Maria Grace Sansone (born February 26, 1981) is an American television personality. Sansone is the former co-anchor of '' Good Day LA'' on KTTV Fox 11 in Los Angeles until January 2017 and is a former field reporter for WNBC 4 New York, appearing daily on ''LX New York''. She has also appeared on shows and networks such as ''

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'', '' Extra'', '' On the Red Carpet'', ABC, NBC,

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, NESN and

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Career

Sansone was born in

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, and started in the television business as an 11-year-old sports reporter for WJET-TV in her home town. She earned the title "The Youngest Reporter in the History of Network Television" when she was put under contract at ABC Sports to host ''Wide World of Sports for Kids'', a show the network created specifically to showcase Maria's hosting abilities. In addition, she reported live from the sidelines of the

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for several seasons. As a teenager, Sansone was a co-host with Ryan Seacrest on the game show Gladiators 2000, the children's version of American Gladiators, a concept created in her hometown of Erie. While a student at the S.I. Newhouse School at

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, Sansone studied broadcasting and political science. During her junior year, she guest co-hosted with Regis Philbin on ''Live with Regis and Kelly''. Prior to graduating from Syracuse, she was hired as a VJ for

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, where she hosted and produced shows from colleges and spring break locations around the world. In 2006. she would go on to host the morning web series for Yahoo! called '' The 9'', where she counted down the top stories of the day, created sketches and interviewed celebrity guests. Sansone went on to work at WNBC 4 New York, where she was a lifestyle reporter appearing live each day on ''LX New York'', while also hosting the nationally syndicated ''1st Look'' on NBC. She then appeared on TV Guide Network's live red carpet coverage of major award shows which she co-hosted for with

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, in addition to her work on the weekly entertainment show ''

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''. Sansone then spent several years co-hosting Los Angeles' morning news show, ''Good Day LA'' on Fox 11 alongside Steve Edwards. At Fox 11, she anchored 20 hours of live television per week, which included interviewing Hollywood stars and covering breaking news.

Personal life

Sansone lives in

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, with her husband, Josh, their children, Grace and Benjamin, and their dog, Ralphie.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sansone, Maria 1981 births Living people American television sports announcers People from Erie, Pennsylvania American television reporters and correspondents American game show hosts NBA broadcasters Television personalities from New York City S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni American Internet celebrities Major League Baseball broadcasters Figure skating commentators American people of Italian descent