Paramount Press Express | WWL-TV NEW ORLEANS NEWS ICON ANGELA HILL TO GUEST CO-HOST ON “THE TALK,” MONDAY, JUNE 3

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05/30/2013

WWL-TV NEW ORLEANS NEWS ICON ANGELA HILL TO GUEST CO-HOST ON “THE TALK,” MONDAY, JUNE 3

Angela Hill To Join “The Talk” Co-Hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood

Los Angeles –WWL-TV New Orleans news icon Angela Hill, who recently retired after three decades as news anchor, will guest co-host on the Daytime Emmy-nominated talk show, THE TALK, Monday, June 3 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET), joining co-hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood at the table. Throughout the week, on-air talent from CBS stations and affiliates from around the country will be in Los Angeles to serve as guest co-hosts. This will be Hill’s third appearance on THE TALK, having first appeared when the show was broadcast live on location in New Orleans from CBS Super Bowl Park in Jackson Square during the week leading up to Super Bowl XLVII.

During the week of June 3, THE TALK will feature the following guest co-hosts:

Monday, June 3: Angela Hill, WWL-TV, New Orleans

Tuesday, June 4: Kathy Orr, KYW-TV, Philadelphia

Wednesday, June 5: Adrienne Bankert, KTVT-TV, Dallas

Thursday, June 6: Carolina Bermudez, WLNY/WCBS-TV, New York

Friday, June 7: Pat Harvey, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles

Angela Hill has been an integral force at WWL-TV for more than 35 years, joining the station's "Eyewitness News" staff in 1975. After three decades of being invited into thousands of local homes every weeknight, and becoming a broadcast icon in the New Orleans market, Hill retired from nightly newscasts in April 2013 but remains with the station, producing documentaries and special programs.

Hill graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Journalism in 1972. She then assumed the roles of Anchor, Reporter, Producer and Assistant News Director at two small television stations in her native Texas, Angela and gained the kind of multi-faceted experience that propelled her to the top as one of the industry's most trusted local news personalities.

Only months after joining WWL-TV as a consumer reporter, Hill’s talent earned her a coveted chair behind the station's 6:00 and 10:00 PM anchor desk. Since then, she has remained a cornerstone of New Orleans television broadcasting. In addition to her anchor duties, Angela's career has encompassed in-depth special reports and prime-time documentaries filed from the world capitals of London, Paris and Rome as well as China, Beirut and Africa.

During her career, Hill has garnered numerous local and national industry awards, including a regional Edward R. Murrow Award. She was inducted into the New Orleans Broadcasting Hall of Fame, and the Press Club of New Orleans honored her with its coveted Lifetime Achievement Award.

For seven years, Hill hosted the popular and critically-acclaimed "Angela Show," which ran weekday afternoons on WWL-TV. She created and hosted the daily talk show that highlighted local and national issues while also showcasing local and national talent in entertainment, business and academics.

Hill’s considerable journalistic skills remain a cornerstone of Channel 4 in her role as documentary producer and host, where she builds on her decades of reporting skills in a special format, building on a career as one of south Louisiana's most respected and beloved broadcast journalists.

CBS’s THE TALK, daytime’s fastest growing network talk show, was recently nominated for five Daytime Emmy awards, including Outstanding Talk Show-Entertainment. THE TALK features a panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities who examine current events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and the trending topics of the day. The daily one-hour series is co-hosted by Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood. The hosts swap stories, challenge each other on issues and engage the studio audience and viewers at home about events in the headlines and their own homes. Show segments include guest interviews with entertainers and newsmakers, musical performances, how-to demos and appearances from extraordinary people with stories that engage and inform. The show was developed by Gilbert, who also serves as executive producer.

CBS Daytime has been #1 in the daypart for 27 consecutive years, featuring a lineup that is a balance of dramas, game shows and talk. The network’s daytime lineup includes television’s #1 daytime program and longest-running game show THE PRICE IS RIGHT, the #1 daytime drama THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, as well as THE TALK, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL and LET’S MAKE A DEAL.

RATING: TV14-DL (Rating may change on day of broadcast due to specific subject matter.)

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