ''People Are Talking'' ended a successful 13-year run in June 1993, Bergeron remained on WBZ-TV as commentator and lifestyle reporter for the station's expanded hour-long noon newscast.
In June 1994, Bergeron left WBZ when he was hired by the new FX cable network to co-host a morning talk show for them, called ''Breakfast Time''. Hosting with
Laurie Hibberd, the show became quite successful on the upstart cable network, prompting the Fox broadcast network to pick it up two years later. At the time, the cable system in his hometown of Haverhill didn't carry FX, leading to a long running and ultimately failed public campaign to get them to pick up the channel or at the very least to locally syndicate the program. In September 1996 it became ''Fox After Breakfast'', since it aired later in the morning than the other network's morning programs. This show ran for one year on Fox; eventually it became ''The Vicki Lawrence Show'' after a number of cast changes. Bergeron later was signed to a contract with ABC News as guest host to ''Good Morning America''. After Charles Gibson left the show, Bergeron was seriously considered as a permanent replacement, but that job went to Kevin Newman.
Beginning in 1998, one of his best-known jobs was the host of ''Hollywood Squares''. He was nominated for 5 Emmys and in 2000, he won his first and only Emmy. After ''Squares'' ended its six-year-run in 2004, he continued hosting ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', which he started hosting in 2001. In later years, Bergeron appeared twice on '' as an alien trader named D'Marr and as a Coridan Ambassador. He also appeared in an episode of ''The Nanny'' in 1998. In 2005, he began hosting the ABC reality series ''Dancing with the Stars'', for ABC, with ex-reporter Lisa Canning before Samantha Harris. Bergeron's tenure for his show proved to be a hit, airing in over 90 countries, which makes him a big star, for the third time.
Bergeron is married and has two daughters. He lives in Los Angeles.
In 2005, Bergeron was a co-host on the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, and in 2006 he was elected national vice president of the association.
★ Bergeron appeared on an episode of the new I've Got A Secret on Game Show Network on December 30, 2006. His "secret" was that he used to perform as a pantomime on various street corners. He stated that he started when he was 20 years old and performed in theatres, on street corners, etc. He failed to stump the panel.
★ Bergeron is the 2007 March of Dimes WalkAmerica spokesperson.
★ One of Bergeron's arms is slightly longer than the other.
★ Bergeron is one of the first inductees into the Massachusetts Broadcasters' Hall Of Fame, which was created in 2007.
★ Tom Bergeron at the Internet Movie Database
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Trivia |
| References |
| External links |
Biography
Bergeron's very first job in the business was as a disc jockey at local radio station WHAV, in his home town of Haverhill. He was an extremely-popular radio DJ in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire in the early 1980s on Portsmouth's WHEB where he played comedy records along with music and offbeat interviews. His professional voice and warm personality landed him with additional TV and radio auditions, and he was well on his way.
One of his first jobs on television was as host of a local game show, ''Granite State Challenge'', on New Hampshire Public Television (produced at NHPTV flagship station WENH-TV). He moved to the Boston market in February 1982, joining WBZ-TV as a general on-air personality. His early roles at the station included being a contributor on ''Evening Magazine'', and landing the hosting spot on ''Lottery Live'', the nightly drawings of the Massachusetts State Lottery games. By January 1987, while still functioning in these roles, Bergeron added ''People Are Talking'' to his duties. He replaced former hosts Nancy Merrill and Buzz Luttrell on the early afternoon talk show, and gained even more popularity with this role. By the early 1990s Bergeron was seen as a solid figure in Boston television, and WBZ continued to capitalize on his talents by featuring him on on WBZ Radio. It was there he had an early-morning radio show called ''The Tom Bergeron Show''. When ''People Are Talking'' ended a successful 13-year run in June 1993, Bergeron remained on WBZ-TV as commentator and lifestyle reporter for the station's expanded hour-long noon newscast.
In June 1994, Bergeron left WBZ when he was hired by the new FX cable network to co-host a morning talk show for them, called ''Breakfast Time''. Hosting with
Laurie Hibberd, the show became quite successful on the upstart cable network, prompting the Fox broadcast network to pick it up two years later. At the time, the cable system in his hometown of Haverhill didn't carry FX, leading to a long running and ultimately failed public campaign to get them to pick up the channel or at the very least to locally syndicate the program. In September 1996 it became ''Fox After Breakfast'', since it aired later in the morning than the other network's morning programs. This show ran for one year on Fox; eventually it became ''The Vicki Lawrence Show'' after a number of cast changes. Bergeron later was signed to a contract with ABC News as guest host to ''Good Morning America''. After Charles Gibson left the show, Bergeron was seriously considered as a permanent replacement, but that job went to Kevin Newman.
Beginning in 1998, one of his best-known jobs was the host of ''Hollywood Squares''. He was nominated for 5 Emmys and in 2000, he won his first and only Emmy. After ''Squares'' ended its six-year-run in 2004, he continued hosting ''America's Funniest Home Videos'', which he started hosting in 2001. In later years, Bergeron appeared twice on '' as an alien trader named D'Marr and as a Coridan Ambassador. He also appeared in an episode of ''The Nanny'' in 1998. In 2005, he began hosting the ABC reality series ''Dancing with the Stars'', for ABC, with ex-reporter Lisa Canning before Samantha Harris. Bergeron's tenure for his show proved to be a hit, airing in over 90 countries, which makes him a big star, for the third time.
Bergeron is married and has two daughters. He lives in Los Angeles.
In 2005, Bergeron was a co-host on the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, and in 2006 he was elected national vice president of the association.
Trivia
★ Bergeron appeared on an episode of the new I've Got A Secret on Game Show Network on December 30, 2006. His "secret" was that he used to perform as a pantomime on various street corners. He stated that he started when he was 20 years old and performed in theatres, on street corners, etc. He failed to stump the panel.
★ Bergeron is the 2007 March of Dimes WalkAmerica spokesperson.
★ One of Bergeron's arms is slightly longer than the other.
★ Bergeron is one of the first inductees into the Massachusetts Broadcasters' Hall Of Fame, which was created in 2007.
References
External links
★ Tom Bergeron at the Internet Movie Database
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