Antonia Francesca "Toni" Senecal (born July 11, 1969) is the producer and host o
Toni On!television travel series which is broadcast on
WLNY Saturdays at 7:30pm and Midnight as well as on
WCBS-TV on Sundays at 5:30am. She won an Emmy in 2012 for Outstanding Writer of a program.
She first worked at the WB Networks and
WPIX-TV New York's ''WB11 News at Ten'' for four years, until December 2005, then moved to Fox Networks Fox5 Channel 5 WNYW TV News at 10 and then moved to the CW Networks and CW11 News at 10. The WB Networks became the CW Networks while Toni was gone at Fox5.
She covers award ceremonies such as the
Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
,
Academy Awards, and the
Tony Awards.
Originally from
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...
, Senecal moved to New York City to attend college. While an undergraduate at
New York University, she dated
nightclub impresario Rudolf. She also worked at nightclubs as a door person and was a well-known fixture on the New York
club scene during her college years.
She has also made and has produced a series of one-half hour specials with her husband, Tracy Shea, for
WPIX called Toni On!
There were several filmed
documentaries including (Toni On! New York) (Toni On! Antarctica) (Toni On! Costa Rica) (Toni On! Alaska), (Toni On! Libya), (Toni On! Baja). Senecal and Shea traveled around the world to highlight interesting regions and culture, people, animals, natural wonders, etc. Her latest adventure was a half-hour documentary called ''Toni On Costa Rica'' which earned her a New York Emmy as Executive Producer for Educational Programming.
She has covered celebrations at
Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach to its east, L ...
and was Queen
Mermaid of the
Coney Island Mermaid Parade where she wore a Mermaid costume.
In August 2006 Senecal co-hosted the syndicated television program ''
Ebert & Roeper'' while film critic
Roger Ebert
Roger Joseph Ebert (; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert beca ...
was on medical leave.
On May 17, 2007, Toni and her husband Tracy welcomed their first son, Jericho Jack Thomas Shea. On September 22, 2011, they welcomed their second son, Maximus Amo Shea.
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References
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Toni Senecal Videos
1969 births
New York (state) television reporters
Living people
American film critics
American infotainers
American reporters and correspondents
People from Brookline, Massachusetts
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