Fran Charles is an American

United States

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 television presenter at the NFL Network

NFL Network

NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...

.

Career

Charles received his Master's degree

Master's degree

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 from the Columbia School of Journalism after completing his Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in Communication at Stanford University

Stanford University

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.

Charles began his career in broadcasting in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

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 as an overnight reporter, news writer and assignment editor at KSDK-TV. A year later, he became a weekend sports anchor at WDTN

WDTN

WDTN, virtual channel 2, is the NBC-affiliated television station for Ohio's Miami Valley. Licensed to Dayton, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter in the Frytown section of the city. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 2 and in...

 in Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

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. After three years in Dayton, Charles became the weekend sports anchor at WHDH-TV

WHDH-TV

WHDH, digital channel 42 , is an NBC-affiliated television station in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest NBC station not owned by the network. Owned by Sunbeam Television, WHDH is a sister station to CW affiliate WLVI...

 in Boston

Boston

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.

Charles served as the blow-by-blow announcer for the HBO Sports series Boxing After Dark

Boxing After Dark

Boxing After Dark is an HBO boxing program, premiering in April 1996, that usually shows fights between well-known contenders, but usually not "championship" or "title" fights. Unlike its sister program, HBO World Championship Boxing, BAD features fighters who are usually moving up from ESPN's...

from 2000 to 2007 and has also worked on KO Nation

KO Nation

KO Nation was a short-lived television series which featured up-and-coming boxers in a hip-hop format. Shown on HBO on Saturday afternoons throughout 2000 and 2001, the show featured dancers and hip-hop performances, and was hosted by Fran Charles and Kevin Kelley. Ed Lover was the "face" of the...

, HBO Pay-Per-View Boxing and World Championship Boxing.

From 2002 to 2006, Charles was the host of the weekly golf show, PGA Tour Sunday on USA Network

USA Network

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, serving as lead anchor for studio segments during PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 events.

Additionally within the NBC

NBC

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 family of networks, Charles was an anchor and reporter for NBC Sports, where he anchored the weekend Sportsdesk show and provided live reports and interviews for NBA on NBC. He also anchored sports at the WNBC

WNBC

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 in New York

New York

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 while working at NBC Sports.

Charles joined NFL Network

NFL Network

NFL Network is an American television specialty channel owned and operated by the National Football League . It was launched November 4, 2003, only eight months after the league's 32 team owners voted unanimously to approve its formation...

 at the start of the 2006 season and shares duties as host of NFL Total Access

NFL Total Access

NFL Total Access is a television news program on the NFL Network.The network treats it as the league's "show of record" and bills it as the only year-round show dedicated to the National Football League, despite the ESPN show NFL Live running year round as well.NFL Total Access is primarily hosted...

with Rich Eisen. Beginning in 2010, Charles hosts NFL GameDay Final, joining Steve Mariucci

Steve Mariucci

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, Deion Sanders

Deion Sanders

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 and Michael Irvin

Michael Irvin

Michael Jerome Irvin is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor. He is also a former broadcaster for ESPN's NFL Countdown and currently an analyst for NFL Network. Irvin was self-nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his...

 to cap off all of Sunday’s action with the latest highlights, interviews and analysis from each game. During NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football schedule, Charles, alongside analysts Kurt Warner

Kurt Warner

Kurtis Eugene "Kurt" Warner is a retired American football player. He played quarterback for three National Football League teams: the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals. He was originally signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 1994 after playing...

, Sterling Sharpe

Sterling Sharpe

Sterling Sharpe is a former American football wide receiver and an analyst for the NFL Network. He attended the University of South Carolina, and played from 1988 to 1994 with the Green Bay Packers.-Early life:...

, Jay Glazer

Jay Glazer

Jay Glazer is an American senior writer for FoxSports.com and is a sideline reporter for the NFL on Fox since 2004. He is also the studio host, alongside Frank Trigg, on Fox Sport Net's PRIDE Fighting Championship show. Currently, he is the "NFL insider" for Fox NFL Sunday and hosts Pros vs Joes...

, Brian Billick

Brian Billick

Brian Harold Billick is a National Football League game analyst for Fox, and is also an analyst for the network's Bowl Championship Series coverage. He was previously an NFL coach, most recently with the Baltimore Ravens from January 19, 1999 to December 31, 2007...

 and Jim Mora

Jim L. Mora

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, hosts Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears from Los Angeles.

Charles is currently featured in EA Sports

EA Sports

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' Madden NFL 10

Madden NFL 10

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as the main host of “The Extra Point”, an all-new weekly recap show that breaks down the highs and lows in a network-style show. Alex Flanagan

Alex Flanagan

Alex Flanagan is an American sportscaster who is a graduate of the University of Arizona and Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona...

is his co-host.

External links

• Fran Charles Bio at hbo.com