Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey is leaving “Extra” after 22 years, TheWrap has learned.
The veteran producer, best known as Lisa G, will be stepping down from her position in September. In a statement to the DailyMail, which was first to report the news, Gregorisch-Dempsey said: “I’m proud to be the longest-running executive producer of any entertainment show in America, but it’s now time to move on.”
During her two decades running the show, “Extra” has been nominated eight times for Outstanding Entertainment News Program at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The show has won twice.
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Gregorisch-Dempsey created and served as executive producer of “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers,” hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. She also created and served as executive producer of the show “Crime Watch Daily.”
Prior to her start at Telepictures Productions (which produces “Extra”), Gregorisch-Dempsey served as vice president...
The veteran producer, best known as Lisa G, will be stepping down from her position in September. In a statement to the DailyMail, which was first to report the news, Gregorisch-Dempsey said: “I’m proud to be the longest-running executive producer of any entertainment show in America, but it’s now time to move on.”
During her two decades running the show, “Extra” has been nominated eight times for Outstanding Entertainment News Program at the Daytime Emmy Awards. The show has won twice.
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‘Jeopardy!’ to Launch Weekly Podcast Hosted by Series Producers
Gregorisch-Dempsey created and served as executive producer of “Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers,” hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. She also created and served as executive producer of the show “Crime Watch Daily.”
Prior to her start at Telepictures Productions (which produces “Extra”), Gregorisch-Dempsey served as vice president...
- 7/29/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
In Monday’s roundup, ABC has revealed the Season 6 trailer for “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” and Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York” releases the Season 11 premiere date.
First Looks
ABC’s “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” has released its official Season 6 trailer. The new installment will consist of 13 episodes, after Season 5 left off with Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) discovering that some of his S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues were taken with him and placed onboard a mysterious space ship. Watch the trailer below:
Dates
Bravo is airing the premiere of “The Real Housewives of New York City” Season 11 on Wednesday, March 6 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. Returning this season are Bethenny Frankel, Dorinda Medley, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, and Tinsley Mortimer, joined by friend Barbara Kavovit. As the ladies try to pick...
First Looks
ABC’s “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” has released its official Season 6 trailer. The new installment will consist of 13 episodes, after Season 5 left off with Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) discovering that some of his S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues were taken with him and placed onboard a mysterious space ship. Watch the trailer below:
Dates
Bravo is airing the premiere of “The Real Housewives of New York City” Season 11 on Wednesday, March 6 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. Returning this season are Bethenny Frankel, Dorinda Medley, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer, Sonja Morgan, and Tinsley Mortimer, joined by friend Barbara Kavovit. As the ladies try to pick...
- 1/28/2019
- by Rachel Yang
- Variety Film + TV
When Casey Anthony walked out of jail a free woman in 2011, she was described as the “most hated woman in America.”
More than 1,000 angry protestors gathered at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, after her shocking acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
At the time, Anthony’s attorney, Cheney Mason, said that his client was in fear for her life and that the angry public was a threat to her safety.
But things seem to have changed. Anthony, now 31, lives a quiet life in South Florida doing legal investigation work and staying with Pat McKenna,...
More than 1,000 angry protestors gathered at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, after her shocking acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
At the time, Anthony’s attorney, Cheney Mason, said that his client was in fear for her life and that the angry public was a threat to her safety.
But things seem to have changed. Anthony, now 31, lives a quiet life in South Florida doing legal investigation work and staying with Pat McKenna,...
- 12/11/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Elizabeth Smart may have been heavily involved in the making of the Lifetime movie about her 2002 abduction, but that didn’t make seeing the finished project any easier.
“I had been over the script probably about 100 times…then I narrate a lot of it, so I had seen a lot of the difference pieces, and then finally watching the whole thing come together in one format, it was terrifying,” Smart, who served as the narrator and a producer on I Am Elizabeth Smart, explained to E! News.
Smart was taken from her bedroom and brutalized by her captors for nine...
“I had been over the script probably about 100 times…then I narrate a lot of it, so I had seen a lot of the difference pieces, and then finally watching the whole thing come together in one format, it was terrifying,” Smart, who served as the narrator and a producer on I Am Elizabeth Smart, explained to E! News.
Smart was taken from her bedroom and brutalized by her captors for nine...
