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{{short description|American journalist}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Michael Ausiello by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| name = Michael Ausiello
| caption = Ausiello at the 2011 [[San Diego Comic Con]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|23}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-ausiello/280104 |title=Michael Ausiello – Photos, Bio and News for Michael Ausiello |publisherwork=TVGuide.comTV Guide|access-date=December 5, 2013-12-05}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Rahway, New Jersey]], United StatesU.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Journalist,
* actor,
* founder and editor-in-chief of ''[[TVLine.com]]''}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Kit Cowan (2014–2015; his death)|2014|2015|end=died}}
| website = {{Plain list|*{{URL|michaelausiello.com}}
* {{URL|tvline.com}}}}
| alma_mater = [[University of Southern California]]
}}
 
'''Michael Ausiello''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɔː|s|i|ˈ|ɛ|l|oʊ|}} (born February 23, 1972) is an American television industry journalist, author, and actor. He was a senior [[writer]] at ''[[TV Guide]]'' and its companion website, TVGuide.com, between 2000 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ausiello.aspx |title=Michael Ausiello |publisherwork=TVGuide.comTV Guide |date=2012-11-November 28, 2012 |access-date=December 5, 2013-12-05}}</ref> From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and reported for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' before launching his own television news site, ''[[TVLine]]''.<ref>[{{cite magazine |last1=Lubarsky |first1=David |title=Michael Ausiello Exits TV Guide |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Michael-Ausiello-Exits/800040484 Michael|magazine=TV AusielloGuide Exits|date=May TV28, Guide]2008 {{webarchive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529152501/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Michael-Ausiello-Exits/800040484 |archive-date=May 29, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |url= https://ew.com/article/2008/07/02/the-top-10-reas/|title=The Top 10 Reasons I Know I'll Do Well at EW! |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 2, 2008-07-02 |access-date=2019-11-November 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912180303/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/the-top-10-reas.html |archive-date=September 12, 2008 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://corp.mail.com/news/pressrelease/47 |title=Michael Ausiello and MMC Announce Long-Term Strategic Partnership to Launch New & Innovative TV Website |access-date=October 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007062647/http://corp.mail.com/news/pressrelease/47 |archive-date=October 7, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ausiello also published a memoir in 2017, ''[[Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies]]''.
 
