Kit Hoover
Encyclopedia
Catherine "Kit" Hoover (born July 29, 1970, Atlanta, Georgia
) is an American
television personality, sportscaster
and broadcast journalist, best-known for her stints on Fox News Channel
and ESPN
. It was announced in September 2010 that Hoover would begin co-hosting Access Hollywood
with Billy Bush on September 13, 2010.
She has been a correspondent for TV Guide
; a host on TLC
's Real Simple Real Life
; a sideline reporter on Shaq Vs and host of Six Flags TV.
's Road Rules
in July 1995, a reality television series that followed five college-age cast members crisscrossing the country in a Winnebago.
, Hoover was hired as an entertainment correspondent for American Journal
, a nationally syndicated magazine show (1997–98).
's newsmagazine FOX Files and also served as a correspondent for The Pulse
and Celebrity Spotlight, and also co-hosted the latter. She also hosted FOX Rules with Kit Hoover.
's innovative live morning show - Cold Pizza
. Hoover, who conducted live interviews, presents features and highlights on the daily weekday two-hour program (7-9 a.m. ET), joined Cold Pizza for its launch on August 26, 2003. She became a judge on ESPN
's reality contest, Dream Job
on February 1, 2004.
Hoover became the lead Feature and Field Reporter for the Tennis
events in January 2004-July 2006 as those were the Australian Open
, Wimbledon
and the French Open. Her role on the Tennis events was to be focusing on topics off the court and around Australia
, Paris
, and London
as a Feature Reporter and for the Field Reporting is to give the breaking news while the Tennis match is going on and to interview the winner. She made her debut on the Tennis team on January 19, 2004.
Hoover covered for Cold Pizza some of the big events such as the 2004 Summer Olympics
, the 2004 Super Bowl, the 2005 Super Bowl, the 2004 NBA Finals
, the 2003 World Series
, and the 2004 World Series
.
In March 2005, she, along with Cold Pizza co-host Thea Andrews
, were replaced by Dana Jacobson
. Afterward, she continued her role for ESPN and continued her role on Dream Job and the tennis matches. Dream Job was cancelled on June 1, 2006. After failing to agree on a new role for her, Hoover left ESPN in September 2006.
.
Theme Parks around the U.S. On October 17, 2008, she began hosting Real Simple Real Life
, a reality show based on the magazine Real Simple.
's sports reality television program Shaq Vs.
on the début of its second season. She served as both the co-host of the show alongside Mike Goldberg
, as well as the sideline reporter
. She has appeared frequently as a guest host on The View.
with her husband, former director of programming and acquisitions for ESPN Classic
and producer Crowley Sullivan, their two daughters and one son.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
) is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
television personality, sportscaster
Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
and broadcast journalist, best-known for her stints on Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
and ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
. It was announced in September 2010 that Hoover would begin co-hosting Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood 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 directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
with Billy Bush on September 13, 2010.
She has been a correspondent for TV Guide
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
; a host on TLC
TLC (TV channel)
TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...
's Real Simple Real Life
Real Simple Real Life
Real Simple Real Life is an hour-long show airing on the TLC channel. It is produced by the Real Simple magazine, which belongs to Time Inc...
; a sideline reporter on Shaq Vs and host of Six Flags TV.
MTV
Hoover made her television debut as a cast member on Road Rules: USA – The First Adventure, the inaugural season of MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Road Rules
Road Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
in July 1995, a reality television series that followed five college-age cast members crisscrossing the country in a Winnebago.
American Journal
Following Road RulesRoad Rules
Road Rules was an MTV reality show that debuted on July 19, 1995. The series, which was MTV's second reality show after The Real World followed six strangers between the ages of 18 and 24 after stripping them of their money and putting them on an RV traveling from location to location only guided...
, Hoover was hired as an entertainment correspondent for American Journal
American Journal
American Journal was a syndicated television newsmagazine program that ran from 1993 to 1998. The series was distributed by King World Productions...
, a nationally syndicated magazine show (1997–98).
Fox News
Hoover joined Fox News in 1999 as a correspondent for Fox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
's newsmagazine FOX Files and also served as a correspondent for The Pulse
The Pulse
- Radio :* The Pulse , a hot AC channel on Sirius XM Radio* The Pulse , The original Sirius incarnation on channel 9 until November 12, 2008* The Pulse of West Yorkshire, a UK radio station originally known as Pennine Radio...
and Celebrity Spotlight, and also co-hosted the latter. She also hosted FOX Rules with Kit Hoover.
ESPN
Kit Hoover joined ESPN in August 2003 as co-host of ESPN2ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...
