and features long-form reports on true-crime and human interest stories and air initially on six NBC owned-and-operated stations. The show is hosted by Mario Lopez, Kit Hoover and Scott Evans with Sibley Scoles as correspondent. On October 2, 2019, Zuri Hall joined as co-host. On March 11, 2021, it was announced that the show was canceled and last episode would to air in June. International versions & airings In Canada, Rogers Sports & Media's Omni Television airs the United States version of Access Live while Independent station CHCH-DT began airing the half hour weekday United States version in fall 2014; Bell Media channel CTV 2 used to air the half hour weekday United States version since fall 2011 but it was discontinued in 2013. The United Kingdom version began in 2003 hosted by Kate Garraway and Vincent. There was a short-lived national version for the Ireland on the channel previously named "Channel 6", hosted by Jenny Buckley from 2006. Spoofs The show was parodied in the show Arthur in the special Arthur, It's Only Rock N' Roll when a spoof named Access Elwood interviewed the band U Stink. In the South Park episode "Free Hat", a show airs called "Excess Hollywood" with a look-alike of then host Pat O'Brien. The show is also parodied in the sitcom BoJack Horseman as "Excess Hollywood", later renamed to "Excess " after BoJack steals the D from the Hollywood Sign. Craig Ferguson often parodies Access Hollywood on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in a segment called Access Extratainment Tonight (a portmanteau of Access Hollywood, Extra and Entertainment Tonight) with Ferguson as "Barney Slash". In The Simpsons Movie, the show is mentioned in an argument between Homer and Marge Simpson. In The Simpsons episode "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder", when (then) hosts Pat O'Brien & Nancy O'Dell guest star as hosts of Access Springfield. See also Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape Entertainment Tonight References External links AccessOnline.com – Official Access Website AccessOnline.com/Live – Official Access Live Website 1996 American television series debuts 1990s American television news shows 2000s American television news shows 2010s American television news shows 2020s American television news shows English-language television shows Entertainment news shows in the United States First-run syndicated television programs in the United States Television series by Universal Television Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television series by New World Television Television series by 20th Century Fox