== Early life ==
Ausiello grew up in [[Roselle Park, New Jersey]].,<ref name=doctor>Gillette, Felix. [http://www.observer.com/2007/doctor "The Doctor Is In: TV addicts cut off by the W.G.A. turn to 'TV Guide' guy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118104646/http://www.observer.com/2007/doctor |date=November 18, 2007 }}, ''[[The New York Observer]]'', November 15, 2007. AccessedRetrieved November 28, 2007.</ref> and attended [[Roselle Park High School]].<ref>Delorio, Joseph. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/roselle/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/author-michael-ausiello-spoiler-alert-a-hero-d "Author Michael Ausiello, Spoiler Alert: A Hero Dies ''Welcome Home Michael'' Book Tour in Conversation with Joe DeIorio"], [[TAPinto]] Roselle, November 11, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2024. "American television industry journalist and actor, Michael Ausiello returns to his hometown of Roselle Park to discuss his memoir: ''Spoiler Alert: A Hero Dies''. The author, a former Roselle Park resident and Roselle Park High School Graduate, is receiving rave reviews on his book."</ref><ref>Lloyd, Cathy. [https://www.tapinto.net/towns/roselle-roselle-park/sections/arts-and-entertainment/articles/tv-journalist-michael-ausiello-returns-home-to-ro "Michael Ausiello Returns Home to Roselle Park"], TAP into Roselle Park, November 21, 2017. Retrieved September 28, 2022. "American television industry journalist, Michael Ausiello returned to his hometown of Roselle Park on Monday evening to discuss his memoir: ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies''. Ausiello first visited his high school and met with the schools Gay/Straight Alliance said, I was really happy to see all anti-bullying posters throughout the school."</ref><ref>[https://www.roselleparknews.org/hometown-author-stops-by-library-to-discuss-memoir/ "Hometown Author Stops By Library To Discuss Memoir"], Roselle Park News. Retrieved September 28, 2022. "Journalist, columnist, actor, TV columnist, and founder and editor-in-chief of TVLine Michael Ausiello will be stopping by his hometown at the Roselle Park Veterans Memorial Library to discuss his memoir ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies'' next Monday, November 20th, at 6 p.m. The Roselle Park High School graduate will take part in an interview with Joseph DeIorio regarding his book and reminisce about Michael's years growing up in Roselle Park in the 1980s and 90s."</ref> He is a graduate of the [[University of Southern California]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Keller|first=Joel|date=March 6, 2006-03-06|title=MB Q&A;: MICHAEL AUSIELLO|url=https://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Michael-Ausiello-a7090.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907185023/http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Michael-Ausiello-a7090.html|archive-date=September 7, 2015-09-07|access-date=2021-08-August 24, 2021|website=[[Mediabistro (website)|Mediabistro]]}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
Ausiello spent three years as the senior news editor of ''[[Soaps in Depth]]'' magazine and served as media relations coordinator at ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''. He began writing for ''TV Guide'' in 2000.<ref name="Keller, Joel; Media Bistro">{{cite news|last1=Keller|first1=Joel|title=MB Q&A: MICHAEL AUSIELLO|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Michael-Ausiello-a7090.html|access-date=18 January 18, 2016|publisher=Media Bistro|date=6 March 6, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907185023/http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Michael-Ausiello-a7090.html|archive-date=September 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During his eight-year tenure at TV Guide, he wrote for both the magazine and its website.<ref name="Keller, Joel; Media Bistro" /><ref name="Ausiello Moves On">{{cite web|last1=Ausiello|first1=Michael|title=Exclusive: Michael Ausiello Is Moving On!|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-michael-ausiello-8146/|website=TVGuide.com|publisherwork=TV Guide|access-date=January 18 January, 2016}}</ref> Ausiello's columns at ''TV Guide'' included ''Today's News,'' ''The Ausiello Report,'' a weekly print column that expanded into a regularly updated blog online, and ''Ask Ausiello,'' an exclusively online weekly Q&A. Ausiello contributed to the website's weekly [[podcast]], ''[[TV Guide Talk]]'' and the weekly TV Guide Channel program ''The 411'' with a five-minute segment entitled "The Big Five", where he commented on the top five entertainment industry stories of the week. Ausiello also had a [[vodcast]] version of ''The Ausiello Report''.<ref name="Keller, Joel; Media Bistro" /><ref name="Ausiello Moves On" />▼
Ausiello spent three years as the senior news editor of ''[[Soaps In Depth]]'' magazine and served as media relations coordinator at ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''.
 
▲Ausiello began writing for ''TV Guide'' in 2000.<ref name="Keller, Joel; Media Bistro">{{cite news|last1=Keller|first1=Joel|title=MB Q&A: MICHAEL AUSIELLO|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Michael-Ausiello-a7090.html|access-date=18 January 2016|publisher=Media Bistro|date=6 March 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907185023/http://www.mediabistro.com/MB-QA-Michael-Ausiello-a7090.html|archive-date=September 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> During his eight-year tenure at TV Guide, he wrote for both the magazine and its website.<ref name="Keller, Joel; Media Bistro" /><ref name="Ausiello Moves On">{{cite web|last1=Ausiello|first1=Michael|title=Exclusive: Michael Ausiello Is Moving On!|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/exclusive-michael-ausiello-8146/|website=TVGuide.com|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> Ausiello's columns at ''TV Guide'' included ''Today's News,'' ''The Ausiello Report,'' a weekly print column that expanded into a regularly updated blog online, and ''Ask Ausiello,'' an exclusively online weekly Q&A. Ausiello contributed to the website's weekly [[podcast]], ''[[TV Guide Talk]]'' and the weekly TV Guide Channel program ''The 411'' with a five-minute segment entitled "The Big Five", where he commented on the top five entertainment industry stories of the week. Ausiello also had a [[vodcast]] version of ''The Ausiello Report''.<ref name="Keller, Joel; Media Bistro" /><ref name="Ausiello Moves On" />
 
