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'''Barry Nolan''' (born June 17, 1947) is an American former presenter on [[Comcast]] Cable's [[CN8]] channel, once hosting the shows ''Nitebeat'' and ''Backstage'', and ''Backstage with Barry Nolan''. He is the current host on ''[[Says You!]]'', a weekend radio word quiz show carried on many public radio stations but produced by Pipit and Finch; prior to this he was a panelist from its inception until early 2015.
[[File:The Original Says You! Cast.jpg|thumb|right|Barry Nolan at far left with the rest of the cast of ''[[Says You!]]'']]'''Barry Nolan''' (born June 17, 1947) is an American former presenter on [[Comcast]] Cable's [[CN8]] channel, once hosting the shows ''[[Nitebeat]],'' ''Backstage'', and ''Backstage with Barry Nolan''. He is a panelist on ''[[Says You!]]'', a weekend radio word quiz show produced by Pipit and Finch and carried on many public radio stations. Following the death of the program's creator and original host Richard Sher in 2015, Nolan became the program's second host until rejoining the panel in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sher|first1=Laura|title=Welcome Gregg Porter as our new host|url=http://www.saysyouradio.com/2017/04/welcome-gregg-porter-new-host/|website=Says You|accessdate=15 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170430021001/http://www.saysyouradio.com/2017/04/welcome-gregg-porter-new-host/|archive-date=30 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Background and personal life==
==Background and personal life==
Nolan is from [[Alexandria, Virginia]] and went to college at the [[University of Tennessee]]. Nolan married Deborah Reed in 1981 and had three children: Christian, Delaney, and Alexander. He and Reed separated 1991 and divorced in 2002. He married [[Garland Waller]] in 2004 and now lives in [[Newton, Massachusetts]].
Nolan is from [[Alexandria, Virginia]] and went to college at the [[University of Tennessee]]. Nolan married Deborah Reed in 1981 and had three children: Christian, Delaney, and Alexander. He and Reed separated 1991 and divorced in 2002. He married [[Garland Waller]] in 2004 and now lives in [[Newton, Massachusetts]].


He was once a social worker and is a member of [[Mensa International|Mensa]].<ref name="mensa">{{cite web |url= http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=15 |title= Prominent Mensans | work= [[Mensa International]] |accessdate= 2007-10-11}}</ref>
He was once a social worker and is a member of [[Mensa International|Mensa]].<ref name="mensa">{{cite web |url= http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=15 |title= Prominent Mensans |work= [[Mensa International]] |accessdate= 2007-10-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070610132537/http://www.mensa.org/index0.php?page=15 |archive-date= 2007-06-10 |url-status= dead }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Nolan hosted [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]'s version of ''[[Evening Magazine]]'' for [[WBZ-TV]] (Channel 4) from 1980 until 1989. He briefly left the series near the end of the 1988–89 season to host a series of one-hour specials for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] titled ''Over the Edge''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tv.yahoo.com/over-the-edge-people-in-extraordinary-situations-03-19-89/show/19103/castcrew |title=Over the Edge - People in Extraordinary Situations (03/19/89) Television show - Over the Edge - People in Extraordinary Situations (03/19/89) TV Show - Yahoo! TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref> This was followed by a stint as correspondent for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[Beyond Tomorrow (U.S. TV series)|Beyond Tomorrow]]'' for a season.<ref>{{imdb title|0094424}}</ref> Nolan then served as co-host for the [[Paramount Television]] magazine series ''[[Hard Copy]]'' from 1990 to 1998, and then became a senior correspondent for ''[[Extra!]]'' from 2000 until 2003. He later moved to CN8 as an executive producer and host of ''Nitebeat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/veteran-news-magazine-anchor-barry-nolan-unveils-cn8s-nitebeat-in-new-england-with-premiere-week-lineup-featuring-whos-who-in-politics-education-public-safety-and-family-justice-55653182.html |title=Veteran News Magazine Anchor Barry Nolan Unveils CN8's 'Nitebeat' in New England With... - re> BOSTON, May 9 /PRNewswire/ |location=Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania |publisher=Prnewswire.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>
Nolan hosted [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]'s version of ''[[Evening Magazine]]'' for [[WBZ-TV]] (Channel 4) from 1980 until 1989. He briefly left the series near the end of the 1988–89 season to host a series of one-hour specials for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] titled ''Over the Edge''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/over-the-edge-people-in-extraordinary-situations-03-19-89/show/19103/castcrew |title=Over the Edge - People in Extraordinary Situations (03/19/89) Television show - Over the Edge - People in Extraordinary Situations (03/19/89) TV Show - Yahoo! TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref> This was followed by a stint as correspondent for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s ''[[Beyond Tomorrow (U.S. TV series)|Beyond Tomorrow]]'' for a season. Nolan then served as co-host for the [[Paramount Television]] magazine series ''[[Hard Copy]]'' from 1991 to 1998, and then became a senior correspondent for ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)|Extra]]'' from 2000 until 2003. He later moved to CN8 as an executive producer and host of ''Nitebeat''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/veteran-news-magazine-anchor-barry-nolan-unveils-cn8s-nitebeat-in-new-england-with-premiere-week-lineup-featuring-whos-who-in-politics-education-public-safety-and-family-justice-55653182.html |title=Veteran News Magazine Anchor Barry Nolan Unveils CN8's 'Nitebeat' in New England With... - re> BOSTON, May 9 /PRNewswire/ |location=Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania |publisher=Prnewswire.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>


