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20-696: America Now is a defunct American daily television magazine program hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic , featuring "news you can really use" on lifestyle topics such as health, diet, family and pets. The program, which aired Monday through Friday, was produced by ITV Studios America . America Now was broadcast across the United States on stations owned by Raycom Media , along with being syndicated nationwide in its last season. The show utilized material from television stations owned by Raycom Media , and original demonstrations from experts on various topics. The show first aired on October 30, 2010. During

40-731: A Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Travel Host for the PBS series My Generation . In 2015, she won the NBC reality game-show series Celebrity Apprentice . She began co-hosting the Rose Parade on January 2, 2017. In 2015, Gibbons received the Icon award from the Electronic Retailing Association , where it was announced that Gibbons had crossed the $ 1 billion mark in sales. Her partnership with Guthy-Renker

60-605: A New York Times bestseller and she won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle or Travel program for the PBS show, My Generation . On February 16, 2015, Gibbons was named the winner of Celebrity Apprentice ; while on the show she raised $ 714,000 for her charity Leeza's Care Connection. Leeza Gibbons was born in Hartsville, South Carolina , the daughter of Jean and Dr. Carlos Gibbons. Gibbons has two siblings –

80-740: A brother, Carlos Jr., and a sister, Cammy. Leeza Gibbons grew up in Columbia, South Carolina in a housing subdivision called Whitehall, and graduated from Irmo High School . After completing high school, Gibbons graduated summa cum laude from the University of South Carolina 's school of journalism and mass communication. She was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority at the university. Leeza Gibbons's television career started at WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, South Carolina . Next she

100-643: A reporter and co-anchor of the program's weekend edition. In the early to mid-1990s, Gibbons partnered with Guthy-Renker becoming a trailblazer in the world of direct response. She was the first television star on a daily show to be featured in an infomercial as she starred in back-to-back blockbusters ( Personal Power 2 and Get the Edge ) with a young Tony Robbins . Leeza was her own NBC /syndicated talk show; it ran from June 1993 to September 2000. The show originated as John & Leeza from Hollywood , with former Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh . Tesh

120-408: A similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles; in contrast to a daily newscast, news magazines allow more in-depth coverage of specific topics, including current affairs , investigative journalism (including hidden camera investigations), major interviews, and human-interest stories. The BBC 's Panorama

140-659: Is the longest studio/talent relationship in infomercial history. Gibbons has been married four times; she was married to John Hicks from 1980 to 1982. From 1989 to 1991, she was married to British actor Christopher Quinten , whom she met when they both participated in the 1988 New Zealand Telethon . She and Quinten have a daughter, Jordan Alexandra (Lexi) Gibbons. Leeza Gibbons was married to actor Stephen Meadows from 1991 to 2005, and they have two sons, Troy and Nathan Daniel. In 2011, she married New York Times best selling author, Steven Fenton, in Beverly Hills . Fenton

160-521: Is the son of the former mayor of Beverly Hills, Frank M. Fenton. Gibbons is a member of Hollywood United Methodist Church , and all of her children were baptized there. Her grandmother and mother have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease . News magazine Radio news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes to three hours or more. Television news magazines provide

180-601: The American Academy of Neurology for raising awareness about Alzheimer's disease . On November 14, 2007, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced the appointment of Gibbons to the board that oversees California's stem cell research agency, filling a slot designated for a patient advocate for Alzheimer's. Her nonprofit group, Leeza's Place, is aimed at caregivers for persons with memory disorders. Her efforts to raise attention for memory disorders grew out of her own family's experience with her mother, who

200-552: The 2000s, being largely displaced by the emerging genre of reality television . Some local television stations in the U.S. have produced news magazines, although they have largely been displaced by cheaper programming acquired from the syndication market. An exception is WCVB-TV in Boston, which has continued to produce the nightly news magazine Chronicle since 1982. In Brazil, TV Globo 's news magazine Fantástico has aired on Sunday nights. Historically, it has been one of

