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USA Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
'Swimming in gratitude': Deborah Norville exits 'Inside Edition' after 30 years
'Swimming in gratitude': Deborah Norville exits 'Inside Edition' after 30 years After three decades of hosting "Inside Edition," Deborah Norville bid farewell to viewers one last time. The longtime anchor hosted her final episode May 21, where she thanked her Los Angeles colleagues for their immense work ethic and fans for welcoming her into their homes for all these years. "I am literally swimming in gratitude," Norville said. "I've stayed this long because you welcomed me and the stories that we tell. I know inside has been a companion to many of you, and you've told me that you'll miss our daily visits. I'm going to miss them too." The 66-year-old former "Today" show co-anchor recalled a negative experience at her first television job where a woman told her she didn't belong in the industry, adding "I have spent the last 47 years trying to prove her wrong." "And so my thought is this, believe in yourself when it seems no one else does, because you may be amazed where that confidence will take you," she said in her closing remarks. "Thank you all. Thank you so much. That's 'Inside Edition.' Bye bye." "Inside Edition" also included an overwhelming number of filmed tributes from stars, including Kathy Bates, Drew Barrymore, Cedric The Entertainer, Morris Chestnut and more. "I can't believe it but you know what whatever you're doing god's speed and it's going to be glamorous, beautiful and amazing. I love you and thank you for coming to my home all these years," "Big Brother" host Julie Chen said. "Big kiss and I'll see you at the hair salon." Watch Deborah Norville's final remarks on 'Inside Edition' When did Deborah Norville join 'Inside Edition'? Norville first joined "Inside Edition" in 1995 after leaving CBS News, where she served as both anchor and correspondent. Before that, she was a co-anchor of NBC's "Today." The Georgia-born on-air personality first started her career at FOX 5 Atlanta after graduating from the University of Georgia in Athens. "Twice before, I made career moves for personal reasons (Chicago to NBC News in NY, CBS News to Inside Edition) and they were the right decisions," she wrote on an April 2 Instagram post. "This decision is also motivated by family … and I know it's a good one. There's lots more to come from me … just from a new place." Deborah Norville publicly battled cancer on TV Norville's time on the program has been full of ups and downs, including her public cancer journey in 2019. In a video announcement in April 2019, Norville said she would undergo surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid nodule first pointed out by a viewer. "We live in a world of see something, say something, and I'm really glad we do," she said in a video announcement posted on the show's official YouTube channel. "When you work on television, viewers comment on everything. Your hair, your makeup, the dress you're wearing. And a long time ago, an 'Inside Edition' viewer reached out to say she'd seen something on my neck. It was a lump. Well, I'd never noticed the thing, but I did have it checked out and the doctor said it was nothing, a thyroid nodule ... until recently, it was something." Contributing: Cydney Henderson and Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Inside Edition's LifeVac Story Helped Save Many Lives
A man jumped to the rescue with a LifeVac after a 10-month old boy choked on his food at a restaurant. Using the LifeVac, the man helped save the young boy's life. Many people were saved thanks to this Inside Edition story on little Gabriel. According to LifeVac company research, 111 lives have been saved thanks to viewers learning about the device on Inside Edition. It's not just viewers being saved, one viewer alerted Deborah Norville to her own medical issue.
