Ben Lyons (born October 8, 1981) is an American

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and sportscaster. He is the co-host of Bonjour Sports Talk on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk.

Early life

Lyons is the son of entertainment reporter

Jeffrey Lyons Jeffrey Lyons (born November 5, 1944) is an American television and film critic based in the New York metropolitan area. Early life Lyons was born in Manhattan, one of the four sons of Sylvia R. (Schoenberger) and Leonard Lyons, a newspaper colu ...

and the grandson of the American newspaper columnist

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Career

Lyons started his own production company in 2002 and produced segments for the TV show,

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. In 2004,

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hired him to co-host ''Your Movie Show''. In 2006, Lyons hosted entertainment segments on ''

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''. In addition, he began to write a column for E! Online called "The Lyons Den". Lyons hosted ''

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'', on Nickelodeon and has appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is a regular contributor to ''

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''. In 2012, Lyons left E! and became a correspondent on

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. Lyons also joined ESPN as a commentator in 2012. In September 2008, Lyons became a co-host of the TV show, '' At the Movies''. Critics said Lyons lacked a proper understanding of film history, used language that sounded like movie advertising (in order to promote his own profile), and had a conflict of interest with some actors whose movies he reviewed.

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gave implied criticism of Lyons in his online blog. Lyons and his co-host,

Ben Mankiewicz Benjamin Frederick Mankiewicz (born March 25, 1967) is an American television personality, political commentator, and film critic. He is a host on Turner Classic Movies and has been a commentator on ''The Young Turks'' and ''What the Flick?!'' ...

, were fired from the program less than a year later, on August 2009. Lyons also hosts a podcast of

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. Lyons is ESPN Sports Commentator. Lyons was named Fathom Events host in April 2016. In 2022,

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announced that Lyons will co-host Bonjour Sports Talk with Madelyn Burke on

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. On November 14, 2022, Lyons made his debut with co-host Madelyn Burke on Bonjour Sports Talk.

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

Lyons was inducted into the Southern California Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.

References

External links

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LAist.com Interview with Ben Lyons
1981 births Living people American film critics Jewish American journalists Journalists from New York City 21st-century American Jews {{US-journalist-1980s-stub