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TWO-TIME EMMY AWARD-WINNING ‘ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’

KICKS OFF SEASON 35 AS #1 SYNDICATED

NEWSMAGAZINE IN THE WORLD

LOS ANGELES – September 14, 2015 – CBS Television Distribution’s two-time Emmy Award-winning newsmagazine, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, kicks off its 35th season on Monday, September 14th.  As co-hosts Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier return to the anchor desk, Cameron Mathison officially joins as a full-time correspondent, fill-in anchor and co-anchor of ET's weekend show. Jennifer Peros has also joined ET and ETonline.com as theNew York based Senior News Editor to fulfill on and off camera responsibilities, filing breaking celebrity news stories for ETonline.com, and appearing daily on ET. In honor of ET’s 35th season, the show is bringing back the fan-favorite “celebrity birthday” segment and quiz, highlighting some classic moments from the ET vault. 

Coinciding with the new season, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT launches the first of a series of up to six special edition magazines, ET: Before They Were Famous, on September 15th.  The magazine takes readers inside the early lives of their favorite celebrities and chronicles their journeys from virtual obscurity to superstardom. Distributed by Topix Media Lab, who has also created collectible editions for Disney, Newsweek, TV Guide and Reader’s Digest, each issue will cover a single topic and will be showcased in a collectable, glossy magazine. 

ET, through all of its linear and digital platforms, is the worldwide authority on Hollywood and celebrity news. Covering the worlds of film, television, music, fashion, award show red carpets and special events, ET is a trend-setting, groundbreaking series seen by millions of fans daily.  ET has an extensive reach on numerous digital and social platforms. ETonline.com is a top 10 entertainment news site, with 35 million unique visitors per month, while ET’s social audience reaches more than 70 million users monthly in the United States.  This season, ET and ETonline.com will continue to give the audience full access to events such as the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Super Bowl 50and the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.

Produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is hosted by Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier and executive produced by Brad Bessey. Nischelle Turner and Cameron Mathison are correspondents.

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