- 11/19/2017
- by Stephanie Petit
- PEOPLE.com
One of the two University of Rochester students kidnapped in 2015 before being tortured and sexually abused over 40 hours is breaking his silence about the attack, in which nine people were involved.
On today’s episode of Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, Nicholas Kollias opens up to special correspondent Elizabeth Smart, who herself was abducted and sexually assaulted in 2002.
Smart asks Kollias if he was abused sexually during his confinement. He tells her he was.
“At one point, these individuals thought it would be funny or something that they took pleasure in doing and they forced me to kinda do...
On today’s episode of Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, Nicholas Kollias opens up to special correspondent Elizabeth Smart, who herself was abducted and sexually assaulted in 2002.
Smart asks Kollias if he was abused sexually during his confinement. He tells her he was.
“At one point, these individuals thought it would be funny or something that they took pleasure in doing and they forced me to kinda do...
- 11/16/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
It’s a recent autumn day in Park City, Utah, and everything seems golden — the perfect excuse for another trip to the park for Elizabeth Smart, 30, and her two children, Chloe, 2, and 8-month-old James.
Smart, who has called the ski-resort town home since she got married five and a half years ago, lives near the park and adjacent soccer field and visits so frequently that “it’s like a second home,” she says.
As she settles her son onto a blanket on the grass and watches Chloe giggle with a new friend on the playground’s slide, Smart tells People...
Smart, who has called the ski-resort town home since she got married five and a half years ago, lives near the park and adjacent soccer field and visits so frequently that “it’s like a second home,” she says.
As she settles her son onto a blanket on the grass and watches Chloe giggle with a new friend on the playground’s slide, Smart tells People...
- 11/8/2017
- by Cathy Free
- PEOPLE.com
Casey Anthony has had a tense relationship with her family since her 2011 acquittal on murder and manslaughter charges in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
She has occasionally spoken with her mother, Cindy, and her brother, Lee. But she has had little contact with her father, George, who was accused by her defense team at her trial of molesting her — a charge he vehemently denies and for which her attorneys offered no evidence.
Last month, Cindy and George gave an interview to Crime Watch Daily where they spoke candidly about their notorious daughter.
Cindy said she believes Casey is...
She has occasionally spoken with her mother, Cindy, and her brother, Lee. But she has had little contact with her father, George, who was accused by her defense team at her trial of molesting her — a charge he vehemently denies and for which her attorneys offered no evidence.
Last month, Cindy and George gave an interview to Crime Watch Daily where they spoke candidly about their notorious daughter.
Cindy said she believes Casey is...
- 11/8/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Caylee Anthony was a sunny 2-year-old when she was last seen in June 2008. She lived with her mother, Casey Anthony, and her grandparents, George and Cindy, in a modest three-bedroom home outside of Orlando, Florida.
When she vanished, law enforcement searched for months. On December 11, 2008, a little girl’s remains were found in a wooded area just a few hundred feet from the family home.
The remains were soon identified as belonging to Caylee, ending one of the largest missing persons searches in Florida history. Casey was charged with murdering her own daughter — though she was acquitted in 2011 — and the...
When she vanished, law enforcement searched for months. On December 11, 2008, a little girl’s remains were found in a wooded area just a few hundred feet from the family home.
The remains were soon identified as belonging to Caylee, ending one of the largest missing persons searches in Florida history. Casey was charged with murdering her own daughter — though she was acquitted in 2011 — and the...
- 10/30/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
In a new interview, Casey Anthony‘s parents revealed they would sue their daughter if she sold her story or appeared on a reality show with Oj Simpson.
In an upcoming interview with Chris Hansen on Monday’s episode of Crime Watch Daily, Casey’s parents, George and Cindy, were asked about the rumors their daughter might film a reality show with Simpson — who recently got released from jail after 9 years behind bars — that would chronicle their lives after high-profile court cases, reported the Orlando Sentinel.
“Oh god. If it came down to that, I would ,” Cindy Anthony told Hansen,...
In an upcoming interview with Chris Hansen on Monday’s episode of Crime Watch Daily, Casey’s parents, George and Cindy, were asked about the rumors their daughter might film a reality show with Simpson — who recently got released from jail after 9 years behind bars — that would chronicle their lives after high-profile court cases, reported the Orlando Sentinel.
