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Karl Jeno Schmid is an Australian Television Host. He has worked for TVNZ, TV1 (Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

), BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

, and in the US, TV Guide Network and TLC

TLC (TV channel)

TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

.

At a young age Schmid left Australia to live in more exotic locations with his parents. First the Fiji Islands, and then New Zealand. It was in Christchurch where a young Karl first got a real taste for television when he was cast in the role of Beaven in the TVNZ children's drama Mel's Amazing Movies. Schmid became a regular host of the New Zealand weekend children's live television show, What Now
What Now
What Now is a long running New Zealand children's television program that premiered in 1981. It is filmed before a live studio audience at Whitebait Productions in Christchurch....

.

After graduating Schmid took some time out to travel and it was not until 2004 after having worked with Australian comedian Barry Humphries

Barry Humphries

John Barry Humphries, AO, CBE is an Australian comedian, satirist, dadaist, artist, author and character actor, best known for his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage, a Melbourne housewife and "gigastar", and Sir Les Patterson, Australia's foul-mouthed cultural attaché to the...

(a.k.a Dame Edna Everage

Dame Edna Everage

Dame Edna is a character created and played by Australian dadaist performer and comedian, Barry Humphries, famous for her lilac-coloured or "wisteria hue" hair and cat eye glasses or "face furniture," her favorite flower, the gladiola and her boisterous greeting: "Hello Possums!" As Dame Edna,...

) that Schmid returned to television screens, this time in Australia as the host of TV1

TV1

TV1 may refer to:* TV1 , Australian cable and satellite television channel* TV One , New Zealand television network* TV1 , defunct Estonian television channel* TV1 , Lithuanian television channel...

's Entertainment Daily – a roundup Hollywood and show business style magazine programme.

In 2008 Schmid relocated to Los Angeles where he has been a regular host to TV Guide Network's Big Movie Premiere specials as well as hosting What's on DVD and Hollywood 411. Most recently he could be seen on TLC

TLC (TV channel)

, as the main anchor for their live coverage of the Royal Wedding in London.

Schmid is the younger brother of Australian actor Kristian Schmid.

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