Todd Newton
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Todd Newton is an entertainment personality and a three-time game show host.
Newton has hosted Hollywood Showdown
and Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
, both on Game Show Network
; and Coming Attractions
on E!
, as well as occasional episodes of Wild On... He is known for occasionally wearing a black leather blazer while hosting Whammy! On April 1, 2003, he guest hosted Russian Roulette while regular host Mark L. Walberg
guest hosted Friend or Foe for Kennedy
. During this episode, the Whammy! mascot could be seen in the audience.
Newton has hosted Powerball
Instant Millionaire, the syndicated weekly television show tied to the popular multi-state lottery, and Performing As..., a short-lived series in 2003 on Fox
, in addition to serving as Leonard Maltin
's co-host for the first season of the movie review show Hot Ticket
.
He has also hosted several versions of a live-on-stage edition of The Price Is Right
, which has been staged at various casinos in the Harrah's Entertainment
corporate family. According to Reuters
, Newton was one of the final 4 contenders to replace Bob Barker
as host of Price, alongside George Hamilton
, Mark Steines
, and eventual choice Drew Carey
.http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1624240720070416 He also "hosts" the DVD game of the show produced by Endless Games
, as well as voicing over the DVD version of Press Your Luck
, Match Game
, and the 2006 Family Feud
game for the PS2 and PC.
In late November 2001, he appeared as a contestant on Hollywood Squares
as part of a two-episode special featuring media personalities playing for charity. He won his game, defeating Stacey Gualandi of Inside Edition
.
From April to September 2003, he was an on-air personality for New York
radio station WNEW during their brief stint as "Blink 102.7", broadcasting live from Los Angeles
; his shift was originally middays, then later moved to primetime before the station cleaned house in a format change that fall. Newton also hosted the short lived Performing As... on the Fox Network in 2003.http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/todd-newton-host-fox-new-performing-as-series-1572.php
He was also host to the "Prize Delivery" segments on CBS
' Gameshow Marathon, in which he appeared at the winners' homes to present the prizes they won.
He is a correspondent on Reality Remix
, one of the original shows featured on the Fox Reality channel, and has hosted the "Reunion" specials for their show Solitary.
Outside of his work, Newton supports environmental causes, particularly the fight against global warming
. He is also a life coach. http://www.toddnewtononline.com/index2.htm
Newton's voice is also heard on WMS Gaming
's Press Your Luck slot machine, part of its "Big Event" line of community gaming machines.
In 2008, Newton became a host on Home Shopping Network
.
Currently, Newton's new show, "Are You Game", features him competing on game shows worldwide. It premiered on June 17, 2009 and currently airs on the Travel Channel
Wednesday nights.
In October 2010, he began hosting a game show on "The Hub" called Family Game Night
.
In the 1990s, Newton was an on-air radio personality at Hot 97.1, and then on Q-106.5, both FM radio stations in St. Louis. Newton (aka Rick Idol) was on weekday evenings and played a mainstream music format.
Newton has hosted Hollywood Showdown
Hollywood Showdown
Hollywood Showdown is an American game show that aired on both PAX and Game Show Network from January to November 2000, then again until April 2002. Reruns aired on GSN again from September 2004 to April 2005 plus June 2006 and June 2007 on TV Guide Network...
and Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
Whammy! is an updated version of the American television game show Press Your Luck. Taped at Tribune Studios, the FremantleMedia production aired on Game Show Network from April 15, 2002 to December 5, 2003 with repeats that continue to air...
, both on Game Show Network
Game Show Network
The Game Show Network is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and casino game shows. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994. Its current slogan is "The World Needs More Winners"...
; and Coming Attractions
Coming Attractions
Coming Attractions is a 1957 anthology of science fiction essays edited by Martin Greenberg. Many of the articles originally appeared in the magazines Thrilling Wonder Stories, Astounding, Science Fiction Stories and Fantasy and Science Fiction.-Contents:* Preface, by Martin Greenberg*...
on E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...
, as well as occasional episodes of Wild On... He is known for occasionally wearing a black leather blazer while hosting Whammy! On April 1, 2003, he guest hosted Russian Roulette while regular host Mark L. Walberg
Mark L. Walberg
Mark Lewis Walberg is an American actor, television personality and game show host. His television credits include Antiques Roadshow , as well as the game shows Russian Roulette on GSN and The Moment of Truth on Fox....
guest hosted Friend or Foe for Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery is an American political satirist, radio personality, and former MTV VJ...
. During this episode, the Whammy! mascot could be seen in the audience.
Newton has hosted Powerball
Powerball
Powerball is an American lottery game sold in 44 jurisdictions as a shared jackpot game. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association , a non-profit organization formed by an agreement with lotteries. Powerball is a game whose advertised jackpot starts at $20 million and can roll into...
Instant Millionaire, the syndicated weekly television show tied to the popular multi-state lottery, and Performing As..., a short-lived series in 2003 on Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
, in addition to serving as Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin is an American film and animated film critic and historian, author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.-Personal life:...
