Ben Lyons

Lyons is the son of entertainment reporter Jeffrey Lyons and the grandson of the American newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons.[1]

Lyons started his own production company in 2002 and produced segments for the TV show, Hip-Hop Nation. In 2004, MTV hired him to co-host Your Movie Show. In 2006, Lyons hosted entertainment segments on The Daily 10. In addition, he began to write a column for E! Online called "The Lyons Den".[2] Lyons hosted My Family's Got GUTS, on Nickelodeon and has appeared in Disaster Movie and The House Bunny. He is a regular contributor to Good Morning America. In 2012, Lyons left E! and became a correspondent on Extra. Lyons also joined ESPN as a commentator in 2012.

In September 2008, Lyons became a co-host of the TV show, At the Movies.[3][4] Critics said Lyons lacked a proper understanding of film history,[3] used language that sounded like movie advertising (in order to promote his own profile),[5] and had a conflict of interest with some actors whose movies he reviewed.[3][6] Roger Ebert gave implied criticism of Lyons in his online blog.[7][8] Lyons and his co-host, Ben Mankiewicz, were fired from the program less than a year later, in August 2009.[9][10]

Lyons also hosts a podcast of The Players' Tribune.[11] Lyons is ESPN Sports Commentator. Lyons was named Fathom Events host in April 2016.[12]

In 2022, Embassy Row announced that Lyons will co-host Bonjour Sports Talk with Madelyn Burke on Amazon Prime Video.[13] On November 14, 2022, Lyons made his debut with co-host Madelyn Burke on Bonjour Sports Talk.[14]

Lyons was inducted into the Southern California Sports Hall of Fame in 2020.[15]

• Ben Lyons at IMDb
• LAist.com Interview with Ben Lyons