Patty Sullivan

For other people of the same name, see Patricia Sullivan.
Patty Sullivan
Birth name Patricia Sullivan
Born March 17, 1968
Burlington, Ontario[1]
Alma mater Ryerson University[1]
Show Kids' CBC
Network CBC Television
Country Canada
Previous show(s) TVOKids
Spouse(s) Michael Kinney[2]
Children 2

Patricia "Patty" Sullivan (born March 17, 1968) is a Canadian television presenter. She has been a host of the Kids' CBC programming block on CBC Television since 2003.

Career

Following her graduation from the radio and television arts program at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in 1990, Sullivan first pursued a career in journalism with a job in news radio before taking a job at provincial public broadcaster TVOntario (TVO).[1]

After responding to an internal job posting for a children's television host, Sullivan began her career hosting the TVOKids programming block on TVO in 1994. She was part of the TVOKids production team that won an International Emmy Award for their 1995 International Children's Day of Broadcasting.[3] She was dismissed from TVO in 2003 when the broadcaster alleged she had a conflict of interest when she hosted, Animal Magnetism, a nature documentary series on the W Network, which aired at the same time as her TVOKids programming block. She later received an unspecified settlement from TVO.[1]

Five months after leaving TVO, Sullivan was hired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to be a host on the newly-reformatted Kids' CBC programming block on CBC Television.[1]

Sullivan (in blue) with her puppet "co-host" Mamma Yamma and Mamma Yama's puppeteer Ali Eisner.

Personal life

Sullivan lives in Toronto with her husband Michael Kinney and two daughters.[2]

Filmography

TV

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Parkinson, David (2006-08-29). "She has a big tickle trunk to fill". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  2. 1 2 Lee, Amanda (March 24, 2014). "Patty Sullivan has spent 20 years entertaining kids on TV, but says raising a family takes help". Toronto Star. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Patty Sullivan". CBC Presenters. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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