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| Also known as | Extra: The Entertainment Magazine (1994–1996) |
| Genre | Entertainment news magazine |
| Presented by | |
| Opening theme | "Extra!...Extra!" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 32 |
| No. of episodes | 9,054[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Lisa Gregorisch Dempsey (1996–2022) Jeremy Spiegel (2008–present) Theresa Coffino (2012–present) |
| Production locations | Victory Studios, Glendale, California (1994–2010) The Grove at Farmers Market,Los Angeles (2010–2013) Universal Studios Hollywood,Universal City, California (2013–2019) The Burbank Studios,Burbank, California (2019–present) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes (weekday editions) 44 minutes (weekend edition) |
| Production companies | Time-Telepictures Television (1994–2003) (seasons 1–9) Telepictures Productions (2003–present) (season 10–present) Nuell Riley Productions (1994–1996) (seasons 1–2) Lisa G Productions (2013–2022) (seasons 20–28) Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication |
| Release | September 5, 1994 (1994-09-05) – present |
Extra (originally titledExtra: The Entertainment Magazine from 1994 to 1996) is an Americansyndicatednews broadcastingnewsmagazine that is distributed byWarner Bros. Television Distribution and premiered on September 5, 1994. The program serves as a straight rundown of news headlines and gossip throughout the entertainment industry, providing coverage of events and celebrities; however, since 2013, it has also placed an even greater emphasis on interviews and insider previews of upcoming film and television projects. As of 2025[update], the program's weekday broadcasts areanchored byDerek Hough, with the weekend editions co-anchored byMona Kosar Abdi.
The series was developed in the fall of 1993, for a planned launch during the 1994–95 television season. The program was developed under theworking titleEntertainment News Television; however due to claims that it too closely mirrored its own name, cable channelE! filed a lawsuit againstWarner Bros. Television Studios andTelepictures to bar them from using the title; although E! lost the lawsuit in a summary judgment hearing allowing Warner Bros. to continue to use theENT title for the series, Warner Bros. decided to change the name of the program toExtra: The Entertainment Magazine in May 1994, four months before the series made its debut, with Warner Bros. executives citing that the abbreviatedENT title itself would be too similar to that used byEntertainment Tonight, long shortened officially to justET, possibly leading to viewer confusion and confusingNielsen Media Research ratings diary homes which would have seen their panelists writing down the wrong program they watched.[2]
The program was initially anchored by Dave Nemeth andArthel Neville. Neville joined the program after being anchor atNew OrleansABC affiliateWVUE-DT (now aFox affiliate) and a three-year run onExtreme Close-Up, a one-on-one celebrity interview show that she co-produced forE! Entertainment TV.Extra was initially distributed by Time-Telepictures Television, a joint venture betweenTime Inc. and Telepictures – both of which were owned at the time by Time Warner (which would eventually spin off Time Inc. in 2014) – that was absorbed by Telepictures in 2003. Nemeth and Neville were both replaced by Brad Goode and Libby Weaver on June 10, 1996 for the remainder of Season 2, and Season 3 (which premiered on September 9, 1996), before Weaver was replaced byMaureen O'Boyle in July 1997 during Season 3. O'Boyle took over as main anchor of the program in September 1997 during season 4 premiere; following O'Boyle's departure in September 2000, formerEntertainment Tonight anchor/correspondent and talk show hostLeeza Gibbons became its main anchor of season 7.
In September 2002, Telepictures debuted a spin-off series,Celebrity Justice. The program, which was hosted and executive produced byHarvey Levin, had originated as a segment featured onExtra that focused on legal issues involving celebrities and high-profile court cases with little to no relation to the entertainment industry;Celebrity Justice ran for three seasons before being cancelled in 2005 (Levin would subsequently launch the celebrity news websiteTMZ and three years later, partner with Telepictures and Warner Bros. Television Distribution on a more successful entertainment newsmagazine venture spun off from the site,TMZ on TV).
Following Gibbons's departure in 2004,Extra switched to a two-anchor format for the weekday editions withSugar Ray lead singer/founderMark McGrath and correspondentDayna Devon (who was formerly a news anchor/reporter at ABC affiliatesKMID andWATN-TV) taking over as presenters. In September 2007, the production staff ofExtra also began handling production responsibilities forCW Now, a weekly lifestyle newsmagazine that aired as part ofThe CW's Sunday night lineup; that program was cancelled due to low ratings in February 2008, after 18 episodes, continuing to broadcast some CW interstitial segments for several more months after.
