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Arthel Neville

Arthel Neville

Arthel Neville currently serves as a co-host for "FOX & Friends First." Presented weekdays at 5 AM/ET, the program is an hour-long expansion of "FOX & Friends" and is anchored by a pair of rotating hosts. Additionally, Neville anchors the weekend newscast, "America's News Headquarters," (Saturday, 4-7 PM/ET) and is a weekly contributor on "The O'Reilly Factor."

Neville first joined FNC in 1998, where she served as a contributor until 2001. She rejoined the network in 2010 as a New York based anchor and anchored the weekend newscast, "America's News Headquarters," (Saturday, 4-7 PM/ET). She has previously anchored on "America's Newsroom," "The Strategy Room" on FoxNews.com, and guest-anchored "Fox & Friends" and "America Live with Megyn Kelly."

Prior to her most recent role on FNC, Neville was the host of CNN's, "Talkback Live with Arthel Neville," making her the first African-American woman to host her own daily show on the network.

After CNN, Neville served as the West Coast bureau chief for 20th Century Television's "Geraldo-at-Large" and as the lead anchor for "Fox 5 Morning News in San Diego" and KSWB-TV's four-hour weekday newscast.

Neville also hosted and produced her one-on-one celebrity interview show, "Extreme Closeup," on E! Entertainment Television, becoming the first high-profile black female entertainment reporter. Following her groundbreaking show, Neville launched "Extra" for Warner Bros. Studios, where she delivered entertainment headlines to millions of homes every evening. Neville also co-hosted Fox's national morning show "Good Day Live." In addition to this, she has guest hosted on "The View," "Live" (with Regis Philbin), and co-hosted the Miss Teen USA Pageant with Dick Clark and the Miss Universe Pageant to a worldwide audience of over 60 million people.

Neville started her career as a general assignment reporter for KVUE in Austin while a journalism student at the University of Texas. In 2003, she was recognized by the university for her contribution to broadcast journalism with the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award.