 Jeffrey Lyons joined NBC4 in October 1996 as a film and theater critic. He files reports or NewsChannel4 seven days a week, primarily on Live at Five and various weekend newscasts. Lyons , the well-known co-host of the PBS series Sneak Previews, 1982-96, has interviewed nearly every major movie and Broadway star over the past two decades. He previously contributed film reviews to NBC4, 1992-93, on TODAY in New York . He was the film and theater critic for ABC World News Now on the ABC-TV network, 1994-96. From 1989-1994, Lyons was entertainment editor for CNBC. He also has been the film critic for television stations WPIX TV/ New York , WFSB-TV/Hartford, WMARTV/Baltimore; CBS Radio; and, a contributing editor for Inside Edition and A&E Review. His books include Curveballs and Screwballs March 2001; Jeffrey Lyons' 101 Great Movies for Kids, published by Simon & Schuster, 1996; and he co-authored, with his brother, Out of Leftfield: Over 1,134 Newly Discovered Amazing Baseball Records, Connections, Coincidences and More, published by Times Books/Random House, 1998. He has been the film critic for Video Review and Rock magazines, and served on the Metropolitan Desk of The New York Times. Lyons also has acted in several motion pictures including The French Connection and Death Trap and the TV series Wise Guy. Jeffrey grew up one of four sons of Leonard Lyons, the well-known Broadway columnist who wrote "The Lyons Den" in the New York Post from 1934-74. He thus grew up with family friends like Ernest Hemingway, Adlai Stevenson, Marlena Dietrich, Ira Gershwyn, Orson Welles, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Burton, Milton Berle, Sofia Loren, Joe DiMaggio, and just about every newsworthy person of those years. He's continued the "family tradition" by having interviewed hundreds of stars since 1970. These exclusive, one-on-one interviews include nearly all of today's biggest stars. Among his varied interests, Lyons studied acting with Lee Strassberg, attended the Julliard School of Music, trained with the New York Giants, and has been a guest play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network, both in English and Spanish. In May 2000, he gave the commencement speech and received an honorary degree from Hofstra University . In May, 2002 he gave the commencement speech and received another honorary degree from St. Mary's College.
|