Nolan was fired by CN8 on 20 May 2008 for distributing fliers at an [[Emmy]] award show dinner on 10 May. Nolan was protesting the award of the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] Governors' Award to political commentator [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], and distributed a self-prepared flier with quotes from O'Reilly's shows, as well as quotes from a [[sexual harassment]] lawsuit against O'Reilly.<ref name="WCVB">{{cite web |url= http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/16361063/detail.html |title= TV Host Fired For Criticizing Bill O'Reilly |accessdate= 2008-05-22| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080530235539/http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/16361063/detail.html| archivedate= 30 May 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref name="ThinkProgress">{{cite web |url= http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/27/barry-nolan/ |title= Barry Nolan: The Story Behind My O'Reilly Protest}}</ref> Soon afterwards, O'Reilly wrote to Comcast's CEO, mentioning the mutual business interests between Comcast and Fox, and saying "...it was puzzling to see a Comcast employee, Barry Nolan, use Comcast corporate assets to attack me and FNC."<ref name=CJR>Terry Ann Knopf, ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'', 16 August 2010, [http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_oreilly_factor.php?page=all The O’Reilly Factor: How the Fox host used raw corporate power to crush a critic]</ref> He said that Nolan had attended the Emmy Awards "in conjunction with Comcast", and declared it "a disturbing situation".<ref name=CJR/> This led to "memos ... flying from one jittery Comcast executive to another".<ref name=CJR/> Nolan subsequently sued Comcast for wrongful termination, and lost.<ref>[http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_oreilly_factor.php?page=all The O’Reilly Factor: How the Fox host used raw corporate power to crush a critic] Terry Ann Knopf, ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'', 16 August 2010</ref> In response to a question raised as part of that suit, Comcast wrote that "… Mr. Nolan’s protest at the NATAS Award Ceremony and of William O’Reilly as the recipient of the Governor’s Award jeopardized and harmed the business and economic interests of Comcast in connection with its contract with [[Fox News Channel]], and its contract negotiations with Fox News that were ongoing at the time."<ref name=CJR/> In an extensive review of Mr. Nolan’s case for the Columbia Journalism Review in August, the writer Terry Ann Knopf asserted that Mr. Nolan's firing reflected the "corrosive influence of over-concentrated corporate power".<ref>{{cite web|author=Dealbook |url=http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/if-comcast-buys-nbc-will-fox-lose-an-adversary/ |title=If Comcast Buys NBC, Will Fox Lose an Adversary? - NYTimes.com |publisher=Dealbook.nytimes.com |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>
Nolan was fired by CN8 on 20 May 2008 for distributing fliers at an [[Emmy]] award show dinner on 10 May. Nolan was protesting the award of the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] Governors' Award to political commentator [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]], and distributed a self-prepared flier with quotes from O'Reilly's shows, as well as quotes from a [[sexual harassment]] lawsuit against O'Reilly.<ref name="WCVB">{{cite web |url= http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/16361063/detail.html |title= TV Host Fired For Criticizing Bill O'Reilly |accessdate= 2008-05-22| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080530235539/http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/16361063/detail.html| archivedate= 30 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="ThinkProgress">{{cite web |url= http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/27/barry-nolan/ |title= Barry Nolan: The Story Behind My O'Reilly Protest|website= [[ThinkProgress]]}}</ref> Soon afterwards, O'Reilly wrote to Comcast's CEO, mentioning the mutual business interests between Comcast and Fox, and saying "...it was puzzling to see a Comcast employee, Barry Nolan, use Comcast corporate assets to attack me and FNC."<ref name=CJR>Terry Ann Knopf, ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'', 16 August 2010, [https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_oreilly_factor.php?page=all The O’Reilly Factor: How the Fox host used raw corporate power to crush a critic]</ref> He said that Nolan had attended the Emmy Awards "in conjunction with Comcast", and declared it "a disturbing situation".<ref name=CJR/> This led to "memos ... flying from one jittery Comcast executive to another".<ref name=CJR/> Nolan subsequently sued Comcast for wrongful termination, and lost.<ref>[https://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/the_oreilly_factor.php?page=all The O’Reilly Factor: How the Fox host used raw corporate power to crush a critic] Terry Ann Knopf, ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'', 16 August 2010</ref> In response to a question raised as part of that suit, Comcast wrote that "… Mr. Nolan’s protest at the NATAS Award Ceremony and of William O’Reilly as the recipient of the Governor’s Award jeopardized and harmed the business and economic interests of Comcast in connection with its contract with [[Fox News Channel]], and its contract negotiations with Fox News that were ongoing at the time."<ref name=CJR/> In an extensive review of Mr. Nolan's case for the Columbia Journalism Review in August, the writer Terry Ann Knopf asserted that Mr. Nolan's firing reflected the "corrosive influence of over-concentrated corporate power".<ref>{{cite web|author=Dealbook |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/if-comcast-buys-nbc-will-fox-lose-an-adversary/ |title=If Comcast Buys NBC, Will Fox Lose an Adversary? - NYTimes.com |publisher=Dealbook.nytimes.com |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>


