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Rachel Smith

 

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT

Season 43, Year: 2023-2024

BIOGRAPHY

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Rachel Smith

Correspondent & Weekend Host

 

Rachel Smith joined the top-rated, eight-time Emmy Award-winning entertainment newsmagazine, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, as a New York-based correspondent in 2019 for the show’s 39th season. She became the host of ET’s weekend show in 2023.

  

Smith previously served as a guest correspondent for ET where she’s interviewed the likes of Rihanna, Ryan Seacrest, Kelly Ripa, Kim Kardashian, Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. Smith is perhaps best known for hosting the ABC syndicated weekly series “On The Red Carpet” and as a correspondent for both ABC’s “Good Morning America” and “Nightline.” She was also crowned Miss USA 2007 and went on to represent the United States at Miss Universe 2007 where she placed 4th runner-up.

 

Born in Panama where her parents were stationed on a U.S. Army base, Smith eventually moved stateside and grew up in Tennessee. She graduated magna cum laude from Belmont University in Nashville with a Bachelor of Science in journalism. During her time at Belmont, Smith interned for Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Productions and later volunteered for a month at her South African-based Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls.

 

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