Hollywood Today Live

Hollywood Today Live was a daily syndicated entertainment news program distributed by Media General stations along with Fox Television Stations under a traditional syndication arrangement, and was produced by Media General's Bitesize division from a studio based in the Hollywood and Vine area of Hollywood. It launched in 2014 and was cancelled in April 2017, shortly after Nexstar completed its purchase of Media General; the lean-run Nexstar had no interest in producing a syndicated infotainment program which came with an expensive leased Hollywood studio.^[1][2] The show was hosted by Ross Mathews, Kristen Brockman, Tanner Thomason, Garcelle Beauvais, red carpet correspondent Amanda Salas, and various guest co-hosts.^[3] The affiliate base of the program never expanded outside of that of Media General or FTS before its cancellation; in addition, many stations with strength from other programs in the timeslot where HTL was carried live often refused to carry it in the intended live timeslot; for instance, WBAY-TV in Green Bay carried it as a late night offering.

Porscha Coleman was one of the show's hosts before being fired. She sued alleging discrimination.^[4]

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