“Oh god. If it came down to that, I would ,” Cindy Anthony told Hansen,...
- 10/28/2017
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
The parents of Casey Anthony are speaking out in a new interview — and they are pulling no punches about their daughter.
“I think Casey is mentally ill,” Cindy Anthony, her mother, tells interviewer Chris Hansen on Monday’s episode of Crime Watch Daily. A clip is above.
Cindy Anthony also claims that her 31-year-old daughter suffers from seizures and doesn’t always remember what happens during them. Her allegation isn’t new: In 2011, George and Cindy Anthony appeared on Dr. Phil and claimed that their daughter suffers from grand mal seizures.
Earlier this year, Anthony’s attorney, Cheney Mason, said...
“I think Casey is mentally ill,” Cindy Anthony, her mother, tells interviewer Chris Hansen on Monday’s episode of Crime Watch Daily. A clip is above.
Cindy Anthony also claims that her 31-year-old daughter suffers from seizures and doesn’t always remember what happens during them. Her allegation isn’t new: In 2011, George and Cindy Anthony appeared on Dr. Phil and claimed that their daughter suffers from grand mal seizures.
Earlier this year, Anthony’s attorney, Cheney Mason, said...
- 10/27/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart contemplated suicide after being raped in captivity, a revelation she shares in a new interview with fellow survivor and victim advocate Daisy Coleman.
“For me, because I grew up in a very conservative Christian neighborhood, the first time I was raped I remember feeling devastated,” Smart, who was abducted in 2002 at age 14 and held for nine months, tells Coleman on an episode of Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, airing Tuesday.
“I felt like it would be better to be dead than to continue living being a rape victim, being a rape survivor,” Smart says. “I...
“For me, because I grew up in a very conservative Christian neighborhood, the first time I was raped I remember feeling devastated,” Smart, who was abducted in 2002 at age 14 and held for nine months, tells Coleman on an episode of Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, airing Tuesday.
“I felt like it would be better to be dead than to continue living being a rape victim, being a rape survivor,” Smart says. “I...
- 9/18/2017
- by Jeff Truesdell
- PEOPLE.com
Investigative journalist Chris Hansen has earned a reputation for digging into the most unsavory corners of true crime.
On Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. Et, the former Dateline host returns to the Investigation Discovery network with the third season of Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen, which revisits 10 killings. Hanson, a seven-time Emmy winner who also hosts Crime Watch Daily, secures interviews with key players and inspects each crime scene, offering his own perspective on the crimes.
“These stories are all so compelling, but maybe didn’t get a lot of coverage when they were going down because of other national events,...
On Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. Et, the former Dateline host returns to the Investigation Discovery network with the third season of Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen, which revisits 10 killings. Hanson, a seven-time Emmy winner who also hosts Crime Watch Daily, secures interviews with key players and inspects each crime scene, offering his own perspective on the crimes.
“These stories are all so compelling, but maybe didn’t get a lot of coverage when they were going down because of other national events,...
- 9/5/2017
- by Chris Harris
- PEOPLE.com
The story of Elizabeth Smart is coming to Lifetime.
Smart was just 14 years old when she was taken from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 and held for nine months before being rescued. Now her story has been turned into the TV movie I Am Elizabeth Smart — and People has some First Look images from the set.
“It was a real honor to play such a strong and inspirational woman,” actress Alana Boden tells People of playing Smart. “To portray Elizabeth was challenging, what she went through was unimaginable. But I wanted people to know she’s bright, she didn’t lose hope,...
Smart was just 14 years old when she was taken from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 and held for nine months before being rescued. Now her story has been turned into the TV movie I Am Elizabeth Smart — and People has some First Look images from the set.
“It was a real honor to play such a strong and inspirational woman,” actress Alana Boden tells People of playing Smart. “To portray Elizabeth was challenging, what she went through was unimaginable. But I wanted people to know she’s bright, she didn’t lose hope,...
- 7/19/2017
- by Patrick Gomez and Elizabeth Leonard
- PEOPLE.com
Elizabeth Smart has welcomed her second child, a baby boy, and he’s already fitting in with his family!
Smart shared a shot of the new baby with her 2-year-old Chloe, whom she shares with husband Matthew Gilmour.
“These two make my Easter perfect! #soinlove #happyeaster #sundaysareforfamily #blessed #bigthingsinlittlepackages” she wrote.
