Bergeron, Tom 1955–

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Bergeron, Tom 1955–

PERSONAL

Born May 6, 1955, in Haverhill, MA; son of Ray (a training supervisor for AT&T) and Kay (a teacher's aide) Bergeron; married Lois, 1982; children: Jessica, Samantha.

Addresses: Manager—IMG Media, 2049 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career: Actor. WHAV, Haverhill, MA, disc jockey, c. early 1970s; WBZ–TV, Boston, MA, intern, then news anchor and feature reporter, 1982–93; WBZ–AM, Boston, MA, morning show host, 1990; appeared in television commercials for Jordan's Furniture, 2001.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, 1982, for Super Kids; Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding game show host, 1999, 2001, 2003, Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding game show host, 2000, all for Hollywood Squares; Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding reality–competition program, 2006, 2007, Emmy Award nomination, outstanding host for a reality or reality–competition program, 2008, all for Dancing with the Stars; Directors' Award, Muscular Dystrophy Association, 2007.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Himself, Boomtown, 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Host, Super Kids, WBZ–TV, c. 1982.

Host, People Are Talking, 1987–93.

Host, Breakfast Time, FX Channel, 1994–96.

Host, Fox After Breakfast (also known as The Vicki Lawrence Show), 1996–97.

Host, Hollywood Squares (also known as H2 and H2: Hollywood Squares), syndicated, 1998–2004.

Substitute host, The Early Show, CBS, 2001.

Host, America's Funniest, Home Videos (also known as A.F.V., AFHV, America's Funniest, and America's Funniest Videos), ABC, 2001—.

Host, Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 2005—.

Celebrity judge, Wanna Bet?, ABC, 2007.

Host, Supper Club with Tom Bergeron,2008.

Made television debut as host ,Granite State Challenge, New Hampshire public television.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Presenter, The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, CBS, 1999.

Funny Flubs & Screw Ups IV, CBS, 1999.

Host, Since You've Been Gone, Fox, 2000.

Host, Countdown to the Emmys 2000, ABC, 2000.

The Great American History Quiz: 50 States, History Channel, 2001.

Funny Flubs & Screw Ups VI, CBS, 2001.

Host, America's Funniest Home Videos: Matrimony Mania, ABC, 2001.

Host, America's Funniest Home Videos Presents Nincompoop–a–rama, AB, 2001.

Host, The 4th Annual Family Television Awards, ABC, 2002.

"Hollywood Squares": The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Host, The Miss America Pageant, ABC, 2003.

Host, TV Guide's Greatest Moments 2004, ABC, 2004.

Host, Countdown to the Emmys, 2004.

Host, Play for a Billion, ABC, 2004.

Host, Dancing with the Stars (Dance Off), ABC, 2005.

Cohost, The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2006.

Host, ABC Sneak Peek: Comedy & Reality, ABC, 2006.

Host, ABC Sneak Peek: The Dramas, ABC, 2006.

The Strictly Come Dancing Story, BBC, 2007.

Host, America's Funniest Home Videos: No Business in Show Business, ABC, 2007.

Host, The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2008.

Live from the Red Carpet: The 2008 Emmy Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2008.

Big Night of Stars (also known as Jimmy Kimmel's "Big Night of Stars"), 2008.

Host, The 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee, ABC,2008.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Himself, "Making Whoppi," The Nanny, CBS, 1998.

The Howard Stern Radio Show, syndicated, 1999.

Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

(Uncredited) Himself, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC, 2000.

The View, ABC, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Alien trader D'Marr, "Oasis," Enterprise (also known asStar Trek: Enterprise), 2002.

World's Greatest Bloopers, ABC, 2002.

Himself, "ABCs and 123s," According to Jim, ABC,2003.

Mad TV, Fox, 2003, 2004.

The Tony Danza Show, syndicated, 2005.

Larry King Live, CNN, 2005, 2007, 2008.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2005, 2007, 2008.

Coridan ambassador, "Demons," Enterprise (also known as Star Trek: Enterprise), 2005.

The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNBC, 2006.

Square Off, TV Guide, 2006.

I've Got a Secret,Game Show Network, 2006.

The Megan Mullally Show,syndicated, 2006.

Good Morning America, ABC, 2006, 2008.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, 2007.

The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 2008.

Television Work; Series:

Co–executive producer, The Vicki Lawrence Show, Fox, 1996.

Producer, America's Funniest Home Videos (also known as A.F.V., AFHV, America's Funniest, and America's Funniest Videos), ABC, 2006–2007.

Senior producer, America's Funniest Home Videos, ABC, 2007—.

Television Work; Specials:

Producer, America's Funniest Home Videos: No Business in Show Business, ABC, 2007.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, "Late Night with Conan O'Brien": The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (also known as The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), 2004.