Ben Mankiewicz

Ben Mankiewicz

Ben Mankiewicz (born 1967) is an American radio and television personality.

Biography

Career

Mankiewicz began his professional career years as a reporter and an anchor for WCSC-TV (a CBS affiliate) in Charleston, SC. In 1998, he joined WAMI in Miami, FL, where he served as anchor of The Times, a daily news magazine show and the station’s highlight program. [ [http://www.tv.com/ben-mankiewicz/person/191298/biography.html Ben Mankiewicz Bio - Ben Mankiewicz Biography - Ben Mankiewicz Stories ] ]

He is the former (and longtime) co-host of the liberal talk radio show "The Young Turks", along with Cenk Uygur, airing weekday mornings from 6-9AM (Eastern Time) on Air America Radio as of September 18, 2006. In 2007, he moved to a new television show for TMZ, TMZ on TV, [ [http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2007/8/20/11398/6352 http://www.theyoungturks.com/story/2007/8/20/11398/6352] ] deciding after a few months that it was not for him. Ben still occasionally co-hosts the Young Turks show, which can be heard on radio and seen as a webcast at http://theyoungturks.com.

On weekends, he also presents classic movies on the American cable television channel Turner Classic Movies. From 2004 to 2007, Mankiewicz also hosted TCM's "Cartoon Alley", shown weekly on Saturday mornings. In 2008, he and Ben Lyons replaced Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper on the syndicated TV program "At the Movies". [ [http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/23/lyons.mankiewicz.ap/index.html CNN: Lyons, Mankiewicz named 'At the Movies' hosts] ]

Family

Mankiewicz is the son of Holly Reynolds and political figure Frank Mankiewicz, the cousin of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, grandson of famed screenwriter, Herman Mankiewicz, and grandnephew of screenwriter, producer and director, Joseph L. Mankiewicz. [http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20082222,00.html] [ [http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article/?cid=35501 http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/thismonth/article/?cid=35501] ] He is the brother of NBC News reporter Josh Mankiewicz. His cousin is the filmmaker and television producer Nick Davis. He is married to Contessa Kellogg.

References

External links

* [http://www.theyoungturks.com/ The Young Turks homepage]
* [http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=35501 Turner Classic Movies article on Mankiewicz]
* [http://streamingradioguide.com/radio-show.php?show=2463 List of Young Turk Radio Streams]


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