As the family geared up to welcomed the new little one, Smart’s father, Edward, said that his daughter is “extremely happy” to be a new mom again.
“Everyone is excited and ready to meet the newest member of the family,” he previously told People. He said Smart was...
Smart shared a shot of the new baby with her 2-year-old Chloe, whom she shares with husband Matthew Gilmour.
“These two make my Easter perfect! #soinlove #happyeaster #sundaysareforfamily #blessed #bigthingsinlittlepackages” she wrote.
As the family geared up to welcomed the new little one, Smart’s father, Edward, said that his daughter is “extremely happy” to be a new mom again.
“Everyone is excited and ready to meet the newest member of the family,” he previously told People. He said Smart was...
- 4/16/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Tonight’s premiere episode of Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris on Investigation Discovery follows the Emmy Award-winning journalist as he investigates the brutal murder of 11-year-old Jodi Parrack. In the episode, titled Small Town Killer, Harris tries to get to the bottom of why once-trustworthy neighbors turned against each other in the small town of Constantine, Michigan, and its tight-knit community. The “unthinkable crime…forever shatter[ed Constantine’s] strong sense of community,” according to ID. Parrack was attacked, murdered and left for dead in a cemetery while riding a bike home from a friend’s house. According to Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, investigators suspected...read more...
- 4/9/2017
- by Kurt Orzeck
- Monsters and Critics
Elizabeth Smart‘s second child, a boy, will be born on Sunday, her father, Edward Smart, tells People exclusively.
“Everyone is excited and ready to meet the newest member of the family,” says Edward. “We’ve been babysitting her little girl today, looking forward to Sunday.”
Elizabeth, 29, is expecting a son with husband Matthew Gilmour, who she married in a private Hawaiian ceremony in 2012. The abduction survivor, activist and contributor to Crime Watch Daily is intensely private about her family, says her father, “but she is ready for Sunday and is extremely happy, as we all are.”
Elizabeth, who now lives in Park City,...
“Everyone is excited and ready to meet the newest member of the family,” says Edward. “We’ve been babysitting her little girl today, looking forward to Sunday.”
Elizabeth, 29, is expecting a son with husband Matthew Gilmour, who she married in a private Hawaiian ceremony in 2012. The abduction survivor, activist and contributor to Crime Watch Daily is intensely private about her family, says her father, “but she is ready for Sunday and is extremely happy, as we all are.”
Elizabeth, who now lives in Park City,...
- 4/1/2017
- by Cathy Free
- PEOPLE.com
Years after they endured unspeakable horrors, abduction survivors Amanda Berry and Elizabeth Smart are sitting down together for the first time to discuss the drive that helped both of them withstand their ordeals.
Their discussion will air on Wednesday’s episode of Crime Watch Daily. In an exclusive clip of their initial meeting, the two share a warm hug. “I have wanted to meet you for years,” Smart says.
She says she has special regard for Berry, telling her, “You’re just my hero.”
The conversation is guided by Smart, a special correspondent for the syndicated Cwd. Berry appears on...
Their discussion will air on Wednesday’s episode of Crime Watch Daily. In an exclusive clip of their initial meeting, the two share a warm hug. “I have wanted to meet you for years,” Smart says.
She says she has special regard for Berry, telling her, “You’re just my hero.”
The conversation is guided by Smart, a special correspondent for the syndicated Cwd. Berry appears on...
- 3/1/2017
- by Jeff Truesdell
- PEOPLE.com
Elizabeth Smart is pregnant with her second child with husband Matthew Gilmour, People confirms.
With news that she is expecting a son this spring, the 29-year-old’s life as an abduction survivor, author, philanthropist and motivational speaker is back in the headlines.
Smart was just 14 years old when she was taken from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 and held for nine months, before being rescued. Now, she speaks out about her experiences on behalf of others, using her harrowing time spent in captivity to advocate for good.
Here’s a look back at Smart’s incredible journey — from her...
With news that she is expecting a son this spring, the 29-year-old’s life as an abduction survivor, author, philanthropist and motivational speaker is back in the headlines.
Smart was just 14 years old when she was taken from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 and held for nine months, before being rescued. Now, she speaks out about her experiences on behalf of others, using her harrowing time spent in captivity to advocate for good.
Here’s a look back at Smart’s incredible journey — from her...
