History Series / EntertainmentTonight

* WolverinePublicity: The show seems to think that ''Film/TheBigChill'', a 1983 film about BabyBoomers is the greatest film of all time and has days of footage about it. Every time a year ending in "3" or "8" or a new home media release comes around, expect to be reminded of how this movie only thought of by most as filler on {{Creator/HBO}} or Creator/USANetwork is the best two hours ever put to celluloid by this program.

* ShesGotLegs: Mary Hart is famous for this.

* TropeCoTropeOfTheWeek: The birthday segment, sponsored for a long time by American Greetings.

* {{Fanservice}}: Movies featuring strippers or bikinis will get a ''lot'' more hype than you'd normally expect. When ''Film/{{Striptease}}'' was coming out, ''ET'' literally did ''weeks'' of hype, chatting up every single star of the movie, showing as many clips of Demi Moore's fit body doing strip-teases in bikinis, and nearly taking everything off. When the movie bombed, they simply dropped it and moved on to something else. John Tesh actually hated covering these types of stories, and it proved to be a major factor in him departing in 1996 and being replaced by weekend co-anchor (and failed game show host) Bob Goen.

* {{Unperson}}: Unless a program is very dominant in the ratings, don't expect {{Creator/Fox}} or {{Creator/NBC}}'s TV shows to be promoted here (in the latter case especially, as the NBC-produced SpiritedCompetitor ''Access Hollywood'' claims dibs for their shows), appropriate for a show produced by {{Creator/CBS}}'s syndication division and aired on many {{Creator/ABC}} stations; both networks get the bulk of ''ET'' attention for television series promotion.

''Entertainment Tonight'' is a magazine-format journalistic television series, created by Al Masini in 1981 and originally produced and distributed by Creator/{{Paramount}}, featuring Mary Hart and John Tesh and a score of other hosts and reporters discussing the recent news in Hollywood. A major enabler of the HollywoodHypeMachine, as well as a tabloid journal, it's a mixture of hype, interviews, and sensationalism about the latest rumors and dating habits of the rich and famous. Airs daily in half-hour segments, and has done so for years. Country-specific spin-offs have popped up in the UK, Canada, Brazil, and others. The show is now produced and distributed by Creator/{{CBS}}, which replaced Paramount successor CBS Paramount Television after the CBS-Creator/{{Viacom}} breakup in 2005.

A magazine-format journalistic television series, created by Al Masini in 1981 and originally produced and distributed by Creator/{{Paramount}}, featuring Mary Hart and John Tesh and a score of other hosts and reporters discussing the recent news in Hollywood. A major enabler of the HollywoodHypeMachine, as well as a tabloid journal, it's a mixture of hype, interviews, and sensationalism about the latest rumors and dating habits of the rich and famous. Airs daily in half-hour segments, and has done so for years. Country-specific spin-offs have popped up in the UK, Canada, Brazil, and others. The show is now produced and distributed by Creator/{{CBS}}, which replaced Paramount successor CBS Paramount Television after the CBS-Creator/{{Viacom}} breakup in 2005.

* {{Fanservice}}: Movies featuring strippers or bikinis will get a ''lot'' more hype than you'd normally expect. When ''Film/{{Striptease}}'' was coming out, ''ET'' literally did ''weeks'' of hype, chatting up every single star of the movie, showing as many clips of Demi Moore's fit body doing strip-teases in bikinis, and nearly taking everything off. When the movie bombed, they simply dropped it and moved on to something else. John Tesh actually hated covering these types of stories, and it proved to major factor in him departing in 1996 and being replaced by weekend co-anchor (and failed game show host) Bob Goen.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Before they end the program, They would do a birthday announcement.