{{short description|American television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Entertainment Tonight 2021.svg | genre = Entertainment | creator = Al Masini | presenter = {{Plainlist| * Kevin Frazier * Nischelle Turner }} | theme_music_composer = {{Plainlist| * Michael Mark (original) * will.i.am (2012 recomposition) }} | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = {{years ago|1981|09|14}} | num_episodes = 13,146 (10,955 weekdays; 2,191 weekend) | executive_producer = {{Plainlist| * Brad Bessey (2014–2016) * Rick Joyce (2016) * Sharon Hoffman (2016–2019) * Erin Johnson (2019–present) }} | camera = Multi-camera | runtime = {{Plainlist| * 22 minutes (weekday edition) * 44 minutes (weekend edition) }} | company = {{Plainlist| * Paramount Domestic Television (seasons 1–25) * CBS Media Ventures (seasons 25–present) }} | network = Syndicated | first_aired = {{Start date|1981|9|14}} | last_aired = present | related = ''The Insider'' }}
'''''Entertainment Tonight''''' (or simply '''''ET''''') is an American first-run syndicated news broadcasting newsmagazine program that is distributed by CBS Media Ventures throughout the United States and owned by Paramount Streaming. Having premiered on September 14, 1981, it holds the Guinness World Record as the longest-running entertainment news program on television.<ref name="variety2020">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/entertainment-tonight-guinness-book-of-world-records-10000th-episode-1203463366/|title=Entertainment Tonight Enters the Guinness Book of World Records With 10,000th Episode|author-first1=Angelique|author-last1=Jackson|website=Variety|date=January 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529122035/https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/entertainment-tonight-guinness-book-of-world-records-10000th-episode-1203463366/|archive-date=May 29, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-10 |title=Entertainment Tonight sets the record for longest running entertainment show amid 10,000th episode |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/1/entertainment-tonight-sets-the-record-for-longest-running-entertainment-show-amid-605749 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804175428/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/1/entertainment-tonight-sets-the-record-for-longest-running-entertainment-show-amid-605749 |author-first1=Kristen |author-last1=Stephenson |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |access-date=2025-01-14 |work=Guinness World Records |language=en-GB |url-status=live }}</ref>
International versions of the show are distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
==Format== The format of the program is composed of stories of interest from throughout the entertainment industry, exclusive set visits, first looks at upcoming film and television projects, and one-on-one interviews with actors, musicians and other entertainment personalities and newsmakers.
130px|thumb|Logo used until 2014; all on-air logos used since 1994 are based on the "E" and "T" in "Entertainment" seen in the original 1981 logo, but have solely used the abbreviated "ET" name A one-hour weekend edition, ''ET Weekend'' (known as ''Entertainment This Week'' until September 1991), originally offered a recap of the week's entertainment news, with most or all episodes later transitioning to center (either primarily or exclusively) around some sort of special theme; though the weekend edition now utilizes either format depending on the episode, most commonly, the format of those broadcasts consists of replays of stories that were shown during the previous week's editions.
''ET Radio Minute'', a daily radio feature, is syndicated by Westwood One.
As of 2021, the program's weekday broadcasts are anchored by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. Following the departure of Rachel Smith in September 2025, Frazier and Turner returned as anchors of the weekend editions.
==History== In its early years from its September 1981 inception, ''Entertainment Tonight''—following a local newscast-style format—consisted primarily of coverage of the latest movies, music and television releases and projects.
