TMZ on TV
| TMZ on TV | |
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| Created by |
Harvey Levin Jim Paratore |
| Starring | Harvey Levin (for information on other TMZ staffers appearing on the program, see On-air cast) |
| Theme music composer | Jason Brandt |
| Composer(s) | Michael A. Muhammad Michael Egizi |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Harvey Levin (2007–present) Jim Paratore (2007–2012) Charles Latibeaudiere (2013–present) Evan Rosenblum (2013–present) Stuart Alpert (2014–present) |
| Location(s) | TMZ headquarters, 13031 W. Jefferson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
TMZ.com TMZ Inc. Harvey Levin Productions Paramedia Telepictures |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution (2007-present) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Fox (main channel) The CW/MyNetworkTV (secondary channels) Broadcasting syndicated programming |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 10, 2007 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | TMZ Live |
| External links | |
| Website | |
TMZ on TV (also known simply as TMZ or TMZTV) is an American syndicated entertainment and gossip news television show that premiered on September 10, 2007. The program is generally aired on Fox, CW and MyNetworkTV affiliates (along with a few affiliates of other major networks), though a majority of the stations that carry the series are Fox affiliates. It is essentially a television version of its sister operation, TMZ.com, a news website with a heavy emphasis on gossip of celebrities' personal lives, which debuted in December 2005.
The television program is produced at studio facilities that serve as the headquarters for the parent website, located at 13031 West Jefferson Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. TMZ is an insider term ("thirty-mile zone" or studio zone), referring to the movie studio area of downtown Hollywood.
On October 23, 2013, Warner Bros. Television Distribution announced that the program's charter station group, Fox Television Stations, renewed TMZ on TV through the 2016–17 season.
TMZ on TV is broadcast in two formats: the weekday edition is broadcast as a half-hour program; a one-hour weekend edition, composed of select stories featured in each of the weekday editions from the previous week, is also produced; during major holidays occurring on a weekday, that episode may feature a format similar to the weekend edition but featuring a compilation of stories from past editions centered around a particular theme (for example, a Christmas episode may center on celebrities who have been bad or good in the past year).
Unlike most entertainment news programs, TMZ on TV does not use a format of anchors in a studio delivering the stories and correspondents reporting on many of the stories in each edition; instead, most story packages are delivered via an announcer, and "in-studio" segments are taped during a morning staff pitch meeting at TMZ's Jefferson Boulevard headquarters, with some TMZ staffers delivering story pieces themselves.
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