The Independent
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Curtain coming down after 30 years at 'Inside Edition' for Deborah Norville
For a television news industry in a constant state of motion, Deborah Norville has been a model of stability. She began hosting the syndicated newsmagazine 'Inside Edition' in 1995 and has remained there ever since. Now that 30-year run is coming to a close. Norville, 66, signs off on May 20. She's planning to celebrate with a long vacation through Europe with her husband, and try something new when she gets back. She will host 'The Perfect Line,' a trivia show that begins airing this fall. No successor has been named at 'Inside Edition.' 'I'm very excited about the game show,' she said. 'It's fun, and who doesn't want to give away somebody else's money to people who are happy to take it?' Three decades ago, Norville left CBS News for a genre largely dismissed as tabloid television. She's proud of telling stories that add value to the audience's lives: A company that makes a device to aid choking victims says it has traced a thousand uses to people who say they learned about it through an 'Inside Edition' story. During COVID, the show began broadcasting from her kitchen almost immediately and never stopped, as she built a makeshift studio in her New York-area home. 'We were a familiar presence during a time when everything else was topsy-turvy," she said, 'and I think the bond with our audience was made even stronger then.' As she prepares to adjust to a life no longer governed by news cycles, Norville paused to reflect on her time with The Associated Press. ___ Q&A ASSOCIATED PRESS: You made the decision a while ago to leave 'Inside Edition.' Now that it's happening, how does it feel? NORVILLE: It really hit me today. It's the same day my daughter and husband came over (to the studio) for an in-person interview for a piece they're doing — a farewell Deb thing. My daughter was on 'Inside Edition' the day she was born. Nine hours after I gave birth, the crew was in my hospital room taping 'Inside Edition' because they couldn't find anyone else to do the show, which was ridiculous. To see her, this beautiful, 27-year-old grown woman, so statuesque and wonderful and lovely and perfect, to do an interview about what it's like having her mom work at this place for literally her entire life, it was like, oh my gosh, there's something major about to happen. AP: When you first joined, tabloid shows were considered less respectable than networks. How do you think that's changed? NORVILLE: Remember Tom Shales of the Washington Post? Tom Shales actually put in the paper that I was selling my credibility. The old Deborah would have just gone into a fetal position and cried. The new me said, 'Oh, I don't think so.' I never knew my credibility had anything to do with the peacock or eyeball on my paycheck, because I had worked at NBC and CBS. My credibility had to do with the show that I stood in front of, the stories that I personally produced and reported on and what we put on television every day. All I was asking was that people watch. AP: When you look back on it, what is the work you'll remember the most? NORVILLE: 'Inside Edition' has evolved a lot in the 30 years that I've been here. When I got here, it was still the hard-core, tabloid, beach blanket bingo — a lot of girls on sandy beaches in tiny bikinis. We don't do that anymore. ... It has evolved in such a way that we as a program have become a companion to people — not just on television, but we're a companion on the internet, on social media, on YouTube. The content that we do is watchable, but also very relatable and meaningful. AP: It's unusual these days to stay at the same job for a long time. Why did that appeal to you? NORVILLE: I came to 'Inside Edition' because I was expecting my second child. I knew it was going to be a boy (Norville and her husband, Karl Wellner, have two boys and a girl). I turned down an offer from CBS News to be 'Eye on America' correspondent four days a week and anchor the weekend news one night. I would have been teed up for the job that Katie Couric ultimately got. But those four nights a week were going to be on the road all over the country and I didn't think I could be the kind of mother I aspired to be, and certainly the kind of wife that I wanted to be, if I was on the road. I just didn't know how I could do it. AP: Any regrets about paths not taken? NORVILLE: Oh, probably. But here's the antidote to that. You take a look at where the road has taken you and you take stock at what you see at that spot in the road where you find yourself. ... The biggest thing is that I look at my family, which is the most important thing to me. My husband and I have been married for 37 and a half years. I have three amazing children who actually enjoy being with us, who are solid citizens, who are kind and giving and industrious and entrepreneurial. I didn't mess up my kids. Coming to 'Inside Edition' for the right reasons, turned out to be the right reason for me. ___ David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him at and
