‘ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’ WINS THIRD EMMY AWARD FOR ‘OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT NEWS PROGRAM’ AT 2017 DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

April 30, 2017 (Los Angeles, CA) – ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT has won its third Daytime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Entertainment News Program.  ET co-hosts Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier accepted the award on behalf of the show. The 44^th Daytime Emmy Awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, announced the winners tonight from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

The foremost authority on breaking entertainment news since its debut, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is the No. 1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.  The show entered its 36^th season on September 12, 2016.  After winning the first ever Daytime Emmy Award for the new category of “Outstanding Entertainment News Program” in 2014, ET won its second consecutive Emmy Award in this category in 2015. 

Over the years, ET has earned a reputation for covering the entertainment industry with a steady stream of news stories on celebrities, film, television, music, fashion, award shows and special events in a trend-setting, groundbreaking format.  By virtually creating this genre, ET has paved the way for news outlets around the world to cover entertainment news. As the undisputed industry leader, ET regularly enjoys the status of being first with celebrity news, and has earned a reputation as a “safe harbor” for stars to tell their stories and set the record straight about their lives.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is a multi-platform entertainment news brand, with a cross-screen portfolio that includes the #1 entertainment newsmagazine on television, averaging 5.0 million viewers daily, and the #1 entertainment news network online, delivering more than 130 million video views per month. ETonline.com has more than 22 million monthly unique visitors in the U.S. per comScore, while ET’s social audience reaches more than 70 million U.S. users monthly. 

Produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is hosted by Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier with Sharon Hoffman serving as Executive Producer. Nischelle Turner, Cameron Mathison and Carly Steel are correspondents, with Mathison serving as co-anchor of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND.

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