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Tom Bergeron
Headliner + Television Host + Stand In
Male
Born
May 6, 1955
Age
58
Hometown
Haverhill, Massac...
Tom Bergeron is an American television personality and game show host, best known as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos (2001%E2%80%93present) and host of the ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars (2005%E2%80%93present). He was also host of… Read More
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Lois BergeronMarried 1982
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'Dancing With The Stars' And 'The Voice' Pay Respects To Oklahoma City Tornado VictimsYahoo News - 2 days ago
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Tom Bergeron Jokes: Sean Lowe, Catherine Giudici To Wed In August On Tv SpecialUS Magazine - Apr 17, 2013
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Dancing With The Stars Responds To Boston MarathonBurlington Patch - Apr 16, 2013
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Dancing With The Stars Watch: Who Went Home? Not Huey Lewis TimeGoogle News - Apr 03, 2013
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1955
Birth
Born on May 6, 1955.
TWENTIES
One of his first jobs on television was as host of a local game show, Granite State Challenge, on New Hampshire Public Television (produced at NHPTV flagship station WENH-TV). He moved to the Boston market in February 1982, joining WBZ-TV as a general on-air personality.
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1984
29 Years Old
In 1984, he landed the hosting spot on Lottery Live, the nightly drawings of the Massachusetts State Lottery games.
THIRTIES
By January 1987, while still working in these roles, Bergeron added People Are Talking to his duties.
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1993
38 Years Old
When People Are Talking ended a successful 13-year run in June 1993, Bergeron remained on WBZ-TV as commentator and lifestyle reporter for the station's expanded hour-long noon newscast.
In early 1994, Bergeron briefly surfaced as a morning host on Boston's soft-rock station WMJX ("Magic 106.7"), which was only a short commute to WBZ's studios for his work on the noon news.
FORTIES
1997
42 Years Old
Bergeron and Hibberd continued with the show for one year on Fox; the show was renewed in 1997, but revamped.
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1998
43 Years Old
Beginning in 1998, he became the host of Hollywood Squares.
2000
45 Years Old
He was nominated for 5 Emmys and in 2000, he won his first of two Emmy Awards.
2004
49 Years Old
After Hollywood Squares ended its six-year-run in 2004, he continued hosting America's Funniest Home Videos, which he started hosting in 2001.
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FIFTIES
In 2005, he began hosting the ABC reality series Dancing With the Stars, for ABC, where he had two former co-hostesses (Lisa Canning and Samantha Harris) before Brooke Burke, the winner of season 7, took over the job.
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2009
54 Years Old
In November 2009, Bergeron celebrated AFHV's 20th anniversary with its first host Bob Saget.
2010
55 Years Old
In 2010, he appeared in Castle.
In 2011, he made a cameo in an episode of Tosh. as host of Dancing with the Internet Stars, a parody of Dancing with the Stars.
2012
57 Years Old
In 2012, Bergeron was selected to host A Capitol Fourth, an annual Independence Day concert shown on PBS.
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