's co-host for the first season of the movie review show Hot Ticket
Hot Ticket
Hot Ticket was a syndicated movie review and entertainment television program from 2001 to 2004. The half-hour show was hosted by Leonard Maltin and Todd Newton during its first season, and by Maltin and Joyce Kulhawik in seasons 2 and 3. It was distributed by Paramount Domestic Television. The...
.
He has also hosted several versions of a live-on-stage edition of The Price Is Right
The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)
The Price Is Right is an American game show which was created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Contestants compete to identify the pricing of merchandise to win cash and prizes. The show is well-known for its signature line of "Come on down!" when the announcer directs newly selected contestants to...
, which has been staged at various casinos in the Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment Corporation is a private gaming corporation that owns and operates over 50 casinos, hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands. The company, based in Paradise, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world, with yearly revenues $8.9 billion...
corporate family. According to Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
, Newton was one of the final 4 contenders to replace Bob Barker
Bob Barker
Robert William "Bob" Barker is a former American television game show host. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007, making it the longest-running daytime game show in North American television history, and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1975.Born...
as host of Price, alongside George Hamilton
George Hamilton (actor)
George Stevens Hamilton is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Hamilton was the youngest son of bandleader George "Spike" Hamilton and his first wife, Ann Stevens . He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and lived in Blytheville, Arkansas...
, Mark Steines
Mark Steines
Mark Anthony Steines is an American broadcast journalist and host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight since 2004. He joined the show on August 24, 1995.-Personal life:...
, and eventual choice Drew Carey
Drew Carey
Drew Allison Carey is an American actor, singer, comedian, photographer, sports executive, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and serving as...
.http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN1624240720070416 He also "hosts" the DVD game of the show produced by Endless Games
Endless Games
Endless Games is a games manufacturer based in South Amboy, New Jersey and founded in 1996 by industry veterans Mike Gasser, Kevin McNulty and game inventor Brian Turtle....
, as well as voicing over the DVD version of Press Your Luck
Press Your Luck
Press Your Luck is an American television daytime game show created by Bill Carruthers and Jan McCormack. It premiered on September 19, 1983 on CBS and ended on September 26, 1986. In the show, contestants collected "spins" by answering trivia questions and then used the spins on an 18-space game...
, Match Game
Match Game
Match Game is an American television game show in which contestants attempted to match celebrities' answers to fill-in-the-blank questions...
, and the 2006 Family Feud
Family Feud
Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
game for the PS2 and PC.
In late November 2001, he appeared as a contestant on Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares
Hollywood Squares is an American panel game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win cash and prizes. The "board" for the game is a 3 × 3 vertical stack of open-faced cubes, each occupied by a celebrity seated at a desk and facing the contestants...
as part of a two-episode special featuring media personalities playing for charity. He won his game, defeating Stacey Gualandi of Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
.
From April to September 2003, he was an on-air personality for New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
radio station WNEW during their brief stint as "Blink 102.7", broadcasting live from Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
; his shift was originally middays, then later moved to primetime before the station cleaned house in a format change that fall. Newton also hosted the short lived Performing As... on the Fox Network in 2003.http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/todd-newton-host-fox-new-performing-as-series-1572.php
He was also host to the "Prize Delivery" segments on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
' Gameshow Marathon, in which he appeared at the winners' homes to present the prizes they won.
He is a correspondent on Reality Remix
Reality Remix
Reality Remix is a daily, half-hour show that recaps what's occurring in the world of reality television. It is one of the original shows on the Fox Reality Channel. Reality Remix was hosted by former MTV veejay Lisa Kennedy Montgomery. However, it featured a number of correspondents...
, one of the original shows featured on the Fox Reality channel, and has hosted the "Reunion" specials for their show Solitary.
Outside of his work, Newton supports environmental causes, particularly the fight against global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
. He is also a life coach. http://www.toddnewtononline.com/index2.htm
Newton's voice is also heard on WMS Gaming
WMS Gaming
WMS Gaming is a manufacturer of slot machines, video lottery terminals and software to help casinos manage their gaming operations. The company is based in Waukegan, Illinois.- History :...
's Press Your Luck slot machine, part of its "Big Event" line of community gaming machines.
In 2008, Newton became a host on Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network
Home Shopping Network or HSN began in 1977 as a 24-hour/7 day a week home shopping television network televised via cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the Philippines. HSN can also be shopped online at hsn.com...
.
Currently, Newton's new show, "Are You Game", features him competing on game shows worldwide. It premiered on June 17, 2009 and currently airs on the Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
Wednesday nights.
In October 2010, he began hosting a game show on "The Hub" called Family Game Night
Family Game Night (TV series)
Family Game Night is a television series based on Hasbro's family of board games. The show is hosted by Todd Newton, and also features announcer Burton Richardson. The 60-minute program debuted on October 10, 2010 on the new channel, The Hub, formerly Discovery Kids; it was previewed on October 9,...
.
In the 1990s, Newton was an on-air radio personality at Hot 97.1, and then on Q-106.5, both FM radio stations in St. Louis. Newton (aka Rick Idol) was on weekday evenings and played a mainstream music format.