Access Hollywood: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Access Hollywood Live is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently produced by Robert Silverstein and directed by Richard Plotkin. In previous years, Doug Dougherty, Christopher A. Berry and Kim Anastasia directed the program. Access Hollywood Live primarily focuses on news in the music, television, and film industries. Access Hollywood Live has been nationally syndicated in the United States since September 9, 1996. It was previously produced by NBC Studios and has changed distributors over the years, first with New World Television, then 20th Television (after News Corporation bought New World), followed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution, and then to NBC Enterprises when the network started up its own syndication division. Today, NBC Universal Television Distribution, in association with NBC's owned-and-operated station KNBC has been solely responsible for its production and distribution since 2004. Warner Bros. continues its involvement with the program, now being responsible for barter ad sales for Access Hollywood Live. On September 7, 2010, Access Hollywood began broadcasting in high definition. On May 1, 2012, NBC Universal Television Distribution announced it would renew Access Hollywood for three additional years through the 2014-15 season.

Series details

• Title: Access Hollywood
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1996-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2026-09-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Syndication
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9175
• IMDb ID: tt0167515
• TVDB ID: 70829

Cast and credited roles

• Kit Hoover — Co-Host
• Mario Lopez — Co-Host
• Scott Evans — Co-Host
• Billy Bush — Co-Host
• Nancy O'Dell — Co-Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1996: premiered 1996-09-09; final listed air date 1996-09-09.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-01-20; final listed air date 1997-09-15.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-04-23; final listed air date 1998-09-07.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-01-18; final listed air date 2003-01-18.
• Season 2005: premiered 2005-03-17; final listed air date 2005-09-07.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-01-02; final listed air date 2015-12-31.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-01-01; final listed air date 2016-09-02.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-04-05; final listed air date 2022-12-16.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-01-01; final listed air date 2024-12-31.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-01-01; final listed air date 2025-08-01.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-07-01; final listed air date 2026-09-11; episode order: 180.

Source and licence

Adapted from Access Hollywood on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.