Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. The show is the most popular and longest-running entertainment news program, with its first broadcast on September 14, 1981, and was the first syndicated program distributed via satellite. It was announced on January 30, 2006, that Entertainment Tonight has been renewed through the 2007–2008 season, which would be the show's 27th season. In the fall of 2008, ET will become the third first-run syndicated program after Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! to broadcast in HDTV.

In its current form, Entertainment Tonight airs as half of a one-hour entertainment news block that also includes a spin-off, The Insider. Three versions of the show are compiled and made available to broadcasters: a "standalone" version, a version for stations that air The Insider just beforehand, and one for those that air The Insider immediately after.

ET Weekend (formerly known as Entertainment This Week), a one-hour weekend edition, is also produced. Originally a recap of the week's news, most or all episodes now have some sort of special theme. ET Radio Minute, a daily radio feature, is syndicated by Westwood One.

"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world. Launched in 1981, ET is anchored by Mary Hart and Bob Goen. Primary substitute anchors are Jann Carl and Mark Steines who also host ET Weekend. Leonard Maltin is Film Historian. Correspondents are Steven Cojocaru, Carlos Ponce, Paula Abdul and Maria Menounos, who also hosts ET on MTV and ET on Vh1. More than 12 million nightly viewers tune in to ET to get the latest in entertainment news, gossip and information. Written by kim_wilder-lee@paramount.com