They signed an exclusive agreement to cover the wedding of convicted child molester Mary Kay Letourneau, who married the student she had an affair with, Vili Fualaau;<ref>{{cite web|title='ET' Ponies Up for Letourneau Wedding|url=http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271%7C94953%7C1%7C,00.html|website=Zap2It|publisher=Tribune Media Services|date=April 28, 2005|access-date=February 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103225437/http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1%2C1002%2C271%7C94953%7C1%7C%2C00.html|archive-date=January 3, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> and attorney Howard K. Stern, who represented Daniel Birkhead in the Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case of the late Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard K. Stern Lived Off Anna Nicole Smith |url=http://wildstarz.blogspot.com/2007/02/howard-k-stern-lived-off-Anna-Nicole.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720125937/http://wildstarz.blogspot.com/2007/02/Howard-K-Stern-lived-off-Anna-Nicole.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |website=Wild Starz |date=February 21, 2007 }}<!-- does not appear to exist at archive link given --></ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Did Entertainment Tonight Pay For Stern Interview?|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/did%20entertainment%20tonight%20pay%20for%20stern%20interview_1021935|first=Lew|last=Irwin|website=Contact Music|date=February 13, 2007|access-date=February 28, 2007|archive-date=February 16, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216060617/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/did%20entertainment%20tonight%20pay%20for%20stern%20interview_1021935|url-status=live}}</ref> ''ET'' aired exclusive stories related to Smith, including coverage of her funeral, and her surviving daughter.<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Heels of Anna Nicole's Death, Tragedy at The Insider|url=http://www.jossip.com/gossip/the-insider/on-the-heels-of-anna-nicoles-death-tragedy-at-the-insider-20070209.php|website=Jossip|date=February 8, 2007|access-date=February 28, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214111952/http://www.jossip.com/gossip/the-insider/on-the-heels-of-anna-nicoles-death-tragedy-at-the-insider-20070209.php|archive-date=February 14, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1996, actor George Clooney decided to boycott ''Entertainment Tonight'' to protest the presence of intrusive paparazzi after ''Hard Copy'' did an exposé about his love life, violating an agreement that he had with Paramount, which produced and syndicated both shows.<ref>{{cite web|title=Stardom is double-edged sword for private Clooney|url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9612/13/clooney/index.html|website=CNN|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|date=December 13, 1996|access-date=February 28, 2007|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190246/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9612/13/clooney/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a letter he sent to Paramount, Clooney stated that he would encourage his friends to do the same.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=CLOONEY TUNE:THE 'ER' STAR TAKES ON TABLOID TV|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/11/08/george-clooney-vs-paparazzi/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|date=November 8, 1996|access-date=February 28, 2007|archive-date=March 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070326060840/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294864,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
On September 8, 2008, ''Entertainment Tonight'' began broadcasting in high-definition television; concurrently, the program moved its production and studio operations from its longtime home at Stage 28 on the Paramount Pictures studio lot to Stage 4 at CBS Studio Center, one of the final steps involving the incorporation of Paramount's former syndication arm, Paramount Domestic Television, into CBS' distribution arms and the adoption of the then-new CBS Television Distribution name, which all took place following the breakup of CBS and the original Viacom into separate companies in December 2005.<ref name="FC 2009-09">{{cite web|title=''Entertainment Tonight'' and ''The Insider'' Move Headquarters to Brand New State of the Art Soundstages at CBS Studio Center|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080908cbs02|publisher=CBS Television Distribution|via=The Futon Critic|date=September 8, 2008|access-date=May 30, 2009|archive-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220203205/http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080908cbs02|url-status=live}}</ref>
After pressure via a social media campaign by actors Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, ''ET'' announced in February 2014 that it would no longer accept footage or pictures of the children of celebrities from paparazzi photographers.<ref>{{cite news|title=ET Joins Kristen Bell in Fight with Paparazzi|url=http://www.etonline.com/news/143674_ET_Joins_Kristen_Bell_in_Fight_with_Paparazzi/|website=Entertainment Tonight|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=February 20, 2014|access-date=September 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304100744/http://www.etonline.com/news/143674_ET_Joins_Kristen_Bell_in_Fight_with_Paparazzi | archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
