etalk

etalk
The people of etalk
Also known as	Entertainment Now (1995-2002)
Genre	Entertainment news
Starring	Ben Mulroney Tanya Kim
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	10
Production
Executive producer(s)	Morley Nirenberg
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CTV, CTV Two, E!
Picture format	16:9 letterbox
Original run	1995 – present
External links
Website

etalk (formerly eTalk Daily) is a Canadian entertainment news show hosted by Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim. It airs weekdays weeknights at 7 p.m. ET (check local listings) on CTV, at 1:30 p.m. ET on CTV Two and at 6 p.m. ET and 11:30 p.m. ET on E!

Overview

etalk is the most-watched Canadian entertainment newsmagazine. Hosting duties are shared by Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim. From the Oscars® and the Emmys® to the JUNO Awards and The Giller Prize, etalk is front-and-centre delivering up-to-the minute news in film, television, music and more. Celebrating both homegrown talent and international stars, etalk became Canada’s first daily Canadian entertainment newsmagazine when it launched in 2002. Regular features include interviews with reporters Danielle McGimsie, Traci Melchor, Leah Miller and gossip with Lainey. Other reporters include Susie Wall, Quebec correspondent Sophie Gregoire, and celebrity reporter Jully Black.^[1]

History

The series began as Entertainment Now (or eNow), originally hosted by Lin Eleoff, who was replaced by Carla Collins, who later co-anchored with Dan Duran, and began airing weekly on BBS (later absorbed into CTV) in 1995. Much as now, in its original form eNow used a toned-down version of the standard entertainment magazine format. in 2000, eNow relaunched as etalk, a weekly entertainment-oriented talk show hosted by Mulroney with a variety of rotating guest panelists. It was produced by the CTV-owned talktv (now MTV) and taped on the set of The Chatroom, of which Mulroney was a co-host.

Following the cancellation of The Chatroom, etalk, along with co-host Thea Andrews, returned to its original format. Thea Andrews left the show in 2003 and would later emerge as a reporter for Entertainment Tonight in 2007. etalk would become a daily series on the CTV daytime schedule in fall 2002, hence the brief name change to etalk Daily, but switched to primetime airings on June 9, 2003, coinciding with the launch of Canadian Idol.

Entertainment journalist David Giammarco was asked to join the show in early 2003 as senior entertainment reporter, bringing numerous celebrity interviews and exclusives.

eTalk was also added to the schedule of Star! in October 2007 after CTVglobemedia acquired control of CHUM Limited and cancelled Star!'s former entertainment newscast Star! Daily. Since March 2008, etalk has been produced from 299 Queen Street West. The show shared production space with Citytv's Breakfast Television and CityLine until September 8th, when Citytv's moved to its new headquarters at 33 Dundas Street East. The street front studio was re-configured for etalk, and later for The Marilyn Denis Show.

Personalities

Present

• Ben Mulroney - Host
• Tanya Kim - Co-Host
• Leah Miller - Correspondent
• Traci Melchor - Reporter
• Danielle McGimsie - Reporter
• Sophie Gregoire - Quebec Correspondent
• Elaine "Lainey" Lui - Gossip Reporter
• Susie Wall - Reporter
• Jully Black - Celebrity Reporter

Former

• Thea Andrews - Co-Host
• David Giammarco - Senior Entertainment Reporter
• Anna Cyzon - Reporter
• Jesse Palmer - Reporter
• Zain Meghji - Reporter

References

1. ^ http://shows.ctv.ca/eTalk/Bios.aspx

External links

• etalk website
• etalk at the Internet Movie Database
• etalk at TV.com