On July 28, 2008, Telepictures announced that actorMario Lopez would take over as solo host of the program; Dayna Devon was moved to a correspondent role, while Mark McGrath chose to leave the show and return to his music career.
On September 13, 2010,Extra began broadcasting inhigh definition. the program also abandoned its longtime soundstage at Victory Studios inGlendale, California and moved its taping location toThe Grove at Farmers Market, a well-known shopping and entertainment venue inLos Angeles.[3]
On August 4, 2011, Telepictures announced thatMaria Menounos (who had previously served as a correspondent for rivalsEntertainment Tonight andAccess Hollywood) would joinExtra as Lopez's co-host, as part of an overall deal with Warner Bros./Telepictures that included a role as a contributor for the CW talk showDrew Pinsky'sLifechangers and development of television program projects.[4] On September 9, 2013, at the beginning of its 20th season,Extra moved its taping location toUniversal Studios Hollywood and itsUniversal CityWalk; at that time, following Menounos's decision to leaveExtra to become co-host ofE! News, actress/producerTracey Edmonds andSportsNation-turned-Fox Sports Live co-hostCharissa Thompson were added to replace her as co-hosts. Edmonds later left in June 2017. Thompson left at the end of the program's 23rd season.
On August 7, 2017, Telepictures announced co-host changes in preparation for the program's 24th season: former host/correspondentTanika Ray would return toExtra as weekday co-host, with correspondentsA. J. Calloway and current weekend edition hostRenee Bargh also becoming weekday co-hosts. All join fellow host Mario Lopez. British TV personalityMark Wright will also join as weekday correspondent.[5]Jerry Penacoli serves as an off-air correspondent for the series and is rarely seen, voicing most of the show's segments and stories that are not done from CityWalk.
On May 8, 2019, Telepictures announced a revamp for the program's 26th season, starting September 9, 2019; formerAccess Hollywood hostBilly Bush will join as co-host, replacing Mario Lopez—who himself will move to rivalAccess Hollywood. It will also move toThe Burbank Studios inBurbank, California whereAccess had previously been based. In the months before, Telepictures had signed an agreement withFox Television Stations to move the series in a number of major top-10 to top-50 markets to syndication onFox stations, ending a long-term agreement withNBC Owned Television Stations to syndicate the series toNBC's owned and operated stations.[6]
On July 31, 2019, Calloway was terminated fromExtra after a number of sexual harassment and assault allegations not involving show staff surfaced (he had previously been suspended earlier in February).[7]
With Bush's arrival, the series was expected to be retitledExtra Extra for the new season (the show's title theme had long had "Extra!...Extra!" as its main focal point and as a regular segment, supporting the possible change in branding); however like the same issues the series ran into in 1994, it ran into legal issues preventing the change.ExtraExtra Show Daily, an entertainment industry expotrade magazine, had utilized the title since 1997 as aregistered trademark.EESD owner Sandra Driggin notified Telepictures about possible confusion with her publication, a week before the show's premiere, and threatened legal action if the show aired asExtra Extra. Telepictures ultimately decided to retain theExtra name as-is, as the show's staff had not really taken up the new name behind the scenes during off-air rehearsals with Bush.[8] On April 11, 2023, it was announced that the series was renewed for a 30th season.[9] On January 22, 2024, it was announced that the series was renewed for a 31st season.[10]
On March 17, 2025, the series was renewed for a 32nd season.[11] Two months after, Bush announced his departure as host at conclusion of the 31st season.[12] In August,Derek Hough was announced as Bush's successor; he made his hosting debut during the 32nd season premiere on September 8, 2025.[13]
Extra employs a staff of about 150 people, consisting of hosts and correspondents presenting story packages, and editors, producers, library staff and film crews who produce and compile the program. The program is taped atUniversal Studios Hollywood each Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Pacific Time Zone, and is taped before a live audience, allowing fans to interact with the show's hosts and see live appearances from actors, musicians, athletes and newsmakers interviewed at the theme park for the program.[14]Extra also takes a unique approach in keeping its viewers in the loop by taking them on coast-to-coast trips each edition, fromHollywood toPlanet Hollywood inLas Vegas to its studio at theH&MTimes Square store inNew York City.[14] The program won its firstEmmy Award in 2014, tying withEntertainment Tonight for "Best Entertainment News Program".
On July 8, 2025, Theresa Coffino announced that she is leavingExtra after 26 years with the TV program.[15]
Only the weekday editions of the program are broadcast outside the U.S.; the 44-minute weekend edition is only distributed domestically.
