Michael Ausiello (born February 23, 1972) is an American television industry journalist, author, and actor. He was a senior writer at ''

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'' and its companion website, TVGuide.com, between 2000 and 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and reported for ''

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'' before launching his own television news site, ''

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''. Ausiello also published a memoir in 2017, '' Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies''.

Early life

Ausiello grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey,Gillette, Felix
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, ''

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'', November 15, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2007. and attended

Roselle Park High School Roselle Park High School is a four-year public high school located in Roselle Park, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Roselle Park School District. Since 2007, Roselle Park High Sch ...

. He is a graduate of the

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Career

Ausiello spent three years as the senior news editor of ''

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'' magazine and served as media relations coordinator at ''

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''. He began writing for ''TV Guide'' in 2000. During his eight-year tenure at TV Guide, he wrote for both the magazine and its website. Ausiello's columns at ''TV Guide'' included ''Today's News,'' ''The Ausiello Report,'' a weekly print column that expanded into a regularly updated blog online, and ''Ask Ausiello,'' an exclusively online weekly Q&A. Ausiello contributed to the website's weekly

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, '' TV Guide Talk'' and the weekly TV Guide Channel program ''The 411'' with a five-minute segment entitled "The Big Five", where he commented on the top five entertainment industry stories of the week. Ausiello also had a vodcast version of ''The Ausiello Report''. Ausiello has also contributed commentary to media outlets outside of ''TV Guide'', such as ''

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'', '' Fox & Friends'', '' American Morning'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

''. He is a regular guest every Friday morning on

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's popular morning show, "OutQ in the Morning" (Channel 109) with host Larry Flick, where they converse with callers about all things television—shows, stars, and plot lines, including scoops and spoilers. Having become friends with actors and producers such as

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, Ausiello has appeared in a few cameo roles on episodes of television series including ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Scrubs''.

Personal life

Ausiello is a pescetarian, and resides in

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. Ausiello is gay and was married to photographer Kit Cowan. Cowan died of a rare form of neuroendocrine cancer on February 5, 2015. Ausiello chronicled the last year of Cowan's life, and their 13-year relationship, in his 2017 memoir ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies''. A film based on that memoir, '' Spoiler Alert'', was released on December 2, 2022, starring

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as Ausiello.

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

* ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words'' (2017)

References

External links

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Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

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