David Sheehan

In 1970, David Sheehan was the first entertainment reporter and critic on a news broadcast in the history of television. Sheehan wrote, produced and hosted the most successful o-t-o (one time only) syndicated special in the history of television: Academy Awards Movie Magic, airing in 96.544% of the United States on 259 stations in 198 markets, many during Oscar weekend. Besides interviewing all the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscar nominees, the show featured an exclusive in-depth career profile and candid conversation with Sheehan's longtime pal Chita Rivera, who was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture for Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). No stranger to TV firsts, Sheehan, in 1972, on KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, was the first commentator to ever critique television on television, drawing "biting the hand" feature articles in both Time and Life magazines. In 1975, he was the first local newsman to ever work for two networks simultaneously: appearing daily on "America Alive" on NBC