Alfonso Ribeiro Named New Host of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 05-19-2015, 10:21 PM

The 'Fresh Prince' alum and 'Dancing With the Stars' champion will take over for Tom Bergeron.

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America's Funniest Home Videos has found its new host.
Alfonso Ribeiro, best known as Carlton Banks on the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has been named as Tom Bergeron's replacement, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The outgoing emcee made the announcement during Tuesday's season finale of Dancing With the Stars, which Bergeron also hosts.

Ribeiro, who won the ABC dancing competition last season, returned to the reality series for the passing of the baton. The new deal will continue his relationship with the network.

As the show's longest running host at 15 years, Bergeron tweeted in March 2014 that he would be departing AFV at the end of its current season. He will, however, continue on with DWTS.

As the network began its search for a new television personality, Ribeiro, who had an existing relationship with the network (and with Bergeron) from his time on DWTS, stood out as a likely candidate. He's also no stranger to hosting. Among his most recent gigs: The Cooking Channel's Unwrapped 2.0, ABC Family's Spell-Mageddon and GSN's Catch 21.

Ribeiro will be the fourth person to host the humorous video competition series, now entering its twenty-sixth season. Full House alum Bob Saget kicked off the Vin Di Bona-created show in 1989 and stayed for eight seasons. John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes took over for a short two-year stint before Bergeron came on board.

The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Ribeiro ahead of the announcement to discuss his vision for the show, why it's still relevant and whether or not the "Carlton dance" will make an appearance (the chances are good).

How did you end up nabbing the gig?

It came together by the people at DWTS and ABC. When last season of DWTS ended, there were several producers that all said to me that they felt that this would be an absolute great gig for me. They suggested to producers of AFV to take a look at me, and they also mentioned it to Tom, who said, “Oh my God, that is just a beautiful idea. I’m on board.” It just felt like a great marriage. When I was there to do my test, Tom was there and he was very, very supportive. He let the people there know that he thinks I would be the right one for it. And it’s a show that I’ve been a fan of since near the beginning of it. I would watch it with my kids and I’ve always enjoyed it. So somehow I came up the lucky winner.

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Zoneboy RIP, I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU :( Moderator Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 13, 2003 Location: AT HOME WISHING ALL THIS WAS JUST A DREAM AND THAT I'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS NIGHTMARE. Posts: 34,346	Alfonso Ribeiro Named New Host of 'America's Funniest Home Videos' The 'Fresh Prince' alum and 'Dancing With the Stars' champion will take over for Tom Bergeron. Link America's Funniest Home Videos has found its new host. Alfonso Ribeiro, best known as Carlton Banks on the 1990s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has been named as Tom Bergeron's replacement, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The outgoing emcee made the announcement during Tuesday's season finale of Dancing With the Stars, which Bergeron also hosts. Ribeiro, who won the ABC dancing competition last season, returned to the reality series for the passing of the baton. The new deal will continue his relationship with the network. As the show's longest running host at 15 years, Bergeron tweeted in March 2014 that he would be departing AFV at the end of its current season. He will, however, continue on with DWTS. As the network began its search for a new television personality, Ribeiro, who had an existing relationship with the network (and with Bergeron) from his time on DWTS, stood out as a likely candidate. He's also no stranger to hosting. Among his most recent gigs: The Cooking Channel's Unwrapped 2.0, ABC Family's Spell-Mageddon and GSN's Catch 21. Ribeiro will be the fourth person to host the humorous video competition series, now entering its twenty-sixth season. Full House alum Bob Saget kicked off the Vin Di Bona-created show in 1989 and stayed for eight seasons. John Fugelsang and Daisy Fuentes took over for a short two-year stint before Bergeron came on board. The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Ribeiro ahead of the announcement to discuss his vision for the show, why it's still relevant and whether or not the "Carlton dance" will make an appearance (the chances are good). How did you end up nabbing the gig? It came together by the people at DWTS and ABC. When last season of DWTS ended, there were several producers that all said to me that they felt that this would be an absolute great gig for me. They suggested to producers of AFV to take a look at me, and they also mentioned it to Tom, who said, “Oh my God, that is just a beautiful idea. I’m on board.” It just felt like a great marriage. When I was there to do my test, Tom was there and he was very, very supportive. He let the people there know that he thinks I would be the right one for it. And it’s a show that I’ve been a fan of since near the beginning of it. I would watch it with my kids and I’ve always enjoyed it. So somehow I came up the lucky winner.