Cheryl Hickey | |
|---|---|
 Hickey at the 2008 Academy Awards | |
| Born | January 8, 1976 |
| Occupation(s) | Television journalist and personality |
| Spouse | Kevin Foley (m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
Cheryl Hickey (born January 8, 1976) [1] is the former host of ET Canada , an entertainment news magazine for Global Television Network which launched on September 12, 2005.
Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, to John Patrick Hickey (1942 – January 13, 2023) [2] and Lori Hickey (née Laycock). At 16 years old, Hickey volunteered at a local cable TV station. She attended Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, where she studied Radio and Television Arts and graduated in 1996. [3]
After graduating, she returned to Owen Sound where she worked at the radio station CFOS. A year-and-a-half later, she moved on to The New VR in Barrie, Ontario. There, she worked as a production assistant, then later became a writer for their six o'clock newscast. At the same time, she learned how to operate a camera and film the news. Hickey eventually began doing a small hosting job in an entertainment spot on the channel. [4]
In May 1999, she joined the Global Television Network where she worked as a photojournalist and as a news chopper reporter. In 2001, she moved on to reporting on entertainment news for Global. [4] Hickey produced and appeared in the documentary special 10 Wired Days, a backstage pass to the Toronto Film Festival which premiered in 2003. [5] In 2005, Hickey auditioned for the role of host for the upcoming Canadian entertainment news program ET Canada . However, after the first round of auditions, Hickey was not selected. The producers of the show later returned to her and offered Hickey the role of female co-host, alongside Rick Campanelli. [4] Campanelli left the program in 2017 [6] and Hickey would host the show alone until 2022 when Sangita Patel was promoted to co-host. [7] In September 2023, it was announced that the show had been cancelled after 18 seasons. [8]
In 2024, it was announced that Hickey would join Rogers-owned Citytv's Breakfast Television , hosting a lifestyle-oriented hour called BT with Tracy and Cheryl with former CityLine host Tracy Moore, [9] but the network announced in January 2025 that the new program would not proceed. [10]
Hickey married producer-director Kevin Foley in 2008. Her first child, son Jaxson, was born in 2009. On April 17, 2013 Hickey gave birth to daughter Nyla. [11]
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