Tom Bergeron

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Tom Bergeron's Bio: Bergeron's first job in broadcasting was as a disc jockey at local radio station in his home town of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He became a popular radio DJ in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire in the early 1980s.

One of his first jobs on television was as host of a local game show, Granite State Challenge, on New Hampshire Public Television. He moved to the Boston market in February 1982.

By the early 1990s, Bergeron was seen as a solid figure in Boston television, and WBZ continued to capitalize on his talents by featuring him on WBZ Radio. It was there he had an early-morning radio show called The Tom Bergeron Show.

In June 1994, Bergeron left WBZ when he was hired by the new FX cable network to co-host a morning talk show for them, called Breakfast Time, which was his first network television exposure. Hosting with Laurie Hibberd, the show became quite successful on the upstart cable network, prompting the Fox Broadcasting Company to pick it up two years later. In September 1996 it became Fox After Breakfast, since it aired later in the morning than the other network's morning programs. This show ran for one year on Fox; eventually it became The Vicki Lawrence Show after a number of cast changes. Bergeron later was signed to a contract with ABC News as guest host to Good Morning America. After Charles Gibson left the show, Bergeron was seriously considered as a permanent replacement, but that job went to Kevin Newman.

Beginning in 1998, he became the host of Hollywood Squares. He was nominated for 5 Emmys and in 2000, he won his first and only Emmy. After Hollywood Squares ended its six-year-run in 2004, he continued hosting America's Funniest Home Videos, which he started hosting in 2001. In 2005, he began hosting the ABC reality series Dancing With the Stars. His sharp sense of humor and good banter with the judges and cast members of Dancing With the Stars have helped to make him a big star again.

In 2009, Bergeron released his first book I'm Hosting as Fast as I Can: Zen and the Art of Staying Sane in Hollywood. This details his career and other oddball stuff along with some zen and some life lessons that people could use in life. In November 2009, Bergeron celebrated AFHV's 20th anniversary with its first host Bob Saget. … Read more