Nearly every TV show that has a StudioAudience but isn't a SitCom has an announcer. The Announcer has several duties:
* Deliver opening and closing spiels for the show.
* Introduce the host, contestants and/or celebrity guests.
* On a GameShow, [[ProductPlacement Describe the prizes]] the contestants can win or have won.
* In most cases, warm up the audience before taping and keep them entertained during breaks/stopdowns.

In some cases, an announcer can also be a sidekick.

We might have called this The Barker, that guy in a circus or carnival whose job is to loudly announce the attractions, but we didn't want it to be confused with [[Series/ThePriceIsRight a certain famous game show host]].
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!!Some notable game show announcers:
* Gene Baker, the original announcer for ''Series/QueenForADay'' during its run on Creator/{{NBC}}, having previously announced for the show during its original run on the radio on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
* Jack Clark, announcer for ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' and the original host of ''Series/TheCrossWits''; tended to both host and voice various Creator/BobStewart projects
* Bob Clayton, a ''{{Series/Concentration}}'' announcer and substitute host, promoted to full-time host in 1969
* Rich Fields (''Series/ThePriceIsRight'')
* Wayne Howell on ''{{Series/Concentration}}'' and the Miss America Pageant
* Johnny Gilbert, current announcer of ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'', and the first announcer for the 1990s revival of ''Series/SupermarketSweep''; also announced various other series, including ''Series/TheOneMillionChanceOfALifetime'' and much of the 1980s runs of ''Series/{{Pyramid}}''.
* George Gray (''The Price Is Right''). Also has hosting experience (''[[Series/TheGongShow Extreme Gong]]'', ''Series/JunkyardWars'', ''Series/TheWeakestLink'')
* John Harlan (''Series/{{Password}}'', ''Series/NameThatTune'', ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/Wipeout1988'' ''Series/AmericanGladiators'', the Creator/{{ABC}} run of ''Series/QueenForADay'')
* Harvey (John Harvey), best known for being Marc Summers' announcer on ''Series/{{Double Dare|1986}}'' (and doing the same for ''History I.Q.'').
* Creator/JimmyKimmel of ''Series/WinBenSteinsMoney''
* Charlie O'Donnell, the original announcer of ''Wheel of Fortune'' from 1975 to 1980, and again from 1989 to 2010. He was also heard on several other shows, most notably ''Series/AmericanBandstand'' and various [[Creator/JackBarry Barry and Enright]] series starting in 1981.
* Johnny Jacobs, announcer of most 1970s Creator/ChuckBarris series (''Series/TheGongShow'', ''Series/TreasureHuntUS''), as well as the CBS years of ''Series/TheJokersWild''.
* Johnny Olson, whose voice is synonymous with Creator/MarkGoodson/Bill Todman productions (including ''The Price Is Right'' and ''Series/MatchGame'')
* Creator/DonPardo, the original announcer for ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' and ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'', as well as announcing for ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''
* Rod Roddy, heard on ''Series/PressYourLuck'' and ''The Price Is Right''. Came to prominence as the announcer on ''Series/{{Soap}}''; also did the short-lived series ''Series/{{Whew}}'', ''Series/HitMan'' and ''Series/{{Battlestars}}''.
* Shadoe Stevens, who did double duty on the John Davidson version of ''Hollywood Squares'' as both announcer and panelist, and continued announcing ''Hollywood Squares'' into the Creator/TomBergeron version; also the TalkShow announcer on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and the official voice of Antenna TV
* Jay Stewart, the original announcer/TV tray carrier for ''Series/LetsMakeADeal''; he also announced for most of the 1980s run of ''Series/SaleOfTheCentury'', and announced various Barry-Enright series in the late 70s.
** Creator/BrianCummings (season one) and Dean Goss (season two), the announcers/TV tray carriers for ''The All-New Let's Make a Deal''; Goss would also announce the 1987-88 revival of ''Series/HighRollers'' and was a substitute on ''Pyramid'',
** Creator/JonathanMangum, the current announcer/TV tray carrier for ''Let's Make A Deal''
* Jim Thornton (''Wheel of Fortune'' after Charlie O's death)
* Charlie Tuna (''Series/{{Scrabble}}'', after Jay Stewart left; also did ''[[Series/{{Battlestars}} The New Battlestars]]'' and ''Series/TimeMachine''), also announced Alan Thicke's show ''Thicke of the Night''
* Randy West, who hasn't had too many prominent shows (the final few seasons of ''Series/SupermarketSweep'' being an exception; he replaced Johnny Gilbert sometime after the show's move to PAX due to Gilbert's salary being considered too expensive for the bean counters at PAX) but is very well known for interacting in the fandom, and wrote a biography on Johnny Olson. He was also a contestant on several shows, including ''Series/PressYourLuck'', where he was the first to retire undefeated, the first to win a car, and the first to shout "Big Bucks, No Whammies".
* Kenny Williams, heard on ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' and most other Creator/MerrillHeatter[=/=]Bob Quigley shows.
* Gene Wood, another Goodson/Todman workhorse best known for ''Series/FamilyFeud'', most of the Tom Kennedy run of ''The Price is Right'' and ''[[Series/{{Password}} Password (Plus/Super)]]''.
* Burton Richardson (''The New Price Is Right'' [1994], ''Family Feud'' [1999-2010], ''To Tell the Truth'' [1990-91, 2000-01], ''Series/FamilyGameNight'' [2010-2012]) as well as ''Series/TheArsenioHallShow''.

!!Notable TalkShow announcers include:
* Creator/EdMcMahon of ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson'', also hosted ''Star Search''
* Bill Wendell, associated with Creator/DavidLetterman; succeeded upon his retirement by Alan Kalter, who has also worked on various game shows and the Creator/USANetwork
* Ed Hall, then "Stuttering" John Melendez on Leno-era ''Tonight Show''. Creator/WallyWingert announced ''The Jay Leno Show''.
* Andy Richter for Conan O'Brien's ''Tonight Show'' and now ''Conan''.
** Joel Goddard for ''Late Night''.
* Creator/GaryOwens on ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''; he also hosted a short lived spinoff, ''Letters to Laugh-In'', as well as the first syndicated season of ''Series/TheGongShow''.
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