Host, Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

Dave Karger is a host on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). An award-winning host, interviewer, and entertainment expert, Dave began guest hosting on TCM in 2016 and was named an official host in 2018. He is also the host of TCM’s Musical Matinee, celebrating the musical genre each Saturday. He has made more than 200 live appearances on NBC’s Today. In 2018 he co-hosted ABC’s Live from the Red Carpet on Oscar night. His first book, 50 Oscar Nights: Iconic Stars & Filmmakers on Their Career-Defining Wins was released in January 2024.

In 2015, Dave received the Publicists Guild Press Award honoring the year’s outstanding entertainment journalist. In 2014, he was named one of OUT Magazine’s “OUT 100,” acknowledging the most influential people in the LGBT community. 

From 2012 to 2016, Dave served as Chief Correspondent at Fandango, creating and hosting the original video series “The Frontrunners,” which received a 2013 Webby Award nomination for Best Variety Series. Before that, Dave spent 17 years as a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly, where he wrote more than 50 cover stories on subjects including George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Elton John, Taylor Swift, Johnny Depp, Denzel Washington and Carrie Underwood.

In 2012 and 2013, Dave was the Academy’s official red-carpet greeter on Oscar night and only the third person ever to hold that post. Dave graduated cum laude from Duke University.