- 2/3/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
Broadcasting Cable has confirmed the Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen TV show has been renewed for a third season in syndication.Warner Bros.' true-crime news magazine series premiered in 2015 as Crime Watch Daily. When Hansen joined the series in season two, the title changed to reflect his position as host. Correspondents include Matt Doran, Michelle Sigona, Andrea Isom, Jason Mattera, Ana Garcia, and Elizabeth Smart.Read More…...
- 1/16/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Wisconsin teen Ashlee Martinson, the former blogger who penned dark stories about death under the pseudonym “Vampchick,” says in a new interview that she’s “happy” to be in prison for killing her mother and stepfather following extensive alleged abuse.
“I’m happy because I’m getting help right now,” Martinson says in an exclusive clip from an upcoming prison interview with Crime Watch Daily, which is scheduled to air Tuesday.
“My sisters are safe, and I know that sounds crazy because I’m in prison, but I feel like I’m free,” Martinson says. “I can have an opinion now.
“I’m happy because I’m getting help right now,” Martinson says in an exclusive clip from an upcoming prison interview with Crime Watch Daily, which is scheduled to air Tuesday.
“My sisters are safe, and I know that sounds crazy because I’m in prison, but I feel like I’m free,” Martinson says. “I can have an opinion now.
- 10/31/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
When Elizabeth Smart signed on last year as a correspondent for Crime Watch Daily, she didn’t have any training as a reporter â. though, as she tells People, “I  tons of experience being the interviewee.”
She learned quickly though, “thanks to some very patient producers.”
And after a successful first season, Smart, 28, signed on for a second for a simple reason: “I decided to continue because sharing the stories of survivors is a way to keep their cases in the spotlight, and hopefully give them a better chance of bringing criminals to justice.”
The advocate for...
She learned quickly though, “thanks to some very patient producers.”
And after a successful first season, Smart, 28, signed on for a second for a simple reason: “I decided to continue because sharing the stories of survivors is a way to keep their cases in the spotlight, and hopefully give them a better chance of bringing criminals to justice.”
The advocate for...
- 10/24/2016
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
Crime Watch Daily has a new host, and with him, comes a new name. In its second season, the syndicated daytime series will be known as Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen. Season two premieres Monday, September 12, 2016. Check your local listings. An investigative reporter, Hansen is a veteran of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. On Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, he'll revive the franchise as "Hansen vs. Predator." Watch the sizzle reel, here. Hansen also hosts the Investigation Discovery series, Killer Instinct.In season two, Elizabeth Smart returns as a special correspondent. Crime Watch Daily with Chris Hansen, also features reporter Matt Doran, who hosted the first season of the series, as well as Jason Mattera, Ana Garcia, Andrea Isom, and Michelle Sigona. The series is produced...
- 8/24/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Even though Steven Avery is behind bars for the 2005 murder of 25-year-old Wisconsin photographer Teresa Halbach, one of his twin sons says he doesn’t think his father killed her. Avery's sons spoke out for the first time on Crime Watch Daily - in clips shared exclusively with People - about the man at the center of the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer. When one of the twins, Bill Avery, was asked if his father committed the murder, he replied, "No, I don’t think he did." His twin brother, Steven Jr., told Crime Watch Daily that he isn’t sure.
- 2/5/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
Even though Steven Avery is behind bars for the 2005 murder of 25-year-old Wisconsin photographer Teresa Halbach, one of his twin sons says he doesn’t think his father killed her. Avery's sons spoke out for the first time on Crime Watch Daily - in clips shared exclusively with People - about the man at the center of the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer. When one of the twins, Bill Avery, was asked if his father committed the murder, he replied, "No, I don’t think he did." His twin brother, Steven Jr., told Crime Watch Daily that he isn’t sure.
- 2/5/2016
- by K.C. Baker, @kcbaker77777
- PEOPLE.com
A new syndicated daytime strip has Uber in its crosshairs. Producers of Crime Watch Daily, which premieres September 14, used their session at the TCA Summer Press Tour today to unveil a six-month investigation into the popular transportation service. Executive producer Lisa Gregorisch-Dempsey said the probe turned up three people with criminal histories who agreed to apply to drive for Uber X — one of whom has multiple burglary convictions and told Crime Watch Daily…...
- 8/6/2015
- Deadline TV
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