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| Also known as | Entertainment Now (1995-2002) eTalk Daily (2002-03) |
| Presented by | Ben Mulroney Danielle Graham |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 17 |
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| Production location(s) | Bell Media Queen Street |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | CTV |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 1995 – present |
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etalk (formerly known as eTalk Daily) is a Canadian entertainment news television show that also serves as the flagship entertainment program for CTV,[1] anchored by Ben Mulroney and Danielle Graham. The program is also aired back-to-back on other Bell Media television stations weeknights on CTV at 7 p.m. ET/PT and CTV 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT.
Overview[edit]
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Hosted by Anchors Ben Mulroney and Danielle Graham, Senior Correspondents Elaine "Lainey" Lui and Traci Melchor, Reporters Chloe Wilde and Tyrone Edwards, and L.A. Correspondent Liz Trinnear, ETALK is the #1 most-watched entertainment newsmagazine in Canada. From the Oscars and the Juno Awards, to the iHeartRadio MMVAs, ETALK is front-and-centre, delivering up-to-the-minute news in film, television, music, and more. Celebrating both home-grown talent and international stars, ETALK became the first daily Canadian entertainment newsmagazine when it launched in 2002.[2]
History[edit]
The series began as Entertainment Now (or eNow), originally hosted by Lin Eleoff, who was replaced by Carla Collins, who later co-anchored with Dan Duran, and began airing weekly on BBS (later absorbed into CTV) in 1995. Much as now, in its original form eNow used a toned-down version of the standard entertainment magazine format. in 2000, eNow relaunched as etalk, a weekly entertainment-oriented talk show hosted by Ben Mulroney with a variety of rotating guest panelists. It was produced by the CTV-owned talktv (now MTV) and taped on the set of The Chatroom, of which Mulroney was a co-host.
Following cancellation of The Chatroom, etalk, along with co-host Thea Andrews, returned to its original format. Thea Andrews left the show in 2003 and later emerged as a reporter for Entertainment Tonight in 2007. etalk became a daily series on the CTV daytime schedule in fall 2002, hence the brief name change to etalk Daily, but it was switched to primetime airings on June 9, 2003, coinciding with the launch of Canadian Idol.
Entertainment journalist David Giammarco was asked to join the show in early 2003 as senior entertainment reporter, bringing numerous celebrity interviews and exclusives.
eTalk was also added to the schedule of Star! in October 2007 after CTVglobemedia acquired control of CHUM Limited and cancelled Star!'s former entertainment newscast Star! Daily. Since March 2008, etalk has been produced from 299 Queen Street West. The show shared production space with Citytv's Breakfast Television and CityLine until September 8, when Citytv's moved to its new headquarters at 33 Dundas Street East. The street front studio was re-configured for etalk, and later for The Marilyn Denis Show.
Notable personalities[edit]
Current[edit]
- Ben Mulroney – Co-anchor
- Danielle Graham - Co-anchor
- Traci Melchor – Senior Correspondent
- Elaine "Lainey" Lui – Senior Correspondent
- Chloe Wilde - Reporter
- Tyrone Edwards - Reporter
- Liz Trinnear - Los Angeles Reporter
Former[edit]
- Thea Andrews – Co-Host
- David Giammarco – Senior Entertainment Reporter
- Anna Cyzon – Reporter
- Jesse Palmer – Reporter
- Jully Black – Celebrity Reporter
- Sophie Grégoire – Quebec Correspondent
- Leah Miller – Correspondent
- Susie Wall – Reporter
- Tanya Kim – Co-Host
- Jessi Cruickshank – Reporter
- Devon Soltendieck - Senior Reporter
References[edit]
- ^ "ETALK" (PDF). Bell Media. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/tv/ctv/etalk/
