Chris Serico

About Chris Serico

Entertainment reporter
and TV personality

Biography

An award-winning entertainment reporter and analyst, Chris Serico has deconstructed pop culture on national television, interviewed A-listers, and written offbeat commentary that’s been highlighted by The New York Times and "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."

Prior to joining Newsday, he spent 11 years at The Journal News, where he wrote more than 1,600 articles for the Gannett newspaper; provided entertainment analysis for TV Guide Network and RNN-TV; co-hosted a TV-themed video podcast; posted hundreds of updates to the paper's entertainment blogs; produced and edited nightlife content for Metromix; penned weekly sports-humor columns; and was honored by the New York Associated Press. He also freelanced for Co-Communications, a top public-relations and marketing agency.

He's interviewed an eclectic set of celebrities, including actors Susan Sarandon, Patricia Clarkson, Zachary Levi, Rooney Mara, Jill Hennessy and Stephen Lang; comedians Chevy Chase, Jerry Stiller, Richard Belzer, Aziz Ansari, Jim Gaffigan, Bobby Moynihan, Nick Di Paolo, Ralphie May and Fred Norris; musicians Elvis Costello, Yoko Ono, Paul Shaffer, Bryan Adams, Ingrid Michaelson, Buddy Guy, Pete Seeger, Sonny Rollins, Chris Barron and Suzanne Vega; "The Wire" creator David Simon; fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi; "American Idol" alumnae Kara DioGuardi and Kimberley Locke; "Top Chef" champ Hung Huynh; and ESPN analyst Buster Olney.

The New York Times has showcased his humor writing, as has the Emmy-winning blog for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," which hailed posts from his Twitter feed as "Totally Terrific Tweets." Entertainment Weekly, Comedy Central, Gawker, Sirius, Best Week Ever, Cracