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Denny Directo

 

 

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT

Season 43, Year: 2023-2024

BIOGRAPHY

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DENNY DIRECTO

Correspondent

 

Denny Directo is a correspondent at ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT. Directo previously served as a digital correspondent and producer for ET.

He began his journalism career at ET in 2010 and became an integral part in the brand’s success in the digital, social and livestreaming space. He helped launch ET Live in 2019, served as on-camera talent for ET Digital’s Latinx vertical, ET Más, and has anchored special live events programming for the Oscars, Grammys, Golden Globes and more.

In 2019, Directo helped launch ET’s Pride vertical, which has become a premiere platform for LGBTQ celebrities and features his exclusive interviews with queer stars such as Colton Underwood, Adam Rippon, Phoebe Bridgers and Todrick Hall. In 2020, he hosted and produced ET’s very first Pride special. He has also served as a guest host on Revry TV’s queer-centric news show, Culture Q and interviewed LGBTQ celebrities for It Gets Better’s 10th anniversary project, “10 Years Better.”  

Directo served as host for CBS’ official red-carpet live stream at the Tony Awards in 2018 and 2019. He has also appeared on HLN and CBS News’ streaming service to deliver entertainment news headlines.  

A University of California, Santa Barbara, alum, Directo earned a bachelor’s degree in both Communication and Film & Media Studies.

 

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is the #1 entertainment news show on TV with 4 million viewers a night and eight Emmy wins. On digital, ET is #1 for entertainment news video on Facebook and YouTube. ETonline.com averages 26 million monthly unique visits, and ET’s social platforms generate 1.2 billion monthly impressions and more than 352 million video views across all platforms.

 

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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ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT – Season 43