I can't say I'm happy to be talking about John Ritter and his passing. In my 21 years of Entertainment Tonight, this really was one of the most shocking and sad things to have happened.

Determined to leave journalism behind Mary Hart moved to the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westwood in 1979 with $10000 in the bank. Mary Hart (born November 8 1950) is an American television personality and was the long-running host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2011 which is the longest running entertainment magazine show of all time. The day after the interview Mary Hart was hired as an ET correspondent.

Mary Hart (born November 8 1950) is an American television personality and was the long-running host of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up program Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2011 which is the longest running entertainment magazine show of all time.