It’s official — when syndicated leisure information collection returns for a thirty second season subsequent fall, it is going to have a brand new host. Billy Bush simply introduced on his “Sizzling Mics” podcast that he certainly shall be departing the half-hour newsmagazine after 5 seasons. He’ll keep on as host all through the rest of the present thirty first season.
“After a tremendous 5 years internet hosting Additional, I’m transferring on to proceed constructing out my Sizzling Mics digital platform, Bush informed his listeners Monday.
“We have now skilled unprecedented development in a brief time frame right here on this present and I discover myself hungrier and extra stimulated than at any level in my skilled profession. Additional is culturally iconic. If I had a greenback for each time somebody hollered “Additional Additional” to me within the airport or one thing, I’d purchase Warner Bros,” he continued.
“It’s been an incredible honor and privilege to entrance this present. We had been there for one another at this pivotal time in 2019, I’m pleased with it. It’s now time to construct one thing of my very own. I’m eternally grateful to the superb workers at Additional and the executives at Warner Bros. for this superior chapter of my life. I imply each phrase of that. I’ve had an incredible run,” he concluded.
With Bush making his closing resolution, search shall be launched for his successor. The half-hour program from Telepictures Productions was lately renewed by the Fox Televisions Stations, which has been the day by day newsmagazine’s anchor station group for the previous six seasons.
“We’re so grateful to Billy for 5 standout seasons with Additional. His dedication, expertise and sharp reporting are only a few of the significant contributions he made on the present and with audiences alike,” mentioned Lauren Blincoe, SVP Present Programming of Telepictures). “We thank him for the position he has performed in shaping this chapter of Additional and we want him continued success in what’s forward.”
Helmed by veteran govt producers Theresa Coffino and Jeremy Spiegel, Additional is produced by Telepictures Productions in affiliation with Warner Bros. Unscripted Tv, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Home Tv Distribution.
“Billy is the consummate broadcaster, an excellent interviewer and a drive of nature,” Coffino mentioned. “We’re grateful for his contributions to Additional, we’ll miss him and we sit up for seeing his subsequent chapter.”
Bush, who has been host of Additional since 2019, has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy throughout every of his seasons on the present. He was the primary within the leisure newsmagazine style to report on the bottom from London following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Extra lately, he was within the discipline masking the devastating L.A. fires day by day.
