# Patty Sullivan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patty_Sullivan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patty_Sullivan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Sullivan > Source revision: 1355249672 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Burlington%2C_Ontario), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | alma_mater = [Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University)](/source/Toronto_Metropolitan_University) | show = | station = | network = | timeslot = | show2 = | station2 = | network2 = | timeslot2 = | style = | country = [Canada](/source/Canada) | prevshow = [TVOKids](/source/TVOKids), [Kids' CBC](/source/Kids'_CBC) | parents = | spouse(s) = Michael Kinney | partner = | children = 2 | memorials = | website = {{url|http://www.thepattysullivan.com/|thepattysullivan.com}} | module = }} '''Patricia Sullivan''' (born March 17, 1968) is a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [television presenter](/source/television_presenter) and [actress](/source/actress). She is best known for hosting the [TVOKids](/source/TVOKids) [programming block](/source/programming_block) on [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario) from 1994 to 2003 and the [Kids' CBC](/source/CBC_Kids) block on [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television) from 2003 to 2016, and is scheduled to return to host the [CBC Kids](/source/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](/source/Ali_Eisner) (in striped shirt). Following her graduation from the radio and television arts program at [Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University)](/source/Toronto_Metropolitan_University) in 1990, Sullivan initially pursued a career in news radio journalism before joining the provincial public broadcaster [TVOntario](/source/TVOntario) (TVO). After responding to an internal job posting for a children's television host, Sullivan began hosting the [TVOKids](/source/TVOKids) [programming block](/source/Block_programming) on TVO in 1994. She was part of the TVOKids production team that won an [International Emmy Award](/source/International_Emmy_Award) for their [1995 International Children's Day of Broadcasting](/source/International_Children's_Day_of_Broadcasting_Award) programming.{{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}} She was dismissed from TVO in 2003 due to an alleged [conflict of interest](/source/conflict_of_interest) related to her hosting ''Animal Magnetism'', a [nature documentary](/source/nature_documentary) series on the [W Network](/source/W_Network), which aired concurrently with her TVOKids programming block. She later received an unspecified settlement from TVO.{{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}} Five months after leaving TVO, Sullivan was hired by the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) as a host for the newly reformatted [Kids' CBC](/source/Kids'_CBC) programming block on [CBC Television](/source/CBC_Television). In June 2016, CBC announced that Sullivan would be departing as host as part of a new reformatting of Kids' 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}} She is scheduled to return to host the [CBC Kids](/source/CBC_Kids) block in the fall of 2025. {{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}} Beginning in late 2025, Sullivan will be an on-air personality at Toronto's 97.3 FM. ==Personal life== Sullivan lives in [Toronto](/source/Toronto) with her husband Michael Kinney and two daughters.{{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}} ==Filmography== ===TV=== * ''[TVOKids](/source/TVOKids)'' (1994-2003) - Host * ''[The Last Don II](/source/The_Last_Don)'' (1998) - Southern California Reporter #1 * ''The Reading Rangers'' (2001) - Ranger Patty, Abel Johnson, Teeny * ''Animal Magnetism'' (2003-2004) - Host * ''[Kids' CBC](/source/Kids'_CBC)'' (2003–2016) - Host * ''[Murdoch Mysteries](/source/Murdoch_Mysteries)'' (2016) - Shop girl * ''[Conviction](/source/Conviction_(2016_TV_series))'' (2017) - Reese Barnes * ''[Mittens & Pants](/source/Mittens_%26_Pants)'' (2022-present) * ''[Hey Joojo!](/source/CBC_Kids)'' (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}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, Patty}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian children's television personalities Category:CBC Television people Category:Actresses from Burlington, Ontario Category:Toronto Metropolitan University alumni Category:Canadian bloggers Category:Canadian women bloggers Category:Canadian women television personalities --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Patty Sullivan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Sullivan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Sullivan?action=history)). 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