Extra (American TV program)
Syndicated entertainment news magazine covering celebrities and industry events.
Extra is an American syndicated entertainment news magazine that premiered on September 5, 1994, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. Originally titled Extra: The Entertainment Magazine, the program covers entertainment industry news, events, and celebrities, and since 2013 has emphasized interviews and previews of upcoming film and television projects. Since 2025, weekday broadcasts are anchored by Derek Hough, with weekend editions co-anchored by Mona Kosar Abdi.
Quick Facts
- Genre
- Entertainment news magazine
- Presenter
- Derek Hough
- Opening theme
- "Extra!...Extra!"
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Seasons
- 32
- Episodes
- 9,054
- Executive producers
- Lisa Gregorisch Dempsey (1996–2022)
- Jeremy Spiegel (2008–present)
- Theresa Coffino (2012–2025)
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History
The series was developed in fall 1993 for the 1994–95 television season under the working title Entertainment News Television. Cable channel E! filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Television Studios and Telepictures to block use of that title, claiming it too closely mirrored its own name; E! lost the lawsuit in a summary judgment hearing, but Warner Bros. renamed the program to Extra: The Entertainment Magazine in May 1994, four months before its premiere, citing that the abbreviated ENT title would be too similar to Entertainment Tonight's shortened form ET, potentially confusing viewers and Nielsen ratings panelists. The program initially aired with anchors Dave Nemeth and Arthel Neville. Neville had previously anchored at New Orleans ABC affiliate WVUE-DT and co-produced Extreme Close-Up for E!. Extra was first distributed by Time-Telepictures Television, a joint venture of Time Inc. and Telepictures owned by Time Warner, which was absorbed by Telepictures in 2003. Nemeth and Neville were replaced by Brad Goode and Libby Weaver on June 10, 1996, for the remainder of season 2 and season 3. Weaver was replaced by Maureen O'Boyle in July 1997 during season 3; O'Boyle became main anchor in September 1997 for season 4. After O'Boyle's departure in September 2000, Leeza Gibbons, a former Entertainment Tonight anchor and talk show host, became main anchor starting in season 7.
Production
With about 150 employees, Extra relies on hosts, correspondents, editors, producers, library staff, and film crews to create and assemble each episode. From 2013 to 2019, the show taped Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time at Universal Studios Hollywood in front of a live audience, giving fans a chance to meet the hosts and watch interviews with actors, musicians, athletes, and newsmakers. The program also brought live audiences along for cross-country trips, from Hollywood to Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas and to its studio inside the H&M Times Square store in New York City. In 2014, Extra tied with Entertainment Tonight to win its first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment News Program. On July 8, 2025, executive producer Theresa Coffino announced her departure after 26 years with the show.
International carriage
Only the weekday episodes of Extra air internationally; the 44-minute weekend version is exclusive to the U.S. In Canada, Citytv broadcasts the weekday shows a day later at 1 a.m., with a repeat at 2:30 a.m. In Australia, the Nine Network began airing the weekday editions on July 2, 2012, continuing through its 26th season after choosing not to renew Entertainment Tonight.
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