In January 2020, ''Entertainment Tonight'' set the Guinness World Record for the longest-running entertainment news show on TV.<ref name="variety2020"/>
=== ''ET Live'' === In November 2018, CBS launched a free, 24-hour over-the-top streaming service known as ''ET Live''; it features the correspondents from the linear show with expanded coverage of entertainment news. It is available via web browsers, apps, and most recently, the free streaming service Pluto TV (which added ''ET Live'' to its channel lineup in November 2019).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bouma |first=Luke |date=2019-11-13 |title=Pluto TV Adds Several CBS Stations Including ET Live For Free |url=https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/pluto-tv-adds-several-cbs-stations-including-et-live-for-free/ |access-date=2019-11-22 |website=Cord Cutters News |language=en-US |archive-date=2019-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116134444/https://www.cordcuttersnews.com/pluto-tv-adds-several-cbs-stations-including-et-live-for-free/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Albiniak |first=Paige |title='ET' Headed Over the Top with ET Live |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/et-headed-over-the-top-with-ET-live |access-date=2019-11-22 |website=Broadcasting & Cable |language=en-us |archive-date=2019-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412203939/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/et-headed-over-the-top-with-et-live |url-status=live }}</ref>
=== Mixible === In July 2022, it was announced that the service would be rebranded as Mixible, and continue to air a mixture of entertainment, lifestyle, and pop culture-related programming (including ''ET's The Download''), but with expanded contributions from other Paramount Global properties such as MTV, VH1, Awesomeness, ComicBook.com (formerly), ''Inside Edition'', and ''The Drew Barrymore Show''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=2022-07-14 |title='ET Live' Platform Rebrands as 'Mixible', Will Launch With 'Summer Of Reality' Series |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/et-live-rebrands-as-mixible-launches-summer-reality-series-1235063777/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714005131/https://deadline.com/2022/07/et-live-rebrands-as-mixible-launches-summer-reality-series-1235063777/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==On-air staff== ===Current on-air staff=== ==== Anchor ==== * Kevin Frazier – weekday co-anchor (2014–present; weekend co-anchor 2025-present previously served as weekend co-anchor/correspondent from 2004 to 2011/2014–2023) * Nischelle Turner – weekday co-anchor (2021–present; weekend co-anchor 2025-present previously served as correspondent/substitute weekday anchor from 2014 to 2021 and weekend co-anchor 2021–2023)
====Correspondents==== {{unreferenced section|date=October 2025}} * Deidre Behar - correspondent * Emily Curl - correspondent * Cassie DiLaura - correspondent * Denny Directo - correspondent * Sangita Patel - correspondent
===Former on-air staff=== {{unreferenced section|date=October 2025}} * Brooke Anderson – contributor/substitute weekday anchor (2019–2026); previously served as substitute weekday anchor/correspondent from 2013 to 2015 and as contributor from 2015 to 2018; now at ''Inside Edition'') * Thea Andrews – fill-in weekend host/correspondent (2006–2009; later at ''The Insider'') * Army Archerd – correspondent (1981; deceased) * Rona Barrett – correspondent (1983–1986) * Chris Booker – correspondent (2002–2003) * Lisa Canning – correspondent (1995–1998) * Jann Carl – fill-in weekend host/correspondent (1995–2008) * Matt Cohen - weekend anchor/correspondent (2019–2023) * Steven Cojocaru – fashion correspondent (2003–2011) * Leanza Cornett – correspondent (1994–1995, deceased) * Rocsi Diaz – weekend co-anchor/correspondent (2013–2015) * Steve Edwards – weekend co-host (1982–1983) * Leeza Gibbons – fill-in host/correspondent (1984–1995; later at ''Extra'' and co-host of ''America Now'') * Garrett Glaser – correspondent (1989–1993) * Bob Goen – co-host/correspondent (1993–2004) * Bill Harris – correspondent (1984–1985, deceased) * Samantha Harris – correspondent (2010–2012, 2015–2016)/weekend co-anchor/substitute weekday anchor (2015–2016, now back at ''Extra'') * Mary Hart – co-host/correspondent (1982–2011) * Ron Hendren – original co-host (1981–1984; deceased) * Huell Howser – correspondent (1982–1983; deceased) * Keltie Knight – correspondent/fill-in weekend anchor/fill-in weekday anchor (2017–2021; now co-host of E! News) * Vanessa Lachey – correspondent (2005–2007) * Robin Leach – correspondent (1981–1984; deceased) * Leonard Maltin – film historian/reviewer (1982–2010) * Rob Marciano – weekday/weekend co-anchor (2013–2014; later at ABC News, now at CBS News) * Cameron Mathison – weekend anchor/correspondent (2015��2018; later co-host of ''Home & Family'' on Hallmark Channel) * Maria Menounos – correspondent (2001–2005; later at Access