From Jan 2009, until Jan 2011, Nolan served as Communications Director for [[Joint Economic Committee]] of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legistorm.com/office/Joint_Economic_Committee/33.html |title=Joint Economic Committee - Staff Salaries |publisher=Legistorm.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>
From January 2009, until January 2011, Nolan served as Communications Director for [[Joint Economic Committee]] of Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legistorm.com/office/Joint_Economic_Committee/33.html |title=Joint Economic Committee - Staff Salaries |publisher=Legistorm.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>
In 2012, Nolan and his wife Garland Waller produced the documentary film, ''No Way Out But One''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nowayoutbutone.com/ |title=No Way Out But One |publisher=No Way Out But One |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>
In 2012, Nolan and his wife Garland Waller produced the documentary film, ''No Way Out But One''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nowayoutbutone.com/ |title=No Way Out But One |publisher=No Way Out But One |date= |accessdate=2012-08-22}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1986
|''[[Maximum Overdrive]]''
|Radio Newscaster (voice)
|Uncredited
|-
|1989
|''[[Second Sight (film)|Second Sight]]''
|Reporter #3
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1994
|''[[In the Army Now (film)|In the Army Now]]''
|Stu Krieger
|
|-
|''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|1995
|''Number One Fan''
|Lieutenant / Interrogator
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
|''[[The Birdcage]]''
|TV reporter
|
|-
|''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]''
|Himself
|
|-
|''[[Humanoids from the Deep (1996 film)|Humanoids from the Deep]]''
|Male Reporter #1
|Television film
|-
|1997
|''[[Meet Wally Sparks]]''
|Reporter #1
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|''[[Shadow of Doubt (1998 film)|Shadow of Doubt]]''
|Reporter #6
|
|-
|''[[A Letter from Death Row (film)|A Letter from Death Row]]''
|Maintenance Man #1
|
|-
|2016
|''[[The Purge: Election Year]]''
|Reporter #1
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1994
|''[[Seinfeld]]''
|Reporter
|Episode: "[[The Big Salad]]"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1995
|''[[The Mommies (TV series)|The Mommies]]''
|Himself
|Episode: "Who Am I?"
|-
|''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''
|Newscaster (voice)
|Episode: "The Bump"
|-
|''[[Dweebs (TV series)|Dweebs]]''
|TV Reporter
|Episode: "The Bad P.R. Show"
|-
|1997
|''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]''
|Male News Reporter
|Episode: "Jinx"
|-
|1999
|''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''
|Host
|Episode: "Mrs. Kraft"
|-
|2007
|''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
|Male News Anchor
|Episode: "Something's Coming"
|}


==References==
==References==
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Barry Nolan at far left with the rest of the cast of Says You!

Barry Nolan (born June 17, 1947) is an American former presenter on Comcast Cable's CN8 channel, once hosting the shows Nitebeat, Backstage, and Backstage with Barry Nolan. He is a panelist on Says You!, a weekend radio word quiz show produced by Pipit and Finch and carried on many public radio stations. Following the death of the program's creator and original host Richard Sher in 2015, Nolan became the program's second host until rejoining the panel in 2017.[1]

Background and personal life

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Nolan is from Alexandria, Virginia and went to college at the University of Tennessee. Nolan married Deborah Reed in 1981 and had three children: Christian, Delaney, and Alexander. He and Reed separated 1991 and divorced in 2002. He married Garland Waller in 2004 and now lives in Newton, Massachusetts.

