# Kevin Frazier > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kevin_Frazier > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kevin_Frazier.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Frazier > Source revision: 1356860700 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Morgan_State_University) | occupation = Television presenter, sports commentator, website creator | employer = [CBS Media Ventures](/source/CBS_Media_Ventures), [Paramount Streaming](/source/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](/source/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](/source/WCBD-TV) in Charleston, SC; when his boss took a job at [WBFF-TV](/source/WBFF) in Baltimore (which had just launched a news operation), Frazier followed. Frazier then joined another upstart news operation, at [WXIX-TV](/source/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](/source/University_of_Cincinnati) Bearcats basketball team. During this time, he also became a sideline reporter for the newly launched ''[NFL on Fox](/source/NFL_on_Fox)''.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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 }} Afterwards, he moved to Los Angeles and joined [Prime Sports](/source/Prime_Sports) as one of the rotating anchors of their national sports news program, ''Press Box''; simultaneously, he hosted the short-lived ''[FX](/source/FX_(TV_channel)) Sports Show'' alongside [Jim Rome](/source/Jim_Rome).{{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}}{{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}} Both programs were succeeded by ''[Fox Sports News](/source/National_Sports_Report)'' as [Fox Sports Net](/source/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.{{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}} 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](/source/ESPN), where he hosted ''[SportsCenter](/source/SportsCenter)'' and a multitude of [National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) themed programming (including ''[NBA Shootaround](/source/NBA_Shootaround)'', ''[NBA Fastbreak](/source/NBA_Fastbreak)'' and ''[NBA Fastbreak Tuesday](/source/NBA_Coast_to_Coast)).'' 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](/source/The_Insider_(TV_program))''; he returned to ''ET'' in 2014, and continues as co-anchor to the present day''.''{{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}}{{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}} Frazier is also the host of ''Game Changers'' on the weekly ''[CBS Dream Team](/source/CBS_Dream_Team)''.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbs.com/shows/cbs-dream-team//|title=CBS Dream Team|website=cbs.com|accessdate=22 May 2017}} Frazier has also made guest appearances in movies and TV shows, including ''[Rat Race](/source/Rat_Race_(film))'', ''[One on One](/source/One_on_One_(American_TV_series))'' and ''[Empire](/source/Empire_(2015_TV_series))''.{{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}} He, alongside fellow FSN anchor [Van Earl Wright](/source/Van_Earl_Wright), also appeared on the short-lived NBC sitcom ''[Inside Schwartz](/source/Inside_Schwartz)'', analyzing the decisions made by the lead character.{{Citation |title=Inside Schwartz (2001) S01 E01 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75zkK19sdTc |access-date=2023-07-26 |language=en}} Frazier has also been a forum guest on ''[Jim Rome Is Burning](/source/Jim_Rome_Is_Burning)''. In 2008, Frazier founded HipHollywood.com, an online web site for urban entertainment news.{{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 }} 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.{{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 }} In 2013, Frazier was signed on to host a game show pilot called ''The Money Pump''{{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}} based on an Israeli format, produced by [ITV Studios America](/source/ITV_Studios) and [Reshet TV](/source/Reshet) for [CBS](/source/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](/source/Columbia%2C_Maryland). He went on to Hampton University and then graduated from [Morgan State University](/source/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.{{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}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==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] {{authority control}} {{Commons category|Kevin Frazier}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frazier, Kevin}} Category:1964 births Category:20th-century African-American people Category:21st-century African-American people Category:African-American television personalities Category:American infotainers Category:American tennis commentators Category:American television sports commentators Category:College football announcers Category:ESPN people Category:Hampton University alumni Category:Living people Category:Morgan State University alumni Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:NBA broadcasters Category:American sideline reporters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kevin Frazier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Frazier) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Frazier?action=history)). 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