‘ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’ KICKS OFF SEASON 35 WITH A

MONTH-LONG CELEBRATION OF ALL-NEW CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS, RARELY-SEEN STAR MOMENTS

FROM THE ‘ET’ VAULTAND A LOOK BACK AT OVER THREE DECADES OF HOLLYWOOD’S BIGGEST HEADLINES

Iconic Former Host Mary Hart Returns on October 29 to Kick Off the Celebration

October 26, 2015 (Los Angeles, CA) – Two-time Emmy award-winning ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT celebrates its milestone 35th season each week in November with the biggest interviews and a look back at over 30 years covering Hollywood. 

Since 1981, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT has filmed more than 10,000 episodes and conducted over 100,000 interviews and redefined entertainment history as the #1 syndicated news magazine for 996 consecutive weeks among women 25-54.  For 35 seasons, ET has covered every memorable Hollywood moment and followed the biggest TV and film stars like no other show in the genre. 

From celebrity marriages, births and tragic deaths to headline making meltdowns, scandalsand divorces, ET will open its immense vault and bring back some of the most talked about stories throughoutNovember. The special celebration kicks off on October 29th with fan favorite and beloved former ET host Mary Hart returning to the ET stage and taking a look back at her favorite moments and interviews with current hosts Nancy O’Dell and Kevin Frazier.  Throughout the month, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND’s hour-long show will expand on these celebrated weekly highlights with extended interviews covering each theme week. 

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’s Month-Long Celebration Highlights:

October 29:     Mary Hart: Something About Mary   

Mary Hart returns to the ET stage and looks back over her almost 20-year hosting tenure covering Hollywood.  Mary will recall some of her favorite moments and bring viewers up to speed on her life after ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. ET will also sit down exclusively with Mariah Carey as she directs her first Hallmark Channel Christmas movie and takes a look back at the first interview with the pop diva turned actress and director. In addition, uber-Halloween fan Heidi Klum talks exclusively with ET as she prepares for her over-the-top transformation and star-studded party.

October 30: Stars Remember Their First Time on ET

All-new interviews/reactions from some of the biggest names in Hollywood -- Tom Hanks, Anne Hathaway, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Costner, Kate Hudson, Jessica Simpson and many moreasthey see rarely-seen footage fromtheir first time on ET and we get their priceless reactions today.   Also, ET, which was first on the set of the hugely popular film “Home Alone,” reveals never before heard stories with the stars as they celebrate the movie’s 25th anniversary. 

November 2-6:   Thirty-Five Years of Making Entertainment History

In an-all new exclusive interview, Pat Houston speaks for the first time to ET about how the family is coping after the recent death of her niece Bobbi Kristina Brown and the legacy Whitney left for the world.  She also discusses the controversial decision to have a hologram of Whitney headline a Vegas show. In addition, ET takes a walk down memory lane and highlights some of the biggest moments in Hollywood over the past 35 years.  ET will have an all-new interview with Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Danielynn and ex Larry Birkhead from the Bahamas where they talk about losing Anna Nicole and how they are doing today.  From the biggest A-List nuptials of Tom Cruise and George Clooney, to the shocking deaths of Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina Brown to shocking celebrity crimes and trials, ET looks back during the week at how these moments and many more defined entertainment history for three and a half decades.

November 9-13: 35 at 35

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT celebrates 35 stars turning 35 with Channing Tatum, Chris Pine, Ryan Gosling, Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, Gisele, Chelsea Clinton, Chris Evans and many more.

November 16-20: ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT Icons

For the first time, ET honors five of the biggest stars with an inaugural Icon Award during exclusive sit-down interviews with Oprah,Garth Brooks, Jennifer Lopez and Ellen. The week-long series will flash back to some of their defining ET moments, a look back at their careers and lives, their biggest breakthrough roles/accomplishments and biggest setbacks. Also, ET sits exclusively with Justin Bieber for a candid interview on life and career, along with a one-on-one interview with One Direction from Belfast, Ireland, for “1D on ET Week,” as the biggest boy band in the world unveils their new album.

November 23 -25:     ET’s 35 Years Behind-the-Scenes of the Biggest Movies Ever Made From The ’80s, ’90s and 2000s

No other show has been granted on-set access to some of Hollywood’s biggest films quite like ET.  During this special week, ET relives some incredible movie moments and shares forgotten footage from the sets of Flash Dance, Beverly Hills Cop, Footloose, Romancing The Stone, The Karate Kid, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Top Gun, Fatal Attraction, Good Morning Vietnam, Twins, Dead Poets Society, Field of Dreams, The First Wives Club, Men In Black, Selena, Something About Mary, The Fast and Furious, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix, Ocean’s 12, Wedding Crashers, Transformers, Iron Man, Twilight and many, many more.  

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is a multi-platform entertainment news brand, with a cross-screen portfolio that includes the #1 entertainment newsmagazine on television, averaging 5 million viewers daily, and the #1 outlet for entertainment news video online, delivering more than 75 million video views per month. ETonline.com is a top 10 entertainment news property, with 35 million unique visitors per month, while ET’s social audience reaches more than 70 million US users monthly. 

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 is a correspondent with Cameron Mathison and Samantha Harris serving as correspondents and co-anchors of ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT WEEKEND.