America's Funniest Home Videos 

Viewers from around America send in home videos with comedic moments.

Stars:

Jess Harnell, Tom Bergeron, Bob Saget

4 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jess Harnell	...	Announcer / ... 328 episodes, 2001-2018
Tom Bergeron	...	Himself - Host 288 episodes, 2001-2015
Bob Saget	...	Himself - Host 192 episodes, 1989-2011
Ernie Anderson	...	Himself - Announcer 156 episodes, 1989-1995

Storyline

"America's Funniest Home Videos" was inspired by a series of successful TV specials, where home viewers were invited to send in videotapes of their "funniest" moments. In "AFHV," host Saget provided commentary to the home videos which often showed wedding and sports bloopers, children and pets either being themselves or getting into trouble, furniture or other objects giving way (usually contributing to someone's fall) and "comical" reactions to getting inadvertently hit (usually in the groin). Sometimes, certain videos were grouped into themes, such as Christmas or a summer vacation, or had sentimental value to them, such as a marriage proposal; other times, videos were set to classic rock tunes. The top three videos of the week as selected by the producers were eligible for each week's $10,000 top prize; the audience would electronically vote for their one favorite video. Weekly winners got to compete in a later special for a $100,000 top prize.

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Plot Keywords:

video | blooper | audience voting | hosted television series | prize money | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Reality-TV

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

ABC Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 November 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

AFHV

Filming Locations:

Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios - 1600 Rosecrans Avenue, Manhattan Beach, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

ABC Productions,Vin Di Bona Productions,Gotham Music Placement

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 60 min (later episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

For everyone that wins the $10,000 prize they have another chance at winning $100,000 at the end of that season.

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Quotes

Daisy Fuentes: If you hear a crash, it could be cash.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #8.115 (2014)

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Soundtracks

St. Louis Rag
(uncredited)
Music by Scott Joplin
[Plays during every "30 ___s in 30 Seconds".]

User Reviews

tom beregon is a better host

bob saget sucked!. i think 45 min of each show he hosted was all him talking and the other 15 min: videos tom bergeron is funny. he doesn't do "bad news good news" he did on 2 of the shows he hosted. he does the slowmo gizmo which is funny. he also does the "head, gut or groan" bit where people tried to guess where the person in the video will be hit. and the VS. bit. he does a lot more in his showings of it then the other hosts did. he does videos with his head. Im so glad they stopped showing the afv with bob saget and the other 2 hosts. although today on TV they show reruns Maybe 1990's is where all the famous people hosted shows terribly because today its better