Adam Wurtzel is an American television personality, host and producer. He is best known for hosting the Syndicated TV series "Nashville Insider" as well as co-hosting the live stage game show, "Hollywood's Greatest Game Shows" with Bob Eubanks.

Career

Wurtzel began his hosting career in college when he created and hosted Eastern Expedition at

Eastern Connecticut State University Eastern Connecticut State University (Eastern, Eastern Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State, or ECSU) is a public liberal arts university in Willimantic, Connecticut. Founded in 1889, it is the second-oldest campus in the Connecticut State Univ ...

. This show quickly gained attention when it won a BEA Award in Las Vegas for Best Student Production. In 2009, Wurtzel was selected through a nationwide search to host the 3-hour

Game Show Network Game Show Network (GSN) is an American basic cable channel owned by Sony Pictures Television. The channel's programming is primarily dedicated to game shows, including reruns of acquired game shows, along with new, first-run original and revive ...

live game show

GSN Live ''GSN Live'' is an American live interactive show on Game Show Network that premiered on February 25, 2008, at noon ET and officially ended its 3-year run on July 29, 2011. The last "live" edition aired May 13, 2011. It lasted three hours in be ...

. Already the Audience Warm-Up and Producer for CBS's

The Early Show ''The Early Show'' is an American morning television show that aired on CBS from November 1, 1999 to January 7, 2012, and the ninth attempt at a morning news-talk program by the network since 1954. The program aired Monday through Friday from ...

, this attention led Wurtzel to be named Backstage Correspondent for CBS's Early Backstage segments. Wurtzel moved to Nashville with his wife, country music publicist Carly Caramanna in early 2012, where he began working for

WSMV-TV WSMV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD (channel 15). The two stations share studios on Knob Road in ...

in Nashville, covering both Better Nashville and News & More at Midday. He started his work on "Nashville Insider" in 2016 at the start of the show's run. Wurtzel is also an accomplished producer, having worked on major reality television shows such as

Celebrity Apprentice ''The Celebrity Apprentice'' is an American television reality competition series. It was a variation of ''The Apprentice'' series, hosted by then real estate developer (later 45th president of the United States The president of the Unite ...

Kitchen Nightmares ''Kitchen Nightmares'' is an American reality television series formerly broadcast on the Fox network, in which chef Gordon Ramsay is invited by the owners to spend a week with a failing restaurant in an attempt to revive the business. Produced ...

America's Got Talent ''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distribut ...

, and

Jerseylicious ''Jerseylicious'' was an American reality television show that premiered on March 21, 2010, on the now defunct Style Network. It chronicles the lives of six stylists who work at salons located in Green Brook Township, New Jersey. The Gatsby Salon, ...

. Wurtzel is also a Segment Producer for ABC's

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve ''Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve'' (''NYRE'') is an annual New Year's Eve television special broadcast by ABC. The special broadcasts primarily from New York City's Times Square and prominently features coverage of its annual ball drop ev ...

producing segments for co-hosts like Jenny McCarthy and Liza Koshy. Since 2020, Wurtzel has been hosting the online

YouTube YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by ...

talk show, ''Hosts at Home'', which features virtual interviews with some of the greatest game show hosts.

References

External links

Adam Wurtzel (Official Site)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wurtzel, Adam 1985 births American infotainers Living people People from Levittown, New York