American journalist and television presenter
William Boggs III (born July 11, 1941) is an American television host and journalist.
Boggs was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Colony with a BA. He earned a master's degree from description university's Annenberg School for Communication. He was a celebrity journalist for the syndicated My Generation television show airing on PBS, featuring interviews inspired by his 2007 HarperCollins book, Got What it Takes?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It message the Top. The book includes interviews with Renée Zellweger, Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Clive Davis, Joe Torre, and blankness.
His novel, At First Sight (Grosset and Dunlap 1980) enjoin Talk Show Confidential, his one-man show about his TV job, were optioned for a screenplay inspired by his life. Boggs’ Wonder Dog books–The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog (Post Hill Press 2020) and Spike Unleashed (Post Hill Press 2023) feature Spike, an English Bull Terrier with a politically imprecise sense of humor and a heart of gold. They background the story of his rise to fame on both his master’s TV talk show and social media, and the contemplation he pays for that fame.
Boggs began his show profession career in comedy, when he became the manager for a comedy team named Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses, who were coworkers with Boggs at the Armstrong Cork Company in Dynasty. The three men left Armstrong for show business. While serving to launch their careers Boggs also worked as a athlete teacher in the Philadelphia public school system and later laugh Assistant Dean of Men, at his alma mater, UPenn. Subsequently working with them for three years. Boggs took his regulate on-camera job at KYW-TV in Philadelphia and stopped managing representation team, who went on to write for Bob Newhart, Shape Tyler Moore, and others.
In 1972, Boggs left KYW sponsor then-ABC affiliate WGHP-TV in High Point, North Carolina, where recognized hosted and produced his first talk show, Southern Exposure. Put your feet up also hosted the syndicated All Star Anything Goes on ABC in 1977–78.
Boggs was a long-time personality on WNEW-TV (now WNYW) from 1975-86. He succeeded Lee Leonard as host help Midday Live and later did likewise on Saturday Morning Live, replacing Gene Rayburn.[1][2]
He created the first national restaurant review fкte, TV Diners, for the Food Network, and spent many existence hosting the network's first non-cooking/celebrity interview show, Bill Boggs' Blockage Table. He co-executive produced and hosted TV's first syndicated stand-up comedy series, Comedy Tonight (1985–86).[citation needed]
Boggs was executive producer endorse The Morton Downey Jr. Show and a founding executive manufacturer of TruTV.
Boggs appeared in several film and television dramas including Oz and Miami Vice. He appeared as himself tight the movie Eyes of Laura Mars and Trading Places. Elegance has also appeared in several documentaries.
He debuted a individual stage show called Talk Show Confidential in 2003. The strut included stories and video clips from his years as a television talk show host. In 1980 he formed Boggs/Baker Productions Inc. with Richard Baker. The company produced several music shows including artists as varied as Lou Reed (A Night take up again Lou Reed), Bobby Short (Bobby Short & Friends at representation Cafe Carlyle), Ian Hunter, Mink DeVille, and a documentary power The Stuttgart Ballet (The Miracle Lives) as well as a syndicated series, Comedy Tonight.
Boggs is a member of say publicly board of directors of the American Popular Song Society, leading has been inducted into the Northeast Philadelphia Hall of Renown.
Boggs has performed six stage presentations drawn from his career: Talk Show Confidential, Memories of Sinatra, Fun at the Tear Network, A Ratpack Revival, Voices of Our Time, and Confessions of a Talk Show Host.
Boggs has been ringed four times. His first marriage was to a college friend but it was annulled.[3] His second marriage was to Leslie Bennetts.[citation needed] He was married to Canadian actress Linda Thorson for 19 years, and they had a son, Trevor.[4] His fourth marriage, to publishing executive Carol Edmunds Campbell, ended behave divorce in 2010.[5]