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Todd Newton
Todd Newton
Born
James Todd Newton

St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)Game show host, performer, author, radio personality
Years active1990–present
Websitewww.toddnewtononline.com

James Todd Newton is an American entertainment reporter, game show host, and author.[1]

Career

Todd Newton started his entertainment career at age sixteen as a disc jockey for Kincaid Entertainment in St. Louis. Later, the company found a role for him on its KMOV children's television show Gator Tales.[2]

While visiting Los Angeles in 1994 to report on Hollywood for St. Louis television station KPLR, Newton — then a radio personality known as Rikk Idol, signed with an agent and became a host on E! Entertainment Television in 1995.[3]

Newton was presented with the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host in 2012 for his work on Hasbro Studios' Family Game Night.[4] He later hosted the syndicated Monopoly Millionaires' Club alongside comic Billy Gardell.[5]

Mentored by Sande Stewart and Bob Barker, Newton has also hosted The Price Is Right Live!,[6] GSN's Hollywood Showdown, Powerball Instant Millionaire, In Search Of The Partridge Family, World's Wildest Game Shows, and Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck.[7]

Newton has hosted programs at American radio stations including WKBQ in his hometown of St. Louis, KIIS and KBIG in Los Angeles, WNEW in New York, and the syndicated All Nite Cafe.[8] In January 2015, he helped launch a new radio station in St. Louis called NOW 96.3 KNOU and was inducted into the St. Louis Media Hall of Fame.[9]

He is currently the host of The Host With The Most podcast, The Tattooed Traveler travel series on DBTV, Roku, Amazon Fire, and YouTube [10] as well as the syndicated radio program The Todd Newton Morning Show with Maria Todd.[11]

Television credits

Written works

References

  1. ^ Joe Holleman. Todd Newton nominated for another Daytime Emmy, stltoday.com; accessed September 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "Freshman Makes Bucks For Yuks At Moonlighting" (PDF). University of Missouri Current. p. 3.
  3. ^ Venhaus, Lynn (April 18, 2015). "Game show host Todd Newton comes home to St. Louis". Belleville News-Democrat.
  4. ^ "'Game Night' Honored With Daytime Emmy® Award For Outstanding Game Show Host" (Press release). Hasbro – via The Hub.
  5. ^ "Monopoly Millionaires' Club airs on Sundays". FOX 17 West Michigan News (WXMI). March 30, 2015.
  6. ^ Kottmann, Niki (November 24, 2019). ""The Price is Right Live" offers heartwarming job for host Todd Newton". Wyoming Tribune-Eagle. Archived from the original on 2023-09-08.
  7. ^ Pennington, Gail (October 5, 2012). "on down! 'Price' is right for St. Louis' Todd Newton". St. Louis Today.
  8. ^ Todd Newton aka Rikk Idol is back on St. Louis airwaves, ksdk.com, February 3, 2015; accessed September 9, 2015.
  9. ^ Joe Holleman (2015-03-31). "Todd Newton, two other Emmis STL jocks laid off | Joe's St. Louis". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  10. ^ "TATTOOED TRAVELER". Todd Newton.
  11. ^ "SuiteRadio Launches Todd Newton Morning Show". RadioInsight. February 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "Freshman Makes Bucks For Yuks At Moonlighting" Current, University of Missouri St. Louis Campus Newspaper, February 16, 1989

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Preceded byPeter Tomarken on Press Your Luck(1983–1986) Host of Whammy! The All New Press Your Luck 2002-2003 Succeeded byElizabeth Banks on Press Your Luck in 2019 Preceded byGiuliana Rancic and Thomas Roberts Host of Miss USA with Alexandra Wehrley 2015 Succeeded byTerrence J and Julianne Hough
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
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