| Extra | |
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| Format | Entertainment News program |
| Presented by | Mario Lopez (2008–present) Maria Menounos (2011–present) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 16 |
| No. of episodes | 4000 (as of September 12, 2007) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Victory Studios, Glendale, California The Grove at Farmers Market, Los Angeles |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Telepictures Nuell Riley Productions (1994-1996) Tinsletown Entertainment (1996-1998) |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Syndicated |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| Audio format | MTS stereo |
| Original run | September 5, 1994 – present |
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| Website | |
Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution. From 1995-2003 it was distributed by Time-Telepictures Television a joint merger between Time Magazine and Telepictures. Extra also had a spinoff show called Celebrity Justice, which ran for only three seasons from 2002-2005. Extra is one of two Warner Bros. Television shows to be syndicated to NBCUniversal television stations, the other being The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Extra is also one of two WBTV entertainment programs, the other being TMZ on TV.
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The series was developed in 1993, for a fall 1994 launch, under the working title Entertainment News Television. However, the E!: Entertainment Television cable channel filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. and Telepictures over the title, claiming it too closely mirrored its own name; though 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 debuted, with Warner Bros. executives citing that the ENT name was too similar to Entertainment Tonight (which is commonly known simply as ET) and could have possibly led to viewer confusion and hurting ratings in the process.[1]
It was announced on January 29, 2007 that Extra has been renewed through the 2011-2012 season. The staff of Extra also produced a Sunday night program for The CW called CW Now from September 2007 to February 2008, when it was cancelled; the show continues to produce interstitial segments for that network.
On July 28, 2008 it was announced that Mario Lopez would become solo host replacing current co-hosts Dayna Devon, who will become a correspondent, and Mark McGrath, who leaves the show to return to a music career.
On September 13, 2010, the series' seventeenth season premiere, Extra became the fourth American syndicated newsmagazine to be broadcast in high definition, after Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and Access Hollywood; the series also abandoned its Victory Studios set and moved its taping location to The Grove at Farmers Market, a well-known shopping and entertainment venue in Los Angeles.[2]
On August 4, 2011 it was announced that Maria Menounos is joining Warner Bros.' Extra, where she will co-host the show with Mario Lopez. She'll also have on-air duties at Dr. Drew's Lifechangers, and will develop new projects.[3]
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