Hunter March

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Hunter March
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Born (1991-04-05) April 5, 1991 (age 32)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)Comedian, actor, television host, producer
Years active2012–present
Known for Sugar Rush
Nightly Pop
Relatives Hal March (grandfather)
Candy Toxton (grandmother)

Hunter March (born April 5, 1991) is an American television host, actor, producer, and comedian best known for his work as the host of Sugar Rush on Netflix, [1] Nightly Pop on E!, [2] and Emogenius on Game Show Network. [3]

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Early life

Hunter March was born on April 5, 1991.[ citation needed ] He is the grandson of actress Candy Toxton, and Hal March, former host of the game show The $64,000 Question . [4]

Career

AwesomenessTV

March joined AwesomenessTV as an intern in 2012, [5] near the inception of the company and was promoted to producer then on-camera host where he became one of the early faces of the company. He has hosted 2,000 episodes of multiple shows for AwesomenessTV[ citation needed ] and has been the permanent host of the Daily Report for over five years.[ citation needed ]

In 2015 and 2016, March hosted Top Five Live, AwesomenessTV's larger-budget daily live talk show for Verizon/Go90. [6]

Game show career

March was the host of Emogenius on Game Show Network, which aired from 2017 to 2018. [7] [8]

E!'s Nightly Pop

March was also the co-host of the E! late-night show Nightly Pop . The show went on for 650 episodes over the course of four years before being cancelled [9] on August 26, 2022, [10] which concluded its final airing in October. [11]

Netflix's Sugar Rush

In July 2018, Netflix premiered its newest culinary competition show Sugar Rush of which March was the host. [12] In the show judges Candace Nelson and Adriano Zumbo, along with a special celebrity guest judge that varied between episodes, judge teams of top bakers for a grand prize of $10,000 in each show. [13]

Netflix's Blown Away

In early 2023, March signed on to host the fourth season of Netflix's Blown Away, [14] a glassblowing competition series.

Author

In 2017, March released TBH: 51 True Story Collabs through Scholastic, a self-help book for teens featuring stories contributed by 24 different major influencers including Rebecca Black, Alex Aiono, and Jenn McAllister. For every book sold, Scholastic is donating a book to the Pajama Program. [15]

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