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'' from 1984 to 1986, and ''Entertainment This Week'' from 1984 to 1989, and was known as the national host of

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segments mainly featuring films from

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's Buena Vista film labels such as

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and

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throughout the 1990s. He served as anchor of ''FOX 11 Sunday Morning News'' with

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. He previously co-hosted the former Sunday edition of '' Good Day L.A.'' with Nischelle Turner and Elizabeth Espinosa, and hosted the first two seasons of '' The Home Show'' on ABC and the

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version of '' Win, Lose or Draw'' from 1989 to 1990. He also hosted a few game show pilots, including the 1987 pilot of '' Blackout'' (the series went to air with Bob Goen as emcee), an attempted 1990 pilot for ''

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'', and 1993's ''Hollywood Teasers'' (from producer

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, an attempt at reviving his earlier '' All-Star Blitz''). He also hosted the local talk shows ''Celebration!'' for Warner Cable's QUBE system in

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, and

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's ''AM Chicago'', which Oprah Winfrey would eventually take over and turn into her nationally syndicated series. Weller also served as the national host of the

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from 1999 through 2013 and was cohost of the National Easter Seals Telethon with

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and Mary Frann for 10 years from 1985 through 1995. Weller's uncle was narrator, announcer and voice actor

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. Robb is a member of

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