'Access' Renews Potts' Contract

By Chris Pursell

“Access Hollywood” has renewed correspondent and weekend co-host Tony Potts’ contract, giving him a multiyear deal to remain with the long-running entertainment newsmagazine show. Mr. Potts joined “Access Hollywood” in April 1999, coming to the show after 12 years in television news and sports.

“Tony Potts is the go-to guy when it comes to celebrity breaking news,” said Rob Silverstein, the show’s executive producer. “His stellar reporting during the Anna Nicole Smith story helped, once again, set ‘Access Hollywood’ apart from the competition. Tony is likable and relatable, someone our audience trusts.”

In addition to his duties at “Access Hollywood,” Mr. Potts contributes to “Today,” MSNBC and CNBC as well as CNN’s “Larry King Live” and “Showbiz Tonight.”

“It’s great to not only have the audience’s trust, but also the confidence of NBC Universal and ‘Access Hollywood’ to offer me this new deal,” said Mr. Potts. “There is not a better entertainment news show in the business, with a better attitude and with better people than ‘Access Hollywood,’ and I continue to feel right at home.”