George Stroumboulopoulos
George Stroumboulopoulos
George Mark Paul Stroumboulopoulosis a Canadian television and radio personality. He is best known as formerly being a VJ for the Canadian music television channel MuchMusic and being the host of the CBC Television talk show George Stroumboulopoulos Tonightfrom 2005 to 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Stroumboulopoulos worked for Rogers Media, anchoring Hockey Night in Canada and the NHL on Rogers...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth16 August 1972
CityMississauga, Canada
CountryCanada
A lot of people don't realize that I started my career in sports and was a sports reporter long before I was on television. I used to be an NBA reporter and an NHL reporter.
Sports is a bunch of people gathering around, watching something that they're not actually connected to - they're just emotionally connected.
I'm looking for conversations that will be meaningful with people that want to have meaningful connections with an audience.
Guns are part of the Constitution, and no one is willing to have that tough conversation with Congress and the Senate and the president to say maybe that's got to change. People talk about it - but I mean actual change.
I really think a good host is just a connector. I'm more traffic cop than star. My job is to get people on and off the program, and hopefully keep the audience entertained.
You have to trust the people who work with you and hire, but also listen to as many smart people as you can.
I never wanted to live a relatable life, I wanted to live an aspirational life. I didn't want to see people who had my life on TV. I wanted to see other lives, right, and so I was always trying to get as much of that stuff as I could.
A lot of people take shots at news channels.
It's a dream for me to work with Ron MacLean and Don Cherry as well as my old friend Jeff Marek, who I started my career with.
I'm not ambitious, I never have been; it's just not in my DNA.
I operate with an emotional fearlessness, and I really feel music; I really feel songs.
I only do what I love, when I love, how I love to fill up the time.
I have sort of a life in Los Angeles.
I don't have a real plan when I do an interview. I have some themes that I want to hit. But I don't have a set list of questions that I knock off.