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Curtain coming down after 30 years at 'Inside Edition' for Deborah Norville
NEW YORK (AP) — For a television news industry in a constant state of motion, Deborah Norville has been a model of stability. She began hosting the syndicated newsmagazine 'Inside Edition' in 1995 and has remained there ever since. Now that 30-year run is coming to a close. Norville, 66, signs off on May 20. She's planning to celebrate with a long vacation through Europe with her husband, and try something new when she gets back. She will host 'The Perfect Line,' a trivia show that begins airing this fall. No successor has been named at 'Inside Edition.' 'I'm very excited about the game show,' she said. 'It's fun, and who doesn't want to give away somebody else's money to people who are happy to take it?' Three decades ago, Norville left CBS News for a genre largely dismissed as tabloid television. She's proud of telling stories that add value to the audience's lives: A company that makes a device to aid choking victims says it has traced a thousand uses to people who say they learned about it through an 'Inside Edition' story. During COVID, the show began broadcasting from her kitchen almost immediately and never stopped, as she built a makeshift studio in her New York-area home. 'We were a familiar presence during a time when everything else was topsy-turvy," she said, 'and I think the bond with our audience was made even stronger then.' As she prepares to adjust to a life no longer governed by news cycles, Norville paused to reflect on her time with The Associated Press. ___ Q&A ASSOCIATED PRESS: You made the decision a while ago to leave 'Inside Edition.' Now that it's happening, how does it feel? NORVILLE: It really hit me today. It's the same day my daughter and husband came over (to the studio) for an in-person interview for a piece they're doing — a farewell Deb thing. My daughter was on 'Inside Edition' the day she was born. Nine hours after I gave birth, the crew was in my hospital room taping 'Inside Edition' because they couldn't find anyone else to do the show, which was ridiculous. To see her, this beautiful, 27-year-old grown woman, so statuesque and wonderful and lovely and perfect, to do an interview about what it's like having her mom work at this place for literally her entire life, it was like, oh my gosh, there's something major about to happen. AP: When you first joined, tabloid shows were considered less respectable than networks. How do you think that's changed? NORVILLE: Remember Tom Shales of the Washington Post? Tom Shales actually put in the paper that I was selling my credibility. The old Deborah would have just gone into a fetal position and cried. The new me said, 'Oh, I don't think so.' I never knew my credibility had anything to do with the peacock or eyeball on my paycheck, because I had worked at NBC and CBS. My credibility had to do with the show that I stood in front of, the stories that I personally produced and reported on and what we put on television every day. All I was asking was that people watch. AP: When you look back on it, what is the work you'll remember the most? NORVILLE: 'Inside Edition' has evolved a lot in the 30 years that I've been here. When I got here, it was still the hard-core, tabloid, beach blanket bingo — a lot of girls on sandy beaches in tiny bikinis. We don't do that anymore. ... It has evolved in such a way that we as a program have become a companion to people — not just on television, but we're a companion on the internet, on social media, on YouTube. The content that we do is watchable, but also very relatable and meaningful. AP: It's unusual these days to stay at the same job for a long time. Why did that appeal to you? NORVILLE: I came to 'Inside Edition' because I was expecting my second child. I knew it was going to be a boy (Norville and her husband, Karl Wellner, have two boys and a girl). I turned down an offer from CBS News to be 'Eye on America' correspondent four days a week and anchor the weekend news one night. I would have been teed up for the job that Katie Couric ultimately got. But those four nights a week were going to be on the road all over the country and I didn't think I could be the kind of mother I aspired to be, and certainly the kind of wife that I wanted to be, if I was on the road. I just didn't know how I could do it. AP: Any regrets about paths not taken? NORVILLE: Oh, probably. But here's the antidote to that. You take a look at where the road has taken you and you take stock at what you see at that spot in the road where you find yourself. ... The biggest thing is that I look at my family, which is the most important thing to me. My husband and I have been married for 37 and a half years. I have three amazing children who actually enjoy being with us, who are solid citizens, who are kind and giving and industrious and entrepreneurial. I didn't mess up my kids. Coming to 'Inside Edition' for the right reasons, turned out to be the right reason for me. ___ David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him at and David Bauder, The Associated Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Associated Press
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Curtain coming down after 30 years at 'Inside Edition' for Deborah Norville
NEW YORK (AP) — For a television news industry in a constant state of motion, Deborah Norville has been a model of stability. She began hosting the syndicated newsmagazine 'Inside Edition' in 1995 and has remained there ever since. Now that 30-year run is coming to a close. Norville, 66, signs off on May 20. She's planning to celebrate with a long vacation through Europe with her husband, and try something new when she gets back. She will host 'The Perfect Line,' a trivia show that begins airing this fall. No successor has been named at 'Inside Edition.' 'I'm very excited about the game show,' she said. 'It's fun, and who doesn't want to give away somebody else's money to people who are happy to take it?' Three decades ago, Norville left CBS News for a genre largely dismissed as tabloid television. She's proud of telling stories that add value to the audience's lives: A company that makes a device to aid choking victims says it has traced a thousand uses to people who say they learned about it through an 'Inside Edition' story. During COVID, the show began broadcasting from her kitchen almost immediately and never stopped, as she built a makeshift studio in her New York-area home. 'We were a familiar presence during a time when everything else was topsy-turvy,' she said, 'and I think the bond with our audience was made even stronger then.' As she prepares to adjust to a life no longer governed by news cycles, Norville paused to reflect on her time with The Associated Press. ___ Q&A ASSOCIATED PRESS: You made the decision a while ago to leave 'Inside Edition.' Now that it's happening, how does it feel? NORVILLE: It really hit me today. It's the same day my daughter and husband came over (to the studio) for an in-person interview for a piece they're doing — a farewell Deb thing. My daughter was on 'Inside Edition' the day she was born. Nine hours after I gave birth, the crew was in my hospital room taping 'Inside Edition' because they couldn't find anyone else to do the show, which was ridiculous. To see her, this beautiful, 27-year-old grown woman, so statuesque and wonderful and lovely and perfect, to do an interview about what it's like having her mom work at this place for literally her entire life, it was like, oh my gosh, there's something major about to happen. AP: When you first joined, tabloid shows were considered less respectable than networks. How do you think that's changed? NORVILLE: Remember Tom Shales of the Washington Post? Tom Shales actually put in the paper that I was selling my credibility. The old Deborah would have just gone into a fetal position and cried. The new me said, 'Oh, I don't think so.' I never knew my credibility had anything to do with the peacock or eyeball on my paycheck, because I had worked at NBC and CBS. My credibility had to do with the show that I stood in front of, the stories that I personally produced and reported on and what we put on television every day. All I was asking was that people watch. AP: When you look back on it, what is the work you'll remember the most? NORVILLE: 'Inside Edition' has evolved a lot in the 30 years that I've been here. When I got here, it was still the hard-core, tabloid, beach blanket bingo — a lot of girls on sandy beaches in tiny bikinis. We don't do that anymore. ... It has evolved in such a way that we as a program have become a companion to people — not just on television, but we're a companion on the internet, on social media, on YouTube. The content that we do is watchable, but also very relatable and meaningful. AP: It's unusual these days to stay at the same job for a long time. Why did that appeal to you? NORVILLE: I came to 'Inside Edition' because I was expecting my second child. I knew it was going to be a boy (Norville and her husband, Karl Wellner, have two boys and a girl). I turned down an offer from CBS News to be 'Eye on America' correspondent four days a week and anchor the weekend news one night. I would have been teed up for the job that Katie Couric ultimately got. But those four nights a week were going to be on the road all over the country and I didn't think I could be the kind of mother I aspired to be, and certainly the kind of wife that I wanted to be, if I was on the road. I just didn't know how I could do it. AP: Any regrets about paths not taken? NORVILLE: Oh, probably. But here's the antidote to that. You take a look at where the road has taken you and you take stock at what you see at that spot in the road where you find yourself. ... The biggest thing is that I look at my family, which is the most important thing to me. My husband and I have been married for 37 and a half years. I have three amazing children who actually enjoy being with us, who are solid citizens, who are kind and giving and industrious and entrepreneurial. I didn't mess up my kids. Coming to 'Inside Edition' for the right reasons, turned out to be the right reason for me. ___ David Bauder writes about the intersection of media and entertainment for the AP. Follow him at and
