Dick Cavett
Television Personality

Dick Cavett was the host of the The Dick Cavett Show, which won three Emmys and aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on PBS from 1977 to 1982. He also hosted talk shows on the USA, HBO, and CNBC cable networks. He is the co-author of two books, Cavett and Eye On Cavett. He has appeared on Broadway in Otherwise Engaged, Into the Woods, and as narrator in The Rocky Horror Show, and has made guest appearances in movies and TV shows including HBO’s Bored to Death, Are We There Yet?, Forrest Gump, and The Simpsons. His latest book, published November 2010, is Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets. Since 2007 he has written an online opinion column for the New York Times. Cavett lives in New York City and Montauk, New York.