{{short description|American sportscaster}} {{infobox person | image = Kevin Frazier (14769515572).jpg | name = Kevin Frazier | birth_name = Kevin Timothy Frazier | birth_place = United States | birth_date = {{birth_date and age|mf=yes|May 20, 1964}} | education = Morgan State University | occupation = Television presenter, sports commentator, website creator | employer = CBS Media Ventures, Paramount Streaming | known_for = Presenter (weekdays) of Entertainment Tonight with Nischelle Turner }}
'''Kevin Timothy Frazier''' (born May 20, 1964) is an American television host, widely known as co-host of ''Entertainment Tonight'' and the founder and owner of the urban entertainment website HipHollywood.com.
==Career== Frazier's first media job was as a news and sports reporter/photographer at WCBD-TV in Charleston, SC; when his boss took a job at WBFF-TV in Baltimore (which had just launched a news operation), Frazier followed. Frazier then joined another upstart news operation, at WXIX-TV in Cincinnati, serving as both weekend sports anchor and as a play-by-play commentator for the station's coverage of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team. During this time, he also became a sideline reporter for the newly launched ''NFL on Fox''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frazier, Kevin {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/frazier-kevin |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fox 19 personalities through the years |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/television/tv%20and%20radio/2014/02/27/fox-19-personalities-through-the-years/5856353/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=www.cincinnati.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kiesewetter |first=John |date=2018-10-18 |title=Celebrating 25 Years Of WXIX News With Tricia Macke |url=https://news.wosu.org/wvxu-stories/2018-10-18/celebrating-25-years-of-wxix-news-with-tricia-macke |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=WOSU News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-20 |title=Good times are rolling for former 45 cameraman - Baltimore Sun |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-10-31-1994304079-story.html |access-date=2023-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620125004/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-10-31-1994304079-story.html |archive-date=2021-06-20 }}</ref>
Afterwards, he moved to Los Angeles and joined Prime Sports as one of the rotating anchors of their national sports news program, ''Press Box''; simultaneously, he hosted the short-lived ''FX Sports Show'' alongside Jim Rome.<ref>{{Citation |title=Rick Weinberg, Fox Sports reporter, Press Box Insider host, VTS 01-4 (upld May 26, 2014) | date=26 May 2014 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j71vkIZvDYM |access-date=2023-07-26 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The fX Sports Show 9/3/95 - Premiere | date=27 September 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQjIKP0ots4 |access-date=2023-07-26 |language=en}}</ref> Both programs were succeeded by ''Fox Sports News'' as Fox Sports Net launched in late 1996; Frazier anchored the very first broadcast, and remained as one of the many anchors until the program (by then known as the ''National Sports Report'') was cancelled in early 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=1996-10-18 |title=NFL Films Is Positive About New Show |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-18-sp-55166-story.html |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> While at Fox, he also co-hosted ''College Football Saturday'', and served as an anchor and sideline reporter for other Fox Sports coverage.
After his stint at Fox, he later joined ESPN, where he hosted ''SportsCenter'' and a multitude of National Basketball Association themed programming (including ''NBA Shootaround'', ''NBA Fastbreak'' and ''NBA Fastbreak Tuesday).''
From 2004 to 2011, he was a correspondent for ''Entertainment Tonight'' as well as a fill-in host, and from 2011 to 2014, was a co-host of ''The Insider''; he returned to ''ET'' in 2014, and continues as co-anchor to the present day''.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |date=2014-08-20 |title=Kevin Frazier Named 'Entertainment Tonight' Co-Host, Louis Aguirre Hired for Vacated 'Insider' Slot |url=https://www.thewrap.com/kevin-frazier-named-entertainment-tonight-co-host-louis-aguirre-hired-for-vacated-insider-slot/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/03/07/kevin-frazier-named-co-anchor-of-the-insider-723514/20110307cbs03/|title=Breaking News - Kevin Frazier Named Co-Anchor of "The Insider" - TheFutonCritic.com|website=www.thefutoncritic.com|accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref> Frazier is also the host of ''Game Changers'' on the weekly ''CBS Dream Team''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/shows/cbs-dream-team//|title=CBS Dream Team|website=cbs.com|accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref>
Frazier has also made guest appearances in movies and TV shows, including ''Rat Race'', ''One on One'' and ''Empire''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Frazier {{!}} Actor, Producer, Writer |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035396/ |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref> He, alongside fellow FSN anchor Van Earl Wright, also appeared on the short-lived NBC sitcom ''Inside Schwartz'', analyzing the decisions made by the lead character.<ref>{{Citation |title=Inside Schwartz (2001) S01 E01 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zkK19sdTc |access-date=2023-07-26 |language=en}}</ref> Frazier has also been a forum guest on ''Jim Rome Is Burning''.
In 2008, Frazier founded HipHollywood.com, an online web site for urban entertainment news.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hiphollywood.com/contributors/ |title=Hiphollywood.com - Contributors |accessdate=2011-02-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131155818/http://hiphollywood.com/contributors/ |archivedate=2011-01-31 }}</ref> The company is a content partner for ET Online and The Insider, and offers news, pop culture information, photos and interviews with celebrities in music, sports, television and film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hiphollywood.com/about-us/ |title=About Us | Hip Hollywood |accessdate=2012-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504012109/http://hiphollywood.com/about-us/ |archivedate=2012-05-04 }}</ref>
In 2013, Frazier was signed on to host a game show pilot called ''The Money Pump''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/cbs-orders-pilot-for-gameshow-money-pump-1200419439/|title=CBS Orders Pilot for Gameshow 'Money Pump'|first=AJ|last=Marechal|date=26 April 2013|website=variety.com|accessdate=22 May 2017}}</ref> based on an Israeli format, produced by ITV Studios America and Reshet TV for CBS where contestants compete against an enormous money pump for a chance at the $1,000,000 prize. The show never made it past the pilot stage. In 2016 Frazier was the moderator for Season 2 of Little Women: Atlanta.
==Personal life== Frazier attended Oakland Mills Middle and Hammond High in Columbia, Maryland. He went on to Hampton University and then graduated from Morgan State University. He is married to attorney Yasmin Cader; together they have sons Shane and Reece. Kevin has son Tony from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/07/06/kevin-frazier-welcomes-son-reece/|title=Kevin Frazier Welcomes Son Reece|website=people.com|accessdate=22 May 2017|archive-date=9 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809100504/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/07/06/kevin-frazier-welcomes-son-reece/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=1035396|name=Kevin Frazier}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602203003/http://www.etonline.com/about/bio/47535/index.html Kevin Frazier's bio on''ET'' Online]
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