Extra (TV series)
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| Also known as | 'Extra: The Entertainment Magazine (1994–1996) |
| Genre | Entertainment newsmagazine |
| Presented by |
Mario Lopez (2008–present) Tracey Edmonds (2014–present) Charissa Thompson (2014–present) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 21 |
| No. of episodes | 6,329 (as of December 19, 2014; 5,275, weekdays; 1,054, weekend) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Lisa Gregorisch Dempsey (1996–present) Theresa Coffino (2012–present) Jeremy Speigel (2014–present) |
| Location(s) | Victory Studios, Glendale, California (1994–2010) The Grove at Farmers Market, Los Angeles (2010–2013) Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, California (2013-present) |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20 minutes (weekday editions) 42 minutes (weekend edition) |
| Production company(s) | Time-Telepictures Television (1994–1998) (seasons 1-4) Telepictures Productions (1998–present) (season 5-present) Nuell Riley Productions (1994–1996) (seasons 1-2) Tinsletown Entertainment (1996–1998) (seasons 3-4) Lisa G Productions (2014–present) |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndicated |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV; 1994–2010) 1080i (HDTV; 2010–present) |
| Original release | September 5, 1994 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Extra (originally titled Extra: The Entertainment Magazine from 1994 to 1996) is an American syndicated television newsmagazine that is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution and premiered on September 5, 1994. The program serves as a straight rundown of news headlines and gossip throughout the entertainment industry, providing coverage of events and celebrities; however, since 2013, it has also placed an even greater emphasis on interviews and insider previews of upcoming film and television projects.
As of 2014[update], the program's weekday broadcasts are currently anchored by Mario Lopez, Tracey Edmonds and Charissa Thompson; its weekend editions are co-anchored by Lopez and Renee Bargh, who also serves as a correspondent for the weekday editions.
The series was developed in the fall of 1993, for a planned launch during the 1994–95 television season. The program was developed under the working title Entertainment News Television; however due to claims that it too closely mirrored its own name, cable channel E!: Entertainment Television filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. Television and Telepictures Productions to bar them from using the title; although E! lost the lawsuit in a summary judgment hearing allowing Warner Bros. to continue to use the ENT title for the series, Warner Bros. decided to change the name of the program to Extra: The Entertainment Magazine in May 1994, four months before the series made its debut, with Warner Bros. executives citing that the abbreviated ENT title was too similar to that used by Entertainment Tonight (which is commonly known simply as ET), possibly leading to viewer confusion and hurting ratings in the process.
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