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Leeza Gibbons is extending her multi-year relationship with KTLA. The Emmy-winning host, writer and producer has signed a new deal with L.A.’s Nexstar-owned television station. Under the pact, Gibbons, who has co-hosted the annual Rose Parade since 2017, will return as co-host for 2025. She also will…

The Motion Picture & Television Fund said Tuesday that the Lights, Camera, Take Action! Caring for Hollywood's Crews fundraising telethon will return for its second edition December 9, airing live on KTLA-Los Angeles from 7-9 p.m. PT. It will also stream on the MPTF’s website. Yvette Nicole…

EXCLUSIVE: Another shakeup is afoot in the news division of LA's Nexstar-owned KTLA, this time behind the scenes. The station’s news director, Pete Saiers, is out. The station’s staff was just informed of his abrupt exit. His last day was today. The official stance is that Saiers and the management…

Tonight's MPTF's telethon on KTLA raised $867,986 for Hollywood's 101-year-old charitable organization – exceeding the $750,000 that it had targeted. Jeff Bridges, who was one of the many stars who appeared on the show, noted that the MPTF is in "dire straits" due to the extraordinary Covid expenses it's…

The Motion Picture & Television Fund's star-packed telethon Lights, Camera, Take Action! airs live Saturday on KTLA beginning at 7 p.m. It hopes to raise at least $750,000 to defray some of the $9 million in direct Covid expenses it's racked up over the past three years – and to help keep more than 250…

Responding to the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s' urgent call for help to stay in business, several industry leaders and organizations have stepped up — but not nearly as many as are needed to keep Hollywood's 101-year-old charity afloat. MPTF hopes to raise at least $300,000 in its star-studded first…

It’s official: Lynette Romero, who left KTLA abruptly this month, will join Today in LA as anchor and reporter. Romero will anchor NBC4's weekday newscast from 4-7 a.m. alongside co-anchor Adrian Arambulo, meteorologist Belen De Leon and traffic anchor Robin Winston. Her first day on-air will be October 10. "Lynette…

Mark Master has been fired from L.A. television station KTLA days after being suspended for openly calling out his bosses for the way they treated co-host Lynette Romero’s departure. According to the Los Angeles Times, KTLA general manager Janene Drafs announced during a meeting in the newsroom that Mester had been…

The tumult continued today at L.A.'s Nexstar-owned KTLA-TV as the outlet's Weekend Morning News anchor Mark Mester was suspended, Deadline has confirmed. Mester's suspension comes less than a week after it was abruptly announced that his co-anchor, Lynette Romero, was leaving the station. On Wednesday, the station's…

KTLA reporter Gene Kang was doing a live standup on a prior hit-and-run collision at 84th and Hoover Street in  Los Angeles when another incident was captured for the home audience as it happened. Kang was on camera Thursday talking about how dangerous the intersection was when two cars collided directly behind him…

Actor LeVar Burton was named the Grand Marshal of the 2022 Rose Parade today, with Tournament of Roses leadership hailing him as not just an accomplished performer, but also an advocate for literacy. Known mainly for his roles as Kunta Kinte in the miniseries Roots, as Lt. Cmdr. Georgi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next G…

EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with UFS statement: With just one week to go in the SAG-AFTRA election, Matthew Modine has accused Fran Drescher of defamation and threatened legal action if she doesn't issue a public apology by Friday. "Your defamation of Mr. Modine, your opposing candidate for SAG-AFTRA president, at the eleventh…