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1	''This article is about the television personality. Go '''[[Film/TheHost2006 here]]''' for the South Korean monster movie, '''[[Literature/TheHost2008 here]]''' for the Creator/StephenieMeyer book, and '''[[VideoGame/TheHost2020 here]]''' for the game series by Fingers Dipped In Red.''
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3	The host (also known as the presenter, master of ceremonies, emcee, MC) [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is the person that hosts]] a show. They are most commonly found in {{Game Show}}s, {{Reality TV}}, and {{Talk Show}}s. Their job is to keep the show running smoothly, to introduce each element to the audience and to the participants. [[CarriedByTheHost The job requires a good deal of charisma.]]
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5	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] BodyAndHost. See also RepulsiveRingmaster, which is sometimes a variant of this.
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7	!!Notable hosts include:
8	* Howie Mandel on ''Series/DealOrNoDeal''
9	* Creator/AlexTrebek on ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''
10	* Creator/TomBergeron on ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' and ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''
11	* Creator/BruceForsyth, he's been entertaining the British public for over 40 years now, didn't he do well?
12	* Chuck Woolery on ''Series/{{Scrabble}}'' and ''Series/{{Lingo}}''
13	* Pat Sajak on ''Series/WheelOfFortune''
14	* Creator/MontyHall on ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''
15	* Creator/BillCullen and Bob Barker on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''
16	* Greg Lee, and to a lesser extent, Lynne Thigpen on ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego''
17	* Regis Philbin on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire''
18	* Jack Barry on ''Series/TheJokersWild''
19	* Ken Ober on ''Series/RemoteControl''
20	* Wink Martindale on ''Series/TicTacDough''
21	* Bob Eubanks on ''Series/TheNewlywedGame''
22	* [[Creator/DeanMartin Martin]] and [[Creator/JerryLewis Lewis]] on the ''Series/ColgateComedyHour''
23	* In ''[[Fanfic/TheCalvinHobbesAndPaineShow The Calvin, Hobbes, and PaineShow]]'', [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Calvin]] himself is the host of the titular ShowWithinAShow.
24	* Ashton Kutcher for ''Series/{{Punkd}}''.
25	* Wrestling/ChrisJericho of the Sketchersons troupe's ''Sunday Night Live'', reality show ''Redemption song'', game show ''Downfall'' and of the ''Series/RobotCombatLeague''.
26	* Wrestling/MikeQuackenbush of Wrestling/{{Chikara}}'s ''Pod Casts A Go Go''
27	* Wrestling/SaraDelRey of Chikara's ''Throwdown and Lowdown''
28	* Wrestling/StevieRichards of ''T4'' (Tech Today Tech Tomorrow)
29	* Wrestling/DaffneyUnger of Shine, at first.
30	* Nick Cannon of ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' and ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''.
31	* When Creator/CecilBDeMille wasn't busy filming epic Hollywood blockbusters, he was moonlighting for nine years as the host of ''Radio/LuxRadioTheatre'' (1936-1945).
32	* Creator/DesLynam, who fronted much of Creator/TheBBC's sports coverage in TheEighties and TheNineties.
33	* In the fictional radio VarietyShow ''Podcast/TheOrbitingHumanCircusOfTheAir,'' John Cameron presides over the Circus, and loathes Julian the Janitor's repeated attempts to get PushedInFrontOfTheAudience as PluckyComicRelief, to the point of bodily hauling him off-stage.
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