Arthel Helena Neville (born October 20, 1962) is an American journalist, television personality, and weekend anchor for

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, based in

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alongside co-anchor Eric Shawn. Neville is the daughter of Doris Neville and

Art Neville Arthur Lanon Neville Jr. (December 17, 1937 – July 22, 2019) was an American singer, songwriter and keyboardist from New Orleans. Neville was a staple of the New Orleans music scene for over five decades. He was the founder of the funk band ...

, a

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Award winning singer, songwriter, keyboardist, solo artist and founder of the New Orleans music groups

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, The Meters, and

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. She is the niece of Grammy Award winning singer

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, as well as the cousin of singer

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Biography

Arthel Neville was born and raised in

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, and graduated from St. Mary's Dominican High School in New Orleans. After graduating, she traveled to

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to pursue acting and modeling. She landed commercials and a small role on the soap opera ''

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'' before returning to New Orleans. She enrolled in pre-pharmacy at

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before switching to journalism at

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. She transferred to the

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, where she was able to earn a bachelor's in journalism while also working as a reporter. She began her career as a general assignment reporter at

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-TV while a junior at the

School of Journalism, now known as

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Career

The first female African-American on-air reporter at

-TV, her general assignment beat took her to the streets of Austin covering live breaking news, politics, education, health, and human-interest stories. Neville's first job after graduation was in New Orleans as a reporter/anchor for WWL. In 1988 she moved back to Texas for a one-year stint as a reporter for Houston's

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. Neville returned to New Orleans as an anchor/reporter for WVUE. In 1991 she landed the host spot on ''Extreme Close-Up'', a one-on-one celebrity interview show that she co-produced for E! Entertainment TV. During three years with the program she logged over 200 interviews with Hollywood stars ranging from

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and

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, to music icons such as

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and

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, becoming the nation's first high-profile black female entertainment reporter. During this period she also covered live entertainment events for the network and occasionally filled in as a guest host on their signature show ''

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'' (hosted by

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). In 1994 she beat out over 1,000 hopefuls to launch and anchor ''

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'' for Warner Brothers studios, becoming the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine program. Neville remained with ''Extra'' until 1996 when the program was revamped. In 1997, she teamed up with L.A. sportscaster

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to host ''The Arthel & Fred Show'', a syndicated daytime entertainment news program that lasted only one season. A year later, Neville left Los Angeles for New York and became a senior correspondent on the Fox Network’s syndicated news magazine ''Fox Files'', and at

as an anchor, correspondent, host of ''Celebrity Spotlight'', and weekly contributor on ''

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''. Neville co-hosted the

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pageant with

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, and the

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pageant in

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with ''

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. She has also appeared on '' Days of Our Lives'', ''

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'', '' Girlfriends'', '' Moesha'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Fresh Prince of Bel Air''. In 2002 Neville joined

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to become the host of '' TalkBack Live with Arthel Neville'', becoming the first African-American woman to host her own signature show on the news network. The hybrid format show presented news of the day and featured live interaction with audience members and guests, in-studio, via satellite, phone, and internet. While at CNN, she also anchored morning and daytime news, and co-anchored weekend news with Anderson Cooper from CNN's

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and

bureaus. In 2003 Neville was recognized by the

for her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. She received the

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’ Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which is bestowed upon four University of Texas alumnae under the age of 45 who have reached a level of excellence in their respective fields. Later, Neville co-hosted Fox's nationally syndicated morning show ''

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'' with Steve Edwards and

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, hosted ''Celebrity Hobbies'' on the

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, and served as a correspondent for the 2005 revival of the syndicated news magazine ''

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''. On that show, she garnered much acclaim for her coverage of

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in her hometown of New Orleans. In March 2006, she joined the Fox News–produced syndicated news magazine ''

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'' as the West Coast bureau chief and correspondent. She also served as guest co-host on '' The View'' in the fall of 2006. On August 1, 2008, Neville became the lead anchor for the Fox 5 Morning News, a four-hour weekday newscast on

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in San Diego. Within a year, she made an impact on the San Diego community as evidenced by her nomination by ''

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'' for their 2009 Woman of the Year Award. In addition to her anchoring duties for Fox and KSWB-TV, Neville was a recurring guest on HLN ''

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''. In May 2009, Neville's show ''Conversations with Arthel Neville'', a one-on-one celebrity interview show produced through her company, began airing on My Channel on Sky TV (

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), Fox's sister network in the

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to 9 million homes in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Islands, as well as parts of Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, and Italy. In June 2010, Neville returned to

as a news anchor on ''

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'', '' America's News Headquarters'', and ''

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'', a contributor on ''

'' and ''

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'', and fill-in anchor on ''

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''. She also served as a correspondent from New Orleans for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for '' Studio B with Shepard Smith'' and ''

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''. Neville is currently the weekend anchor at

with Saturday and Sunday midday, afternoon and evening newscasts of "

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," formerly known as '' America's News Headquarters''. On October 28, 2016, Neville was honored at the

as a

2016 Distinguished Alum. In 2017, Neville was awarded the

's DeWitt Carter Reddick journalism award as their first African American female honoree. Past recipients have included

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and

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. Also in 2017, Neville started projects outside of and in addition to her news career. She launched her accessories line Arthel Neville Design, featuring handbags adorned with her quotes promoting female empowerment. Neville also was announced as the host of the show "Sing Like A Star" by

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The interactive, weekly cross-platform singing competition is filmed in Neville's hometown of

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in conjunction with

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and debuted September 16, 2017. On May 18, 2018, Neville was the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony at her alma mater, the

at The

. On March 5, 2021, '' America's News Headquarters,'' Neville's weekend newscast with co-anchor Eric Shawn was announced as renamed as "

."3/5/21 Fox News revamps weekend breaking news show
thehill.com March 5, 2021.

Personal life

She was married to former NFL running back

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from 1995 to 1998. She has been married to percussionist and recording artist

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since 2001.

References

External links

Fox News profile
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Biography

Career

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See also

References

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