Hollywood, ''Extra'' and ''E! News'') * Julie Moran – correspondent (1995–2001) * Nancy O'Dell – co-host/correspondent (2011–2019, later at ''PEOPLE, The TV Show!'', now host of ''Crime Exposé with Nancy O'Dell'') * Carlos Ponce – correspondent (2004–2005) * Tony Potts – correspondent (1998; later at ''Access Hollywood''; now at CNN and HLN) * Ahmad Rashad – fill-in weekend co-host (1988–1989); later host of ''Caesars Challenge'' and ''NBA Inside Stuff'' * Michael Scott – fill-in host/correspondent (1993–1994) * Rachel Smith – weekend anchor/correspondent (2019–2025) * Carly Steel – correspondent (2016–2018) * Mark Steines – co-host/correspondent (1995–2012; later co-host of ''Home & Family'' on Hallmark Channel) * André Leon Talley – fashion correspondent (2012–2013, deceased) * John Tesh – co-host/correspondent (1986–1996) * Marjorie Wallace – host/correspondent (1981) * Robb Weller – co-host/correspondent (1984–1986) * Dixie Whatley – co-host/correspondent (1981–1982) * Roshumba Williams – correspondent (2002) * Chris Wragge – correspondent (1996–1997, later at WCBS-TV in New York and co-anchor of ''The Early Show'' on CBS) * Lauren Zima – correspondent (2019–2022)
==Competition== {{As of|2007}}, despite competition from ''The Insider'' and even the more general-focus newsmagazine ''Inside Edition'', both also produced by CBS Television Distribution, ''Entertainment Tonight'' remained among the ten highest-rated syndicated programs, according to Nielsen ratings weekly ratings. During the 2007–08 season, the program's daytime ratings fluctuated between fourth and fifth place due to competition from fellow CBS-syndicated program ''Judge Judy''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Making Whoopi: 'View' ratings are up |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Dayparts_update_51/Making_Whoopi_View_ratings_are_up.asp |website=Media Life Magazine |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226052329/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Dayparts_update_51/Making_Whoopi_View_ratings_are_up.asp |archive-date=December 26, 2008 }}</ref>
==International versions== The international rights are distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.<ref>{{Cite web|title = برنامج "ET بالعربي" على قناة رؤيا|url = https://roya.tv/articles/2606|website = Roya TV|access-date = June 7, 2021|archive-date = June 7, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210607195815/https://roya.tv/articles/2606|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Roya TV">{{Cite web|title = ET بالعربي Jordan|url = https://roya.tv/program/1175|website = Roya TV|access-date = 2021-10-07|archive-date = 2021-10-07|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211007174032/https://roya.tv/program/1175|url-status = live}}</ref><ref name="Roya News">{{Cite web|title = برنامج "ET بالعربي" على قناة رؤيا|url = https://royanews.tv/news/247843|website = Roya News|access-date = June 7, 2021|archive-date = August 29, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230829213450/https://royanews.tv/news/247843|url-status = live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Country/language ! Local title ! Host ! Channel ! Date aired/premiered |- | {{flag|Arab World}} | ''ET bel Arabi'' | Mariam Saïd (ar)<br>Badr Al Zaidan (ar)<br>Nadrin Faraj (ar)<br>Shahad Ballan<br>(ar)<br>Aline Watfa(ar)<br>Bassel Alzaro<br>(ar) | MBC 1<br>MBC Masr 2<br>MBC Group | January 4, 2015 |- | {{flagu|Brazil}} | ''TV Fama'' | Nelson Rubens<br>Flávia Noronha | RedeTV! | November 15, 2000 |- | {{flagu|Canada}} (in English) |'' Entertainment Tonight Canada'' | Cheryl Hickey <br />Roz Weston <br />Sangita Patel <br />Carlos Bustamante <br />Keshia Chanté | Global | September 12, 2005 |- | {{flag|Thailand}} |''ET Thailand (Entertainment Tonight Thailand)''<br>''ET Thailand''<br>''Entertainment Tonight Thailand'' | |PPTV HD<br>Thairath TV | March 12, 2018 |- | {{flag|Jordan}} | ''ET بالعربي Jordan'' | Rania Mazbouh (ar)<br>Amro Jabri (ar) | Roya TV<ref>{{Cite web|title = تعرّف إلى عمرو جبري ورانيا مذبوح مقدمي برنامج "ET بالعربي Jordan" على قناة رؤيا|url = https://nabd.com/s/89287642-dfbe29/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%91%D9%81-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AD-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AC-et-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-jordan-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%8A%D8%A7|website = Nabd|access-date = June 15, 2021|archive-date = August 29, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230829213440/https://nabd.com/s/89287642-dfbe29/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%91%D9%81-%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AD-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AC-et-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-jordan-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%8A%D8%A7|url-status = live}}</ref> | June 25, 2021 |- |{{flag|France}} | ''Exclusif'' | Thierry Clopeau<br>Frédéric Joly<br>Valérie Bénaïm<br>Flavie Flament<br>Emmanuelle Gaume | TF1 | May 18, 1998 |- | | {{flag|United Kingdom}} | ''Entertainment Tonight UK'' | Amanda Byram | Sky One | January 2005 |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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