About Extra
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Mario Lopez continues as Host of "Extra" for the show's 19th season. This will be his fifth consecutive season as the show's host, after co-hosting "Extra's" weekend edition since January 2007.
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Maria Menounos joined "Extra," now in its 19th season, as host in 2011. Maria is featured on the daily show as she reports with Mario Lopez from "Extra's" home at The Grove in Los Angeles.
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 Jerry Penacoli Multiple Emmy award-winner Jerry Penacoli has served as a correspondent for "Extra" for the past 12 seasons. For the show's 18th season, Penacoli will be called upon to cover many of the show's high profile and exclusive interviews. A respected journalist, he has also been a host for E! Entertainment Television and received a daytime Emmy nomination for his excellence in reporting. |
 AJ Calloway A New Jersey native, AJ Calloway is the New York City correspondent for "Extra." AJ is at the center of all things entertainment in the Big Apple, interviewing the most talked about celebrities, athletes and notables in the country. |
 Terri Seymour Terri Seymour serves as a correspondent for the nationally syndicated television show, "Extra." She joined the program in 2004 as a freelance reporter covering "American Idol" and was then promoted to a full-time correspondent position. |
 Renee Bargh Australia native Renee Bargh joined "Extra" in late 2010 and will continue her role as "Extra Weekend" Co-Host and "Extra" correspondent for the show's 18th season. |
 Michael Corbett Michael Corbett is a correspondent for the nationally syndicated newsmagazine "Extra." Utilizing his expertise in the Lifestyle, Home and Real Estate arenas, Corbett has also developed one of "Extra's" signature franchises: Mansions and Millionaires! Michael is Host and Senior Supervising Producer of Mansions and Millionaires, the series of popular hour-long weekend specials that takes viewers on a sneak peak of the extraordinary mansions, yachts, and hobbies of the rich and famous. |
 Adrianna Costa Adrianna Costa is an international TV personality, who's known for her coverage on everything from breaking entertainment news at CNN Headline News and a live Reality Competition Series on Fox, to the ever-glamorous Red-Carpets for the biggest Premieres and Award Shows in Hollywood! |
 Ben Lyons Ben Lyons recently joined Extra, now running in its 19th season, as a correspondent. He was previously on E! News' as a film correspondent and movie critic and covered the 2012 Academy Awards "Live from the Red Carpet". At Extra you will be able to catch him interviewing stars, reviewing, covering red carpets and award shows, and attending the world's most important and prestigious film festivals for the network. Lyons also contributes content to Russell Simmons' GlobalGrind.com and continues to serve as a contributor to KnicksNow.com (official community site of the New York Knicks). |
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On September 12, 2012, "Extra," the second longest-running entertainment magazine on television, launches the show's 19th season. Host Mario Lopez, who's been will the show since 2007, is joined by host Maria Menounos. The exciting new dream team in entertainment, Mario and Maria reports from "Extra's" home at The Grove in Los Angeles. "Extra" will continue to take viewers coast-to-coast from L.A. to hotspots at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood and Times Square in New York City.
Unlike any other show in the genre, the audience becomes a part of this electric new "Extra Experience" by getting to interact live with Mario, Maria and the show's correspondents. The audience members are called upon to chime in on the day's breaking entertainment news, celebrity hookups and breakups and much more. "Extra" also brings fans closer to the stars by conducting the celebrity interviews in front of a live audience at The Grove in L.A. and locations throughout New York City.
Many of Hollywood's biggest stars have joined "Extra" at The Grove with host Mario Lopez. In early 2011, Jennifer Lopez came to "Extra" at The Grove to celebrate the debut of her music video "On the Floor " "Extra" premiered the video in its entirety on a big screen, and Jennifer shared the moment with thousands of her adoring fans. A few months later, J.Lo returned to "Extra" to celebrate the release of her new album, "Love." In June 2011, Christina Aguilera and her team from NBC's hit series "The Voice" made special appearance and did a one-on-one interview, and her team sang for thousands of her fans. Additional guests who have stopped by The Grove include: Eva Longoria, Ricky Martin, Kylie Minoque, Nick Jonas, the cast of "Jersey Shore," Paula Abdul, Paris Hilton, and Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian, just to name a few.
"Extra" continues with a fresh and unique approach to breaking entertainment news, celebrity interviews and the headline-making stories America is talking about. Many of the show's signature segments are back -- including GPS "Great Pix of Stars," Rumor Control" and "Extra, Extra." Also returning are "The World According To," which features stars sounding-off on the day's hot topics, and "Extra's Rapid-Fire Quiz" where the guest of the day gives a quick response to a range of fun questions. "Extra's" popular series, Friends with Benefits, which allows viewers to win everything from vacations to designer clothing and jewelry, electronics and much more, expands to include giveaways from retailers at The Grove.
Real estate expert and "Extra" correspondent Michael Corbett breaks down all of the celebrity homes and properties in "Star Real Estate," and Maria Menounos gives her point of view on the latest fashion in "L'Oreal's Red Carpet Cam."
Mario and Maria will be joined in Los Angeles by correspondent and weekend co-host Renee Bargh, and correspondents Jerry Penacoli, Terri Seymour and Adrianna Costa, who will continue to land exclusive celebrity interviews on the top television and movie sets, premieres and awards shows. In New York, correspondent A.J. Calloway will hit the streets with fans, interview stars, and capture the energy from the streets of the Big Apple.
Las Vegas insider Holly Madison, continues to report from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. "Extra" is the only national newsmagazine with a full-time bureau in Las Vegas, giving "Extra" dominant access to stars there. The Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino houses the "Extra" Lounge and runs in-house "Extra" programming that reaches millions of hotel guests. Since establishing the "Extra" Las Vegas bureau in 2005, "Extra" has landed one Sin City exclusive after another, including newsworthy interviews with megastars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Cher, Beyoncé, Bette Midler and others. Special guest correspondents will also take the helm in Miami and will report news from many of the stars' top picks of hotels, restaurants and retail stores.
"Extra" continues to be a force on the web with more than twelve million page views each month. Extra Online, accessible at ExtraTV.com, breaks entertainment news stories around the clock with regular updates throughout the day. The site also features original content not seen on the TV show, including photo galleries, exclusive video clips, behind-the-scenes footage, contests and polls.
The show and website's "Extra Friends" social network has continued to grow since its launch in 2008 with over one million members. The "Extra Friends" benefits will be even bigger and more exciting this season as more prizes and events are offered through the nightly broadcast, but also among social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and foursquare. "Extra" was the first entertainment program to incorporate social networking by featuring Extra Friends on the show, and will continue to be the leader in driving website traffic and tune-in through social media outlets.
"Extra" is helmed by Senior Executive Producer Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey. Her senior production team includes Executive Producers Theresa Coffino and Jeremy Spiegel. "Extra" originates in Glendale, California, and has fully-staffed bureaus in New York and Las Vegas. With correspondents and producers around the globe, the show offers a half-hour edition every weekday and an original hour-long weekend installment. Seen in more than 95% of the country, "Extra" airs on major market affiliates, including the key NBC Television owned-and-operated stations. "Extra" is produced by Telepictures Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
