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Rob Marciano Biography

Birth Name:Robert Mark Marciano

Birth Place:Glenville, Connecticut, United States

Fast Facts

  • Worked side-by-side with workers to save wildlife, skim oil and clean up the beach during the BP oil spill, which was documented in "Rescue: Saving the Gulf․"
  • Earned the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval
  • Won a Peabody Award for his field reports for CNN during Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Studied meteorology at Cornell
  • Quote: "In order to cover a story the right way, you gotta go out, into it, and get it․"
  • Quote: "It's been a fun ride in here in Hollywood, but weather is my true passion so it's time to get back to doing what I love․"
  • Served as the replacement anchor for Mark Steines on "Entertainment Tonight" in 2012, eventually leaving in 2014
  • Initially a meteorologist, he would jump from local affiliates to national cable news stations such as CNN and the Weather Channel by the early 2000s
  • Enjoys spending time with his family at the beach and hiking trails around Los Angeles
  • Wears a Yankees cap when he goes to Dodger Stadium

Awards

  • 2014Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Entertainment News Program: winner
  • 2018Emmy-Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine: nominated
  • 2018Emmy-Outstanding News Special: nominated
  • 2019Daytime Emmy-Outstanding Morning Program: nominated