{{short description|Canadian television presenter and actress}} {{other people||Patricia Sullivan (disambiguation){{!}}Patricia Sullivan}} {{Infobox presenter | name = Patty Sullivan | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Patricia Sullivan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|03|17}} | birth_place = Burlington, Ontario<ref name="gandm-ticktrunk"/> | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | alma_mater = Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University)<ref name="gandm-ticktrunk"/> | show = | station = | network = | timeslot = | show2 = | station2 = | network2 = | timeslot2 = | style = | country = Canada | prevshow = TVOKids, Kids' CBC | parents = | spouse(s) = Michael Kinney<ref name="torstar-family"/> | partner = | children = 2 | memorials = | website = {{url|http://www.thepattysullivan.com/|thepattysullivan.com}} | module = }} '''Patricia Sullivan''' (born March 17, 1968) is a Canadian television presenter and actress. She is best known for hosting the TVOKids programming block on TVOntario from 1994 to 2003 and the Kids' CBC block on CBC Television from 2003 to 2016, and is scheduled to return to host the CBC Kids block in 2025.
==Career == 250px|thumb|right|Sullivan (in blue) with her puppet "co-host" Mamma Yamma and Mamma Yama's puppeteer Ali Eisner (in striped shirt). Following her graduation from the radio and television arts program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) in 1990, Sullivan initially pursued a career in news radio journalism before joining the provincial public broadcaster TVOntario (TVO).<ref name="gandm-ticktrunk" />
After responding to an internal job posting for a children's television host, Sullivan began hosting the TVOKids programming block on TVO in 1994. She was part of the TVOKids production team that won an International Emmy Award for their 1995 International Children's Day of Broadcasting programming.<ref>{{cite web|title=Patty Sullivan|url=http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/patty_sullivan|work=CBC Presenters|accessdate=12 February 2012|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20161129195924/http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/patty_sullivan|archivedate=29 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was dismissed from TVO in 2003 due to an alleged conflict of interest related to her hosting ''Animal Magnetism'', a nature documentary series on the W Network, which aired concurrently with her TVOKids programming block. She later received an unspecified settlement from TVO.<ref name="gandm-ticktrunk">{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/she-has-a-big-tickle-trunk-to-fill/article18171857/|title=She has a big tickle trunk to fill|first=David|last=Parkinson|work=The Globe and Mail|date=2006-08-29|accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref>
Five months after leaving TVO, Sullivan was hired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a host for the newly reformatted Kids' CBC programming block on CBC Television.<ref name="gandm-ticktrunk"/> In June 2016, CBC announced that Sullivan would be departing as host as part of a new reformatting of Kids' CBC. <ref name="leaving cbc">{{cite news|title=Kids' CBC bidding farewell to longtime host Patty Sullivan|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/kids-cbc-rebranding-patty-sullivan-1.3649301|accessdate=September 25, 2016|work=CBC News|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref> She is scheduled to return to host the CBC Kids block in the fall of 2025. <ref name="returning to cbc">{{cite news|title=CBC sets fall 2025 premiere dates for more than 30 new and returning origin|url=https://www.cbc.ca/mediacentre/press-release/cbc-sets-fall-2025-premiere-dates-for-more-than-30-new-and-returning-origin|accessdate=August 20, 2025|work=CBC News|date=August 20, 2025}}</ref>
Beginning in late 2025, Sullivan will be an on-air personality at Toronto's 97.3 FM.
==Personal life== Sullivan lives in Toronto with her husband Michael Kinney and two daughters.<ref name="torstar-family">{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Amanda|title=Patty Sullivan has spent 20 years entertaining kids on TV, but says raising a family takes help|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/parent/2014/03/24/patty_sullivan_has_spent_20_years_entertaining_kids_on_tv_but_says_raising_a_family_takes_help.html|accessdate=April 14, 2016|work=Toronto Star|date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===TV=== * ''TVOKids'' (1994-2003) - Host * ''The Last Don II'' (1998) - Southern California Reporter #1 * ''The Reading Rangers'' (2001) - Ranger Patty, Abel Johnson, Teeny * ''Animal Magnetism'' (2003-2004) - Host * ''Kids' CBC'' (2003–2016) - Host * ''Murdoch Mysteries'' (2016) - Shop girl * ''Conviction'' (2017) - Reese Barnes * ''Mittens & Pants'' (2022-present) * ''Hey Joojo!'' (2025) - Host
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{official website|http://www.thepattysullivan.com/}} * [http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/personality/patty_sullivan Profile at CBC] * {{IMDb name|id=0838280|name=Patty Sullivan}}
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