Mary Hart Leaving 'Entertainment Tonight'
Longtime "Entertainment Tonight" host Mary Hart is leaving the show after her upcoming 30th season.
Hart said Thursday that it's time for a change, but she'll be leaving with mixed sentiments. It's not clear when her last day will be, but a television season traditionally ends in May.
The former English teacher from Sioux Falls, S.D., joined "Entertainment Tonight" in 1982, working most prominently with John Tesh. She's kept the job as the entertainment news industry grew around her. She is so closely associated with celebrity reporting that she has played herself in dozens of TV shows and movies.
Hart started her career as a beauty queen and model. She prepresented South Dakota in the 1970 Miss America pageant and was one of the top 10 finalists.
"ET" is the original entertainment newsmagazine and still leads in the ratings.
No replacement has been named. One potential candidate is Lara Spencer, who anchors "ET's" sister broadcast, "The Insider."
© 2010 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Hart said Thursday that it's time for a change, but she'll be leaving with mixed sentiments. It's not clear when her last day will be, but a television season traditionally ends in May.
The former English teacher from Sioux Falls, S.D., joined "Entertainment Tonight" in 1982, working most prominently with John Tesh. She's kept the job as the entertainment news industry grew around her. She is so closely associated with celebrity reporting that she has played herself in dozens of TV shows and movies.
Hart started her career as a beauty queen and model. She prepresented South Dakota in the 1970 Miss America pageant and was one of the top 10 finalists.
"ET" is the original entertainment newsmagazine and still leads in the ratings.
No replacement has been named. One potential candidate is Lara Spencer, who anchors "ET's" sister broadcast, "The Insider."
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Unless Lara Spencer has since decided on something else, I think if I was Lara, I'd be a bit upset about the decision to bring Nancy O'Dell in instead.
Lara Spencer - NO!
How about Kathie Lee Gifford? How about Roma Downey? How about Olivia Newton John?
I'll personally start watching the show every night if they will PLEASE get that no talent, loud, obnoxious, Samantha Harris!
Where do they find these people? Yuck!