Roger Lodge (born August 19, 1960) is an American TV

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and

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host and actor. He is known for hosting the syndicated dating show ''

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''. Lodge's acting credits include appearances on the

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sitcom ''

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'';

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's ''

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''; and

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's ''

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''. He also appeared in the

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film '' The Fan'' and '' Not of This Earth''. He hosts ''The SportsLodge'' on

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KLAA AM 830, which is owned by the

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team and serves as their

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. He also hosts the Angels pregame show on AM 830 and the Angels Baseball Radio Network.

Life and career

Lodge was born as Roger Chavez' in

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, and raised in Lakewood, California. After his father left, Lodge's mother Helga married Robert Lodge and started using the last name Lodge. Lodge is the brother of retired homicide detective and California politician Steven Albert Chavez Lodge. Growing up, Lodge was a star basketball guard at

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, where he was teammates with

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, and also played basketball at

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. He played various minor roles in the entertainment industry for several years, most notably regular guest host for the program ''

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, on E! Entertainment Television.'' He also hosted his own half-hour weekly show for the Sci-Fi Channel, entitled ''S.F. Vortex'', revolving around science-fiction news with roundtable discussions. Lodge's acting credits include appearances on the ABC sitcom ''Full House'', CBS's ''Yes, Dear'', and UPN's ''The Parkers''. He also appeared in the Tony Scott film ''The Fan'' and in '' Not of This Earth''. From 1998 to 2006, Lodge was the host of the syndicated dating show ''Blind Date'', his best known role. In July 2007, he began hosting a new game show called ''

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'' on GSN. He has been the host of ''

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. He also served as fill-in host for Jim Rome, on ESPN'S ''Jim Rome Is Burning'' in December 2007. He can be heard hosting ''The Sports Lodge'' every afternoon on AM 830 KLAA. Lodge also appeared on ''

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''. He also did a sport segment for the '' KTLA Morning News'', until June 2012, when KTLA chose to end its relationship with AM 830. From 2003 to 2005, Lodge hosted a local sports talk radio show on KMPC 1540 AM, "The Ticket", based in

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. Lodge is also a frequent guest on the

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show, ''

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''. Lodge also occasionally guest-hosts ''

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'' on radio. In 2004, he hosted the ESPN game show ''ESPN Trivial Pursuit''. In late 2005, Lodge joined station KLAC (AM 570 Sports) as a fill-in host. He also serves as the play-by-play announcer for the Gender Bowl. Lodge won the Celebrity 3-Point Shootout during NBA All-Star Weekend, both in 2004 and 2005. He hosts ''The SportsLodge'' on

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. He also hosts the Angels pregame show on AM 830 and the Angels Baseball Radio Network. Lodge also hosted and Executive Produced the television show ''Celebridate'' which aired for two seasons on

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TV. He has made several appearances on

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's '' The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest...'' as a commentator. He is also the host of ''Talk the Talk'', on

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Channel. Lodge often filled in for Jim Rome on both since-cancelled CBS Sports Network shows ''Rome'' and ''Leadoff''. In 2021, he appeared in a commercial for Noble Gold.

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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The Sports Lodge
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