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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • Feb. 14, 2008
TOM BERGERON OF DANCING WITH THE STARS RETURNS
AS HOST OF THE TELEVISION ACADEMY FOUNDATION'S
29th COLLEGE TELEVISION AWARDS
Black-Tie Gala to Honor Student Winners on March 15, 2008
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| Tom Bergeron |
North Hollywood, CA – Tom Bergeron, host of ABC's Primetime Emmy®-nominated series Dancing With the Stars, will emcee the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s 29th College Television Awards Gala. Terri Clark, Executive Director for the Television Academy Foundation, announced Bergeron's return today.
The students recognized for their outstanding work will be honored at the invitation-only ceremony on Saturday, March 15 at Culver Studios.
The winning entries will be showcased at the annual College Television Awards Festival on Sunday, March 16 beginning at 4:30 PM at the Television Academy Foundation’s Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, which is open free to the public.
“I'm thrilled to be back as host of the College Television Awards," said Daytime Emmy® Award winner Bergeron. "These talented students are the industry's leaders of the future so I might as well start kissing up to them now!"
Bergeron began his broadcasting career in 1972 in his hometown of Haverhill, MA. He spent over a decade with WBZ-TV in Boston, hosting a number of popular shows.
In 1994 he became host of Breakfast Time on FX. The show morphed into Fox After Breakfast and eventually moved to the FOX network. In 1997, Bergeron became fill-in anchor on Good Morning America, a position he held until segueing to Hollywood Squares in 1998.
While hosting Hollywood Squares, Bergeron multi-tasked his way into a fill-in anchor gig on CBS' The Early Show and in 2001 also began hosting ABC's America's Funniest Home Videos.
In 2005, Bergeron was co-host on the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon and in 2006 he was elected national vice president of the Association. He is also the 2007 March of Dimes WalkAmerica spokesperson.
The College Television Awards is one of several ongoing programs supported by the Television Academy’s Foundation, which was established in 1959.
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About the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
Established in 1959 as the charitable arm of the Television Academy,the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's mission is to preserve and celebrate the history of the television medium and to educate and guide those who will shape its future.
The Foundation is responsible for the Archive of American Television, as well as the Archive of American Television, the Student Internship Program, the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship, College Faculty Seminar, the Visiting Professional Program and the production of Journeys Below the Line, a series of educational DVDs aimed at college students about the many creative arts careers television has to offer.
For more information on the Foundation, the Television Academy and its many industry-related programs and services and year-round Academy events staged for the community, please visit www.emmysfoundation.org
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