Rob Marciano
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․"
- Won a Peabody Award for his field reports for CNN during Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
- Earned the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval
- Studied meteorology at Cornell
- 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․"
- Quote: "In order to cover a story the right way, you gotta go out, into it, and get it․"
- 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
- Wears a Yankees cap when he goes to Dodger Stadium
- Enjoys spending time with his family at the beach and hiking trails around Los Angeles
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