Hamilton Frazier Moore, Jr. (born April 4, 1951), known as Frazier Moore, is an American journalist. For a quarter-century he was a television reporter/critic for The

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, retiring from that job in December 2017. He is the author of ''Inside 'Family Guy': An Illustrated History'', published in 2019 by HarperCollins.

Background

Moore grew up in

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, Georgia, and attended the

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, graduating in 1974 with a journalism degree. He was a staff writer for ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' and ''The Fort Myers'' (Florida) ''News-Press,'' where he received a National Headliners Award. Other publications for which Moore has written include ''Spy'', ''Connoisseur'', ''The New York Times,'' ''Interview'' and ''TV Guide''. He was also Director of Publications for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

Career with Associated Press

In 1992, Moore became television critic for The Associated Press, based in New York. In 1993, he was criticised for clandestinely gaining entry to a test show for Conan O’Brien’s then-upcoming late night debut and publishing an editorial criticising the quality of the show and the professionalism of the presenters. Moore served as a

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from 2004–2010. He has hosted a weekly TV-related commentary for Los Angeles public radio station KCRW.

References

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