About Frank Nicotero


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Frank Nicotero got his start in Pittsburgh doing stand up at the ripe age of 19, and he continues to play sold out shows nationwide. Residing in Los Angeles, Frank is a regular at “The Laugh Factory”, “The Icehouse” in Pasadena and “The Comedy Magic Club” in Hermosa Beach.


Many people know Frank from his five-year stint as the host of the wildly popular syndicated comedy game show, “Street Smarts”. The show’s 800 episodes air regularly on GSN and draw some of the networks highest ratings. Also, Frank can be seen doing “man-on-the-street" segments for TBS Weekend Extra every Saturday night.


Frank Nicotero is also hosting a daily show on Yahoo TV called “Primetime in No Time” which features a comical three-minute roundup of the previous night’s prime time TV shows. Frank also writes an hilarious Blog about the primetime shows. The show is drawing over 3.5 million views per day on TV.Yahoo.com. To watch past episodes, click on the videos page of this site.


Frank has also appeared on Fox’s The Sports List, VH1’s The Cheesiest Videos of All Time, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, The Wayne Brady Show, and co-hosted on The Sharon Osbourne Show.


In addition to standup and hosting Frank has written and produced shows for MTV, Fox Family and Disney as well as many others. Frank has been a catalyst in helping Endemol Television develop shows both stateside and worldwide. In early 2007 he was flown to Cannes, France to host the international presentation of Set For Life, which debuted on ABC in early of 2008 with host Jimmy Kimmel. Frank's performance helped sell the show in 14 new countries.


Frank has three movies scheduled for release. “Act Your Age,” "The Gingerdead Man 2" and Cameron Romero’s, “The Screening”.



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Television / Web

  • Primetime in No Time
  • Street Smarts
  • Jury Duty
  • TBS Weekend Extra
  • VH1's The Cheesiest Videos of All Time
  • Comics Unleashed
  • A&E's Comedy on the Road
  • FOX's The Sports List
  • Make Me Laugh
  • Party at the Palms
  • The Sharon Osbourne Show
  • The Wayne Brady Show
  • The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  • FSN's Ultimate Fan League

Movies

  • Act Your Age
  • Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust
  • The Screening
  • The Wishmaster

Writing / Producing

  • MTV
  • NBC
  • ABC
  • Disney
  • Fox Family Channel

 

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