Member Profile
Clay Smith
- Primary Outlet:
- Formerly Entertainment Tonight/The Insider
- Biography:
- After many years as a senior producer at both Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood, Clay began his career as a movie critic in 2002, when Access Hollywood asked him to become the show’s movie critic, and featured his reviews in the show’s “Critic’s Picks” segment. He also regularly appeared on KNBC and other NBC owned & operated stations across the country, and on MSNBC. Quotes from Clay’s movie reviews appeared in hundreds of print and television ads nationally, as well as on many DVDs boxes. In 2005, Clay was asked to return to Entertainment Tonight as Senior Supervising Producer, where he continued his on-air movie reviews for ET’s companion show The Insider. The highlight of Clay’s distinguished career came in 2014, when he received an Emmy Award as Senior Supervising Producer, when Entertainment Tonight won for “Outstanding Entertainment News Program”.