220-460: The first season, the program was one hour in length and only aired weekends on Raycom Media stations. On September 12, 2011, the second season premiered, with Gibbons joining Rancic as the show began airing Monday through Friday in two 30-minute episodes generally run back to back. On March 9, 2012, ITV Studios and Raycom Media announced that America Now had been renewed through the 2012-13 season. On February 18, 2014, Raycom Media announced that

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240-407: The fourth season of America Now would be its last, with the last episode airing on September 5. Leeza Gibbons Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American talk show host. She is best known as a correspondent and co-host for Entertainment Tonight (1984–2000) as well as for having her own syndicated daytime talk show, Leeza (1993–2000). In 2013, her book Take 2 became

260-430: The networks' evening newscasts as their flagship programs at the expense of their news divisions' traditions of hard news. By the late-1990s, Dateline would establish a niche in true crime to set it apart from its competitors—a format that would bolster its popularity, and lead the show to being on as many as five times per-week at its peak. Most of these magazines and their frequent airings would fall out of favor by

280-471: The radio show Blockbuster Top 25 Countdown with Leeza Gibbons. She counted down the hits in Adult Contemporary and Hot Adult Contemporary formats, and presented entertainment news and pre-recorded interviews. When Blockbuster Video stopped sponsoring the program in 1999, the show's name was changed to Leeza Gibbons' Top 25 Countdown . In January 2001, the countdown was dropped and the show

300-442: The same time, newer newsmagazines—as well as syndicated offerings such as A Current Affair , Hard Copy and Inside Edition —often had a larger focus on tabloid stories (including celebrities such as Michael Jackson , and the O.J. Simpson and Menendez brothers murder cases) rather than the harder journalism associated with 60 Minutes and 20/20 at the time. CNN president Ed Turner argued that these shows had eclipsed

320-500: Was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and died in May 2008. Gibbons replaced Meredith Vieira for a week of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire shows on June 23–27, 2008. In May 2009 Gibbons' new book, Take Your Oxygen First: Protecting Your Health and Happiness While Caring for a Loved One with Memory Loss , tells the story of Leeza's family's personal struggle with Alzheimer's disease after her mother's diagnosis. In 2013, Gibbons won

340-416: Was dropped from the show after seven months, and Gibbons was the host for the remainder of the series. From 2001 to 2003, Gibbons was the host and managing editor of the television show Extra . Beginning in 2011, she was the host of the PBS talk show My Generation (2011–2014) and co-host and executive producer of the syndicated news magazine show America Now (2011–2015). In the 1990s, Gibbons hosted

360-651: Was one of the earliest examples, premiering in 1953. In the United States , the Big Three networks all currently produce at least one weekly news magazine, including ABC 's 20/20 , CBS 's 60 Minutes , and NBC's Dateline ; the current formats of 20/20 and Dateline focus predominantly on true crime stories. News magazines proliferated on network schedules in the early 1990s, as they had lower production costs in comparison to scripted programs, and could attract equivalent if not larger audiences. At

380-630: Was renamed Leeza Gibbons' Hollywood Confidential; the show continued until 2013. In 1998, Gibbons received the Congressional Horizon Award (1998) for her work on children's issues . In early 2000s, Gibbons launched her mineral makeup line, Sheer Cover Studio , with Guthy-Renker. Sheer Cover continues to be sold around the world. In 2005, Gibbons received the Public Leadership in Neurology Award from

400-681: Was the co host of PM Magazine for KFDM-TV in Beaumont, Texas , and then moved to sister station WFAA-TV in Dallas . The new position represented a major career step and came with media attention. In 1983 Gibbons joined WCBS-TV in New York City , where she became a host on Two on the Town, a program modeled after PM Magazine . Her co-host was Robb Weller . The following year both of them joined Entertainment Tonight , with Gibbons as

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