How + Why Actors Should Add Hosting to Their Résumés

The hosting world has changed drastically in the last few years, from talent agents and networks looking for presentational hosts to searching for quadruple threats: those who can host, write, produce, and edit. This is huge news for creative artists like actors who...
5 Reasons Why Actors Can Make Great TV Hosts

5 Reasons Why Actors Can Make Great TV Hosts

By Nicole Sellars, continue reading on backstage.com Unlike actors, TV hosts have to be one hundred percent themselves on camera. They absolutely cannot “act” like a host, or their career will be a short one. That is one of the biggest challenges for any performer...
5 Things a Demo Reel Needs to Get Noticed

5 Things a Demo Reel Needs to Get Noticed

By Nicole Sellars, continue reading on backstage.com As an actor, host, or anchor, a demo reel is crucial to catching the eye of a casting or talent agent. You need a solid reel to be considered for an on-air job, but you also need to have actual work on your reel—a...
How to Launch Your TV News & Hosting Career

How to Launch Your TV News & Hosting Career

By Nicole Sellars Your dream TV job doesn’t just have to involve acting—there’s a world of opportunity out there for television-related jobs. Your dream TV job doesn’t just have to involve acting—there’s a world of opportunity out there for...

How Branding can boost a hosting career

Photo Source: Courtesy HQ As actors, you have a variety of skills that could potentially open doors to a hosting career. Actors are driven, determined, creative, and outgoing. However, with so few lead host jobs out there, actors may sometimes need to take a detour to...