E! News
Entertainment news and celebrity gossip from E!.
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E! News was the entertainment news division of the U.S. cable network E!, also known earlier as E! News Daily and E! News Live. Its weekday television newscast first aired on September 1, 1991, covering celebrity news and gossip, previews of upcoming films and TV shows, regular segments on those topics, and broader film and television industry news. The linear broadcast was canceled on September 25, 2025.
The program launched on September 12, 1991, with Dagny Hultgreen as its original host. It focused on celebrity stories and gossip, along with coverage of the film, music, and television industries. Over the years, it adopted various formats, including a live broadcast during the mid-2000s under the name E! News Live. From 2006, Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic hosted the show. In April 2012, Jason Kennedy replaced Seacrest. Rancic took maternity leave in August 2012 after the birth of her first son via surrogate, assuring viewers she would return under a new three-year contract with E! News and Fashion Police; Catt Sadler filled in as anchor and later became a main anchor as Rancic reduced her duties. From 2006 until late 2010, the program was followed by The Daily 10, hosted by Sal Masekela, Sadler, and at one point Debbie Matenopoulos.
On September 21, 2010, E! announced the cancellation of The Daily 10 and the expansion of E! News to a one-hour format, effective October 25, 2010. The show debuted a new set and began broadcasting in high definition. Some Daily 10 talent, including Catt Sadler, Clinton Sparks, and Robbie Laughlin, joined E! News, along with a new segment called The Daily 10 Take and several former Daily 10 segments. The program did not air on major holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas, instead airing special pre-taped shows, weekend editions, or other E! programming.
In December 2017, Catt Sadler left the network after learning she was paid less than her male co-anchor Jason Kennedy. An E! spokesperson told People that the network compensates employees fairly based on their roles, regardless of gender. In August 2019, it was announced that at the start of 2020, E! News would move to New York and launch a companion morning show, Pop of the Morning, airing live at 7 a.m. Eastern (4 a.m. Pacific). The new version originated from Studio 6E at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, aiming to integrate with the New York morning show circuit and promote NBCUniversal programming during an hour typically devoted to hard news on Today.
In October 2019, Rancic announced she would resign her anchor position and remain in Los Angeles, staying with the network for red carpet coverage to focus on family and business interests in Chicago. Kennedy also announced his departure but stayed with E! to host a new Los Angeles celebrity home interview series, In The Room. The final Los Angeles broadcast aired on November 15, 2019. On December 5, 2019, Lilliana Vazquez and Scott Tweedie were named co-anchors of the New York-based morning iteration, which began on January 6, 2020. On March 13, 2020, all E! studio programming went on indefinite hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On August 5, 2020, E! canceled both New York shows and In The Room, part of broader NBCUniversal cuts. E! continued to maintain the E! News website and social media, including The Rundown on Snapchat Discover.
On October 20, 2022, E! announced a revival of E! News as a late-night entertainment news program, returning to the network after a two-year hiatus, with Adrienne Bailon-Houghton and Justin Sylvester as co-hosts. The revival premiered on November 14, 2022. On October 31, 2023, Bailon-Houghton resigned as co-anchor to spend more time with family and live on the East Coast. On July 24, 2025, it was announced that the linear TV run of E! News would end on September 25, 2025, after 34 years, though the website and social media operations would continue.
Current on-air staff as of the cancellation included anchors Keltie Knight (2024–2025, previously chief correspondent from 2022–2024) and Justin Sylvester (2022–2025, previously correspondent from 2016–2020). Correspondents included Jason Kennedy (anchor/correspondent 2005–2019, 2023–2025), Will Marfuggi (correspondent 2013–2020, 2024–2025), Francesca Amiker (2022–2025), Carolina Bermudez (2022–2025), Courtney Lopez (2022–2025), and Emily Curl (2024–2025). Former on-air staff included David Adelson (correspondent 1991–2005), Greg Agnew (correspondent/Sr. Producer/Breaking News Anchor 1991–2002), Jules Asner (anchor/correspondent 1996–2003), Ken Baker (chief correspondent 2008–2017), Adrienne Bailon-Houghton (anchor 2022–2023), Melanie Bromley (chief news correspondent 2012–2020), and John Burke (anchor/correspondent).
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 60 minutes (2010–2019); 30 minutes (1991–2010; 2020–2025)
- Presenter
- Keltie Knight, Justin Sylvester
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- 1 September 1991
- Last aired
- 25 September 2025
- Episodes
- 7,500+
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Broadcast
The program originally aired on weeknights at 7 p.m. ET until November 15, 2019, with repeats at 11 p.m. ET that stopped in 2018. A Saturday edition, which largely repackaged stories from the week, ran at 10 a.m. ET until it was canceled in 2016. By 2020, the show had moved to weekday mornings at 7 a.m. ET. In the UK, it is broadcast on weekdays at 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 4 p.m., and 7 p.m. Across mainland Europe, E! News is frequently trimmed to a half-hour format, though the full hour airs at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. CET, with schedules shifting weekly. In Germany, Alexander von Roon produces the version seen on Sky. In the Philippines, it appears on ETC following the U.S. broadcast, Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 to 11:00 p.m., with replays at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. In India, the show runs Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. on Zee Café.
International versions
In Latin America, E! News was presented by Daniela Kosán and Renato López, using the same video clips as the US version. The show was cancelled in late 2008, and as of May 20, 2009, it was replaced by the American counterpart with a two-minute recap of Latin American entertainment news and a half-hour week-in-review program on Thursday nights, both hosted by Renato López until his death in 2016. Introduced in 2010, E! News Asia is a weekly round-up of entertainment stories from Hollywood and Asia, formerly anchored by Dominic Lau and Marion Caunter; it is now produced as short-form content and hosted by Yvette King, with correspondents Raymond Gutierrez in the Philippines and Elizabeth and Maria Rahajeng in Indonesia, available in 15 countries. In Canada, a weekly program titled E! News Weekend aired from 2008 to 2009 on the E! broadcast system owned by Canwest, hosted by Jason Ruta and Arisa Cox from the Hard Rock Café in downtown Toronto; the broadcast service ceased operations in August 2009, and the program was not carried over to the unaffiliated cable channel that picked up the E! brand in late 2010. The Canadian E! system transmitted through local broadcast stations that produced their own local newscasts, but these did not carry the E! News brand; for example, flagship station CHCH-DT titled its newscasts CHCH News.
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