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JD Roberto
John David "JD" Roberto (born October 23, 1969) is an American television personality, writer, host, and producer. Biography Born in White Plains, New York, Roberto went to the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting. He also attended the University of British Columbia, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Stage and Screen. Television show hosting Roberto is host of ''Battle of the Ages'', a family-oriented game show airing on ''BYUtv''. He is also currently the Executive Producer, writer, and host of ''Daily Burn'' 365, a live, daily fitness program for which he was nominated for a ''Daytime Emmy Award''. Prior to DB365, Roberto was the host of ''Better (talk show), Better'', a syndicated morning talk show for which he was nominated for a ''Daytime Emmy Award'' as host of the show. Roberto hosted the prime-time reality TV shows ''How to Get the Guy'' and ''Are You Hot?'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Plains, New York
White Plains is a city in and the county seat of Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, and a commercial hub of Westchester County, a densely populated suburban county that is home to about one million people. White Plains is located in south-central Westchester County. Its downtown (Mamaroneck Avenue) is north of Midtown Manhattan. The city's total population was 59,599 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 53,077 at the 2010 census. According to the city government, the daytime weekday population is estimated at 250,000. History Early history At the time of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan in the early 17th century, the region had been used as farmland by the Weckquaeskeck tribe, a Wappinger people, and was called "Quarropas". To early traders it was known as "the White Plains", either from the Gnaphalium, white balsam (''Gnaphalium polycephalum'') which was said to have covered it,''Encyclopædia Britannica'', E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Price Is Right
''The Price Is Right'' is an American television game show where contestants compete by guessing the prices of merchandise to win cash and prizes. A 1972 revival by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman of their The Price Is Right (1956 American game show), 1956–1965 show of the same name, the new version added many distinctive gameplay elements. Contestants are selected from the studio audience. When the announcer calls their name, they use the show's famous catchphrase, "Come on down!" The program premiered September 4, 1972, on CBS. Bob Barker was the series's longest-running host from its debut until his retirement in June 2007, when Drew Carey took over. Barker was accompanied by a series of announcers, beginning with Johnny Olson, followed by Rod Roddy and Rich Fields. In December 2010, George Gray (television personality), George Gray became the announcer. The show has used several models, most notably Anitra Ford, Janice Pennington, Dian Parkinson, Holly Hallstrom, Kathleen B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Step By Step (TV Series)
''Step by Step'' is an American television sitcom created by William Bickley and Michael Warren for American Broadcasting Company, ABC's TGIF (TV programming block), TGIF Friday night lineup. Set in Port Washington, Wisconsin, it follows single parents Frank Lambert and Carol Foster (Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers), each with three children, who wed and form a blended family in spite of their children's mutual resentment. It aired on ABC from September 20, 1991 to August 15, 1997, and then on CBS from September 19, 1997 to June 26, 1998, with a total of 160 half-hour episodes spanning seven seasons. Among its co-stars are Staci Keanan, Angela Watson, and Christopher Castile as Carol's children Dana, Karen, and Mark, Brandon Call, Christine Lakin, and Josh Byrne as Frank's children J.T., Al, and Brendan, and Sasha Mitchell as Frank's nephew Cody. The series was often described as a copy of ''The Brady Bunch'' because of its similar premise, and was otherwise ignored by critics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Matters
''Family Matters'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC for eight seasons from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, then moved to CBS for its ninth and final season from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A spin-off of '' Perfect Strangers,'' the series was created by William Bickley and Michael Warren, and revolves around the Winslow family, a Black middle class family living in Chicago, Illinois. Midway through the first season, the show introduced the Winslows' nerdy neighbor Steve Urkel ( Jaleel White), originally as a one-time appearance. However, he quickly became the show's breakout character (and eventually the main character), joining the main cast. Running for 215 episodes over nine seasons, ''Family Matters'' became the second-longest-running live action American sitcom with a predominantly African American cast, behind ''The Jeffersons'' with 253 episodes over 11 seasons. Both have since been exceeded by '' Tyler Perry's House of Payne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey (screenwriter), Peter Casey, and David Lee (screenwriter), David Lee (as Grub Street Productions), in association with Kelsey Grammer, Grammnet Productions (1995–2004) and Paramount Television (original), Paramount Television. The series was created as a Spin-off (media), spin-off of the sitcom ''Cheers''. It continues the story of psychiatrist Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who returns to his hometown, Seattle, as a radio show host. He reconnects with his father, Martin Crane, Martin (John Mahoney), a retired police officer, and his younger brother, Niles Crane, Niles (David Hyde Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist. Included in the series cast were Peri Gilpin as Frasier's producer Roz Doyle, and Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, Martin's live-in caregiver. Dan Butler's role as List of Frasie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Adventures Of Robin Hood
