Entertainment Tonight
Episode 288
TV Flash files “Episode 288” as hour 1455 of 1574 in the TV Flash guide — Entertainment Tonight (1981–present) on Syndication, season 2025, episode 288, aired 2025-12-02, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2025E288: listed hour 1455 of 1574 in the Entertainment Tonight guide, hour 288 of 313 in season 2025. It aired 2025-12-02 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 287” (S2025E287). Next is “Episode 289” (S2025E289). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
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Where does Episode 288 sit in the Entertainment Tonight guide?
S2025E288 is listed hour 1455 of 1574 — hour 288 of 313 in season 2025, season 2025 episode 288.
When did Entertainment Tonight S2025E288 air?
Episode 288 aired 2025-12-02 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this just Access Hollywood's parent?
ET is the template those shows copy: tease, clip, smile, next. Syndicated since 1981. Hollywood as nightly news before social media gave the clips away.
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Why this series still plays
Hollywood as nightly news, invented before social media could do the job for free. Mary Hart's durability, red-carpet stand-ups, and the grammar of the entertainment newsmagazine — tease, clip, smile, next — still run every awards-season broadcast. Appointment gossip infrastructure: the industry talking about itself, on purpose, every weeknight.
Syndication since 1981: a daily magazine covers premieres, ratings, scandals, and celebrity lifestyle — Hollywood as nightly news, invented before social media could do the job for free. That is the pipeline, not a nostalgia carpet with extra flash. Entertainment Tonight, from Al Masini, with Mary Hart as long-running face, John Tesh and Ron Hendren among the hosts. Tease, clip, smile, next: the grammar of the entertainment newsmagazine still runs every awards-season broadcast. Rex can keep the martini for the…
Filed against
- Mary Hart as Host
Mary Hart hosted Hollywood as nightly news on Entertainment Tonight — invented before social media could do the job for free, red-carpet stand-ups, tease-clip-smile-next grammar still running every awards-season broadcast. Appointment…
- John Tesh as Host
John Tesh hosted Entertainment Tonight as Hollywood’s nightly news — invented before social media could do the job for free, Mary Hart’s durability, red-carpet stand-ups, tease-clip-smile-next. Appointment gossip infrastructure that still…
- Ron Hendren as Host
Ron Hendren hosted Entertainment Tonight when Hollywood became nightly news — red-carpet stand-ups, Mary Hart's durability waiting in the wings of the format, tease-clip-smile-next grammar that still runs awards season. TV Flash files him…