He was once a social worker and is a member of Mensa.[2]

Career

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Nolan hosted Boston's version of Evening Magazine for WBZ-TV (Channel 4) from 1980 until 1989. He briefly left the series near the end of the 1988–89 season to host a series of one-hour specials for ABC titled Over the Edge.[3] This was followed by a stint as correspondent for Fox's Beyond Tomorrow for a season. Nolan then served as co-host for the Paramount Television magazine series Hard Copy from 1991 to 1998, and then became a senior correspondent for Extra from 2000 until 2003. He later moved to CN8 as an executive producer and host of Nitebeat.[4]

Nolan was fired by CN8 on 20 May 2008 for distributing fliers at an Emmy award show dinner on 10 May. Nolan was protesting the award of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Governors' Award to political commentator Bill O'Reilly, and distributed a self-prepared flier with quotes from O'Reilly's shows, as well as quotes from a sexual harassment lawsuit against O'Reilly.[5][6] Soon afterwards, O'Reilly wrote to Comcast's CEO, mentioning the mutual business interests between Comcast and Fox, and saying "...it was puzzling to see a Comcast employee, Barry Nolan, use Comcast corporate assets to attack me and FNC."[7] He said that Nolan had attended the Emmy Awards "in conjunction with Comcast", and declared it "a disturbing situation".[7] This led to "memos ... flying from one jittery Comcast executive to another".[7] Nolan subsequently sued Comcast for wrongful termination, and lost.[8] In response to a question raised as part of that suit, Comcast wrote that "… Mr. Nolan’s protest at the NATAS Award Ceremony and of William O’Reilly as the recipient of the Governor’s Award jeopardized and harmed the business and economic interests of Comcast in connection with its contract with Fox News Channel, and its contract negotiations with Fox News that were ongoing at the time."[7] In an extensive review of Mr. Nolan's case for the Columbia Journalism Review in August, the writer Terry Ann Knopf asserted that Mr. Nolan's firing reflected the "corrosive influence of over-concentrated corporate power".[9]

From January 2009, until January 2011, Nolan served as Communications Director for Joint Economic Committee of Congress.[10] In 2012, Nolan and his wife Garland Waller produced the documentary film, No Way Out But One.[11]

Filmography

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Film

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1986 Maximum Overdrive Radio Newscaster (voice) Uncredited
1989 Second Sight Reporter #3
1994 In the Army Now Stu Krieger
Love Affair Himself
1995 Number One Fan Lieutenant / Interrogator
1996 The Birdcage TV reporter
Independence Day Himself
Humanoids from the Deep Male Reporter #1 Television film
1997 Meet Wally Sparks Reporter #1
1998 Shadow of Doubt Reporter #6
A Letter from Death Row Maintenance Man #1
2016 The Purge: Election Year Reporter #1

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Seinfeld Reporter Episode: "The Big Salad"
1995 The Mommies Himself Episode: "Who Am I?"
The Larry Sanders Show Newscaster (voice) Episode: "The Bump"
Dweebs TV Reporter Episode: "The Bad P.R. Show"
1997 JAG Male News Reporter Episode: "Jinx"
1999 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Host Episode: "Mrs. Kraft"
2007 Desperate Housewives Male News Anchor Episode: "Something's Coming"

References

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  1. ^ Sher, Laura. "Welcome Gregg Porter as our new host". Says You. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Prominent Mensans". Mensa International. Archived from the original on 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-10-11.
  3. ^ "Over the Edge - People in Extraordinary Situations (03/19/89) Television show - Over the Edge - People in Extraordinary Situations (03/19/89) TV Show - Yahoo! TV". Tv.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  4. ^ "Veteran News Magazine Anchor Barry Nolan Unveils CN8's 'Nitebeat' in New England With... - re> BOSTON, May 9 /PRNewswire/". Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania: Prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  5. ^ "TV Host Fired For Criticizing Bill O'Reilly". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  6. ^ "Barry Nolan: The Story Behind My O'Reilly Protest". ThinkProgress.
  7. ^ a b c d Terry Ann Knopf, Columbia Journalism Review, 16 August 2010, The O’Reilly Factor: How the Fox host used raw corporate power to crush a critic
  8. ^ The O’Reilly Factor: How the Fox host used raw corporate power to crush a critic Terry Ann Knopf, Columbia Journalism Review, 16 August 2010
  9. ^ Dealbook (2010-10-04). "If Comcast Buys NBC, Will Fox Lose an Adversary? - NYTimes.com". Dealbook.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  10. ^ "Joint Economic Committee - Staff Salaries". Legistorm.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  11. ^ "No Way Out But One". No Way Out But One. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
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