''The New Adventures of Robin Hood'' is an action adventure television series that premiered on January 13, 1997, on TNT. The show was based on the legend of Robin Hood, the English folk hero, and was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was produced and distributed by Dune Productions, M6, and Warner Bros. International. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. The premiere episode aired immediately after an episode of ''WCW Monday Nitro''. A unique promotional effort took place between the two, with the ''Nitro'' main event—Hulk Hogan vs The Giant—not beginning until two minutes before the show ended, then continuing and being broadcast during portions of commercial breaks. ''The New Adventures of Robin Hood'' aired for a total of four seasons with fifty-two episodes airing over a span of two calendar years. The first two seasons aired on TNT, and the series moved to first-run syndication for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Hospital
''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour serial, its running time was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26, 1976, and again to a full hour on January 16, 1978. Set in a hospital in the city of Port Charles, New York, ''General Hospital'' originally starred John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin; both actors stayed with the show until their deaths in 1996 and 1991, respectively. They were joined a year later by Rachel Ames who made her most recent appearance in 2015. The show is taped at the Prospect Studios in Los Angeles, California. ''General Hospital'' was the second soap to air on ABC after the short-lived ''Road to Reality'' (1960–1961). In 1964, a sister soap was created for ''General Hospital'', ''The Young Marrieds''; it ran for two years and was canceled because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passions
''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and produced by NBC Studios, ''Passions'' follows the lives, loves and various romantic and paranormal adventures of the residents of Harmony, a small town in New England with many secrets. Storylines center on the interactions among members of its multi-racial core families: the African-American Russells, the white Cranes and Bennetts, and half-Mexican half-Irish Lopez-Fitzgeralds. The series also features supernatural elements, which focus mainly on town witch Tabitha Lenox (Juliet Mills) and her doll-come-to-life, Timmy ( Josh Ryan Evans). NBC cancelled ''Passions'' on January 16, 2007. The series was subsequently picked up by DirecTV. The series aired its final episode on NBC on September 7, 2007, with new episodes continuing on Dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All My Children
''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes. Created by Agnes Nixon, ''All My Children'' is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont, Pennsylvania, Penn Valley. The original series featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime television's most popular characters. ''All My Children'' was the first new network daytime drama to debut in the 1970s. Originally owned by Creative Horizons, Inc., the company created by Nixon and her husband, Bob, the show was sold to ABC in January 1970. The series started with half-hour episodes before expanding to a full hour on April 25, 1977. The show had experimented with the full-hour format for one week starting on Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DailyBurn
Daily Burn is a health and fitness company with a membership of approximately 2.5 million that provides workout and nutrition programs on a variety of web, mobile, and TV apps. Daily Burn streaming workout videos are led by master trainers and produced by Mason Bendewald, the director of Beachbody's P90X workout program. IAC holds a majority stake in the company. The website has an Apple iPhone and an Apple TV application which was a January App of the Week in ''The New York Times'' technology section. It was also named one of the top 100 websites of 2010 by PC Mag. Company history Daily Burn was founded in 2007 by Andy Smith and Stephen Blankenship. Daily Burn was accepted into TechStars Boulder in the summer of 2008. In 2009, the site changed its name and URL from Gyminee to Daily Burn. IAC acquired a majority stake of Daily Burn in May 2010. The company established headquarters in the Frank Gehry designed IAC building, along the West Side Highway in the Chelsea neighbor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramid (game Show)
''Pyramid'' is an American game show franchise that has aired several versions domestically and internationally. The show was developed by Bob Stewart (television producer), Bob Stewart. The original series, ''The $10,000 Pyramid'', debuted on CBS on March 26, 1973, and spawned seven subsequent ''Pyramid'' series. Most later series featured a full title format matching the original series, with the title reflecting an increasing top prize. Two teams, each consisting of a celebrity and contestant, attempt to convey mystery words and phrases within a common category, against a time limit, to win cash and prizes. The title refers to the show's pyramid-shaped gameboard, featuring six categories arranged in a triangular fashion. The various ''Pyramid'' series have won a total of nine Daytime Emmy Award, Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Game Show, second only to ''Jeopardy!'', which has won 13. Dick Clark is the host most commonly associated with the show, having hosted the network dayti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