's innovative live morning show - Cold Pizza
Cold Pizza
Cold Pizza was a television sports morning talk show that aired weekdays on ESPN2. The show's style was more akin to Good Morning America than SportsCenters straight news and highlights format. It included daily sports news, interviews with sports journalists, athletes, and personalities, and an...
. Hoover, who conducted live interviews, presents features and highlights on the daily weekday two-hour program (7-9 a.m. ET), joined Cold Pizza for its launch on August 26, 2003. She became a judge on ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's reality contest, Dream Job
Dream Job
Dream Job is an American reality television show from ESPN, which began on February 22, 2004. It was the network's second reality show, with two editions of Beg, Borrow & Deal having previously aired. However, this was the first reality show from a network to offer its winner an on-air place on one...
on February 1, 2004.
Hoover became the lead Feature and Field Reporter for the Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
events in January 2004-July 2006 as those were the Australian Open
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...
and the French Open. Her role on the Tennis events was to be focusing on topics off the court and around Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
as a Feature Reporter and for the Field Reporting is to give the breaking news while the Tennis match is going on and to interview the winner. She made her debut on the Tennis team on January 19, 2004.
Hoover covered for Cold Pizza some of the big events such as the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, the 2004 Super Bowl, the 2005 Super Bowl, the 2004 NBA Finals
2004 NBA Finals
The 2004 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 2003–04 National Basketball Association season. The Finals were between the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference and the Detroit Pistons of the Eastern Conference; the Lakers held home court advantage...
, the 2003 World Series
2003 World Series
The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event. The Florida Marlins defeated the New York Yankees in six games, 4–2.-Background:...
, and the 2004 World Series
2004 World Series
The 2004 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series for the 2004 season. It was the 100th World Series and featured the American League champions, the Boston Red Sox, against the National League champions, the St. Louis Cardinals...
.
In March 2005, she, along with Cold Pizza co-host Thea Andrews
Thea Andrews
Thea Andrews is a Canadian actress and TV personality best known for her stint at ESPN where from October 2003 to November 2006 she served as co-host on several ESPN shows such as Cold Pizza , Breakast at Churchill Downs , Breakfast at Pimlico , The ESPY Red Carpet Show , ESPN Hollywood and Sports...
, were replaced by Dana Jacobson
Dana Jacobson
Dana Jacobson is an ESPN anchorwoman. She joined the network as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter. In March 2005, she was named co-host of Cold Pizza, and transitioned with the show as it became ESPN First Take...
. Afterward, she continued her role for ESPN and continued her role on Dream Job and the tennis matches. Dream Job was cancelled on June 1, 2006. After failing to agree on a new role for her, Hoover left ESPN in September 2006.
TV Guide
From October 2006 to July 2008, Hoover was a correspondent for the TV Guide ChannelTV Guide Channel
TV Guide Network is an American cable network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation....
.
Six Flags TV
On July 27, 2008, Kit Hoover hosts Six Flags TV at the multiple Six FlagsSix Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks and family...
Theme Parks around the U.S. On October 17, 2008, she began hosting Real Simple Real Life
Real Simple Real Life
Real Simple Real Life is an hour-long show airing on the TLC channel. It is produced by the Real Simple magazine, which belongs to Time Inc...
, a reality show based on the magazine Real Simple.
Shaq Vs.
On August 3, 2010, Hoover made her first appearance on Shaquille O'NealShaquille O'Neal
Shaquille Rashaun O'Neal , nicknamed "Shaq" , is a former American professional basketball player. Standing tall and weighing , he was one of the heaviest players ever to play in the NBA...
's sports reality television program Shaq Vs.
Shaq Vs.
Shaq Vs. is an American reality television show produced for ABC by Dick Clark Productions and Media Rights Capital starring American basketball star Shaquille O'Neal. It began airing on August 18, 2009....
on the début of its second season. She served as both the co-host of the show alongside Mike Goldberg
Mike Goldberg
Mike Goldberg is an American play-by-play commentator, mainly known for his work with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Broadcasting career:...
, as well as the sideline reporter
Sideline reporter
A sideline reporter, also known as a field reporter, courtside reporter , clubhouse reporter or dugout reporter , rinkside reporter or inside-the-glass reporter , on-court reporter , hole reporter , or boundary rider , is a member of the...
. She has appeared frequently as a guest host on The View.
Family
Hoover lives in CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
with her husband, former director of programming and acquisitions for ESPN Classic
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
and producer Crowley Sullivan, their two daughters and one son.