Kevin Frazier

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Kevin Timothy Frazier (born May 20, 1964) is a co-host of Entertainment Tonight and the founder and owner of the urban entertainment website HipHollywood.com.

Career[]

Frazier was the first to host both Dan Patrick studios on the East and West coasts.[citation needed] He has worked as an anchor at Fox 19 in Cincinnati,[citation needed] as play-by-play commentator for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team from 1993 to 1995,[citation needed] and as Fox Sports Net, later ESPN, where he hosted SportsCenter and a multitude of National Basketball Association themed programming (including NBA Shootaround, NBA Fastbreak and NBA Fastbreak Tuesday).[citation needed] From 2004 to 2011, he was a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight as well as a fill-in host,[citation needed] and from 2011 to 2014, was a co-host of The Insider.[citation needed] Frazier is also the host of Game Changers on the weekly CBS Dream Team.[1][failed verification]

He made guest appearances on America's Next Top Model, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School and Hell's Kitchen.[citation needed] Frazier is also a forum guest on Jim Rome Is Burning.[citation needed]

He hosted "Breakfast at the Open" on the Tennis Channel along with Lindsay Davenport for the 2009 U.S. Open and acting as a tennis correspondent from the Los Angeles studio.[citation needed] He also appeared on American Idol.[citation needed]

He was added to Versus College Football Central studio staff in October 2010.[citation needed]

On January 10–12, 2011 Frazier filled in on "The Dan Patrick Show" for Dan Patrick who was working at the national championship Oregon vs. Auburn Football game.[citation needed]

On March 5, 2011, it was announced that he had been named co-anchor of The Insider, joining The Insider anchor Lara Spencer.[2]

In 2008, Frazier founded HipHollywood.com, an online web site for urban entertainment news.[3] The company is a content partner for ET Online and The Insider, and offers news, pop culture information, photos and interviews with celebrities in music, sports, television and film.[4]

On September 1, 2011, Frazier was named the lead studio anchor for College Football on FX and Fox Sports Net and was paired with analyst Marcus Allen for the 2011 season.[citation needed]

In 2013, Frazier was signed on to host a game show pilot called The Money Pump[5] based on an Israeli format, produced by ITV Studios America and Reshet TV for CBS where contestants compete against an enormous money pump for a chance at the $1,000,000 prize. The show was never aired at the time.

Personal life[]

Frazier attended Oakland Mills Middle and Hammond High in Columbia, Maryland. He went on to Morgan State University. Along with wife Yasmin Cader, they have two sons: Shane and Reece, and Tony from a previous relationship.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "CBS Dream Team". cbs.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Breaking News - Kevin Frazier Named Co-Anchor of "The Insider" - TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2011-02-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Marechal, AJ (26 April 2013). "CBS Orders Pilot for Gameshow 'Money Pump'". variety.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Kevin Frazier Welcomes Son Reece". people.com. Retrieved 22 May 2017.

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