Charles Perez
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Charles Perez is an American television news reporter and anchor. It was announced in August 2006 that Perez would be leaving WABC-TV to take a weekend anchor position at WPLG-TV in Miami. Perez had two years remaining on his four-year contract with WABC-TV. According to the station, it was a mutual decision to have Perez exit in the midst of his contract. He was a weekday reporter and the weekend anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. He co-anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekend editions of Eyewitness News with Sandra Bookman. He is best known as anchor of King World's nationally syndicated news magazine show American Journal. In addition to hosting an eponymous short-lived talk show syndicated by Tribune Entertainment in 1995, Perez has also worked for Los Angeles' KCAL-TV and Miami's WSVN-TV and as a producer of The Ricki Lake Show and The Montel Williams Show.
Perez was outed during the first season of The Real World when he appeared on-camera as one-half of a couple with Norman Korpi.