ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT

Season 44, Year: 2024-2025

BIOGRAPHY

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NISCHELLE TURNER

Co-Host

Nischelle Turner is co-host of the nine-time Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. She joined ET as a correspondent in 2014 and was named co-host in 2021.

Turner is an award-winning journalist, having won eight Emmy Awards with ET including the first-ever Daytime Personality-Daily Emmy in 2024 alongside the rest of the on-air talent team, and often lends her voice to entertainment and political news shows, along with joining their coverage on the Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscars. She was previously a contributor for CNN where she is featured in entertainment segments on “CNN Newsroom,” “New Day” and “CNN Tonight.” She also hosts and produces CBS’ summer hit series, “Secret Celebrity Renovation,” which began its third season in August 2023.

Turner began her journalism career in 1998 when she joined WEHT as a reporter and fill-in anchor in Evansville, Ind. In 2000, Turner was a weekday reporter and weekend anchor for WVUE-TV FOX8 in New Orleans. After establishing a presence in news, Turner joined KTTV in Los Angeles in 2004 as a reporter on “Good Day LA” and anchor for “Good Day LA Weekend.” She returned to New Orleans a few months after leaving to cover Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath for “Good Day LA.” Her coverage of the disaster won several journalism awards.

As an avid sports fan, Turner’s passion and knowledge came in handy when she joined “Fox NFL Sunday” as a sideline reporter for national football broadcasts in 2007. She has also covered Major League Baseball and basketball for Fox. In 2009, Turner hosted “Extra on Essence,” an online entertainment show focusing on Hollywood’s most elite stars. Turner also has served as a freelance reporter and host for KNBC.

Turner attended the University of Missouri where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and broadcast news.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is the #1 entertainment news show on TV with nine Emmy wins. ET ranks #1 for entertainment news video on Facebook and YouTube. ET’s social platforms generate 1.8 billion monthly impressions and more than 615 million videos views per month across all platforms. ETonline.com is the go-to destination for celebrity interviews and entertainment news video. ET’s streaming channel is available on Pluto, Paramount+, Samsung TV, The Roku Channel, FreeVee, and more.

Produced and distributed by CBS Media Ventures, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is co-hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner with Rachel Smith, Cassie DiLaura, and Denny Directo as correspondents. Erin Johnson serves as Executive Producer with Whitney Wallace and Leslie Kawaguchi as Co-Executive Producers.

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