Arthel Neville Joins 'A Current Affair'

Arthel Neville Joins 'A Current Affair'

News Magazine to Launch Monday, March 21

LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Television host and veteran broadcast journalist Arthel Neville has joined "A Current Affair" as West Coast correspondent, it was announced today by Peter Brennan, the program's creator and executive producer. The pioneering news magazine show hosted by Tim Green will premiere in first-run syndication next Monday, March 21, 2005.

Regarding the announcement Brennan stated, "Arthel is a veteran reporter who has natural instincts to get to the heart of the story. Her strong journalistic talents and ability to report on a broad range of issues will be an invaluable asset to 'A Current Affair' as we move forward in breaking exclusive stories each and every day."

Neville joins "A Current Affair's" team of award-winning correspondents of Michel James Bryant, Harris Faulkner and Tina Malave, all of whom joined the program earlier this month.

Most recently, Neville was co-host of the daily talk show "Good Day Live." A veteran journalist and television personality, Neville began her career with KVUE-TV in Austin during her junior year at The University of Texas. The first African American female reporter at the local ABC affiliate, her general assignment beat took her to the streets of Austin covering live breaking news, politics, education, health and human-interest stories.

Also the first African American female to have her own show on CNN, Neville brought more than two decades of experience to "Talk Back Live with Arthel Neville," where she reported on and participated in live, in-depth discussions on issues making worldwide headlines. A New Orleans native, she also anchored "CNN Headline News" from its Atlanta and New York City bureaus.

Prior to joining CNN, Neville served as anchor for Fox News Channel in New York, as well as senior correspondent on "Fox Files." At the same time, she did a weekly segment on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor."

Before returning to hard news, Neville hosted and co-produced the one-on-one interview show "Extreme Closeup" for E! Entertainment Television. Additionally, she launched the news magazine show "Extra," and co-hosted the "Miss Universe" and "Miss Teen USA" pageants with Dick Clark.

Hosted by Green, Fox Sports commentator, best-selling author, columnist, practicing lawyer and former NFL star player, "A Current Affair" will deliver exclusive, hard-hitting segments daily for which the half-hour strip is celebrated. With its gutsy, razor-sharp and straight forward stories for the new millennium, the program is executive produced by news magazine pioneers and "A Current Affair's" original production team of creator Peter Brennan, John Tomlin and Bob Young, along with consulting producer Ian Rae. "A Current Affair" is distributed throughout the United States by Twentieth Television. For more information, please visit www.acurrentaffair.com.

Source: Twentieth Television

CONTACT: Daniella Cracknell, +1-201-305-7285,
daniella.cracknell@acurrentaffair.com, John Rizzotti, +1-323-491-1976,
johnfoxpr@aol.com, or Les Eisner, +1-310-369-3293, les.eisner@fox.com

Web site: http://www.acurrentaffair.com/

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