Bill Boggs

Who is Bill Boggs?

William "Bill" Boggs III is an American television presenter and journalist.

Boggs was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the celebrity correspondent for the syndicated My Generation television show airing on PBS, featuring interviews inspired by his 2007 HarperCollins book, Got What it Takes?: Successful People Reveal How They Made It to the Top. The book includes interviews with Renée Zellweger, Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, Clive Davis, Joe Torre, and others. He has also published a novel, At First Sight, with Grosett and Dunlap publishers.

A former news anchorman for WNBC in New York, Boggs also presented several game shows for CBS. He was also known for his stint in the 1970s as host of Midday Live on WNEW-TV, succeeding Lee Leonard. He created the first national restaurant review show, TV Diners, for the Food Network, and spent many years hosting the network's first non-cooking show, the celebrity interview show, Bill Boggs' Corner Table. Boggs co-executive produced and hosted TV's first syndicated stand up comedy series, Comedy Tonight in the late 1980s.

He also hosted Championship Boxing Report Update for Showtime, and Historic Traveler and Freeze Frame for the Travel Channel.