Ausiello has also contributed commentary to media outlets outside of ''TV Guide'', such as ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'', ''[[Good Morning America]]'', ''[[Fox & Friends]]'', ''[[American Morning]]'', ''[[Inside Edition]]'', ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)|Extra]]'', ''[[Access Hollywood]]'', and ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]''. He is a regular guest every Friday morning on [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]'s popular morning show, "OutQ in the Morning" (Channel 109) with host Larry Flick, where they converse with callers about all things television—shows, stars, and plot lines, including scoops and spoilers.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}
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== Personal life ==
Ausiello is openlya [[gaypescetarian]], and resides in [[List of LGBT people from New York City|New York City]]. Ausiello is gay and was married to photographer Kit Cowan.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MichaelAusiello|first=Michael|last=Ausiello|number=205393908354658304|date=23 May 23, 2012|title=I am also gay and in a 10-year relationship. Can I trend on Twitter too?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/about-ausiello|title=About Ausiello|website=TVLine|date=November 22, 2013|access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> Cowan died of a rare form of [[neuroendocrine tumor|neuroendocrine cancer]] on February 5, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/02/16/kit-cowan-tribute-video-death-michael-ausiello-husband|title=A Remembrance, and An Appreciation, From Michael Ausiello|publisher=TVLine |date=2015-02-February 16, 2015|access-date=March 5, 2015-03-05}}</ref> Ausiello chronicled the last year of Cowan's life, and their 13-year relationship, in his 2017 memoir ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tvline.com/2017/09/12/spoiler-alert-the-hero-dies-michael-ausiello-keri-russell/|title=Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies Excerpt: My Nightmare Day on The Americans' Set With Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=September 12, 2017|work=TVLine|access-date=September 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> A film based on that memoir, ''[[Spoiler Alert (film)|Spoiler Alert]]'', iswas inreleased production.on TheDecember film2, will2022, includestarring [[Jim Parsons]] as Ausiello. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/sally-field-spoiler-alert-movie-michael-ausiello-memoir-1234830869/ | title=Sally Field Joins Cast of 'Spoiler Alert' Movie Based on Michael Ausiello Memoir | date=September 10, 2021 }}</ref>▼
Ausiello is a [[Pescetarianism|pesca-vegetarian]], and as of 2013, resided in New York City and Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelausiello.com|title=Michael Ausiello|publisher=Michael Ausiello|access-date=2013-12-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204164639/http://www.michaelausiello.com/|archive-date=December 4, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 
▲Ausiello is openly [[gay]] and was married to photographer Kit Cowan.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=MichaelAusiello|first=Michael|last=Ausiello|number=205393908354658304|date=23 May 2012|title=I am also gay and in a 10-year relationship. Can I trend on Twitter too?}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/about-ausiello|title=About Ausiello|website=TVLine|date=November 22, 2013|access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> Cowan died of a rare form of [[neuroendocrine tumor|neuroendocrine cancer]] on February 5, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/02/16/kit-cowan-tribute-video-death-michael-ausiello-husband|title=A Remembrance, and An Appreciation, From Michael Ausiello|publisher=TVLine |date=2015-02-16|access-date=2015-03-05}}</ref> Ausiello chronicled the last year of Cowan's life, and their 13-year relationship, in his 2017 memoir ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tvline.com/2017/09/12/spoiler-alert-the-hero-dies-michael-ausiello-keri-russell/|title=Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies Excerpt: My Nightmare Day on The Americans' Set With Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=September 12, 2017|work=TVLine|access-date=September 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> A film based on that memoir, ''[[Spoiler Alert (film)|Spoiler Alert]]'' is in production. The film will include [[Jim Parsons]] as Ausiello. <ref>https://deadline.com/2021/09/sally-field-spoiler-alert-movie-michael-ausiello-memoir-1234830869/</ref>
 
== Filmography ==
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== Bibliography ==
* ''Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words''<ref>{{cite book|title=Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words: Michael Ausiello: 9781501134968: Amazon.com: Books|isbn=978-1501134968|last1=Ausiello|first1=Michael|date=September 12, 2017|publisher=Simon and Schuster }}</ref> (2017)
 
==See also==
{{portal|LGBTQ|New York City|New York (state)}}
* [[LGBT culture in New York City]]
* [[List of LGBT people from New York City]]
* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]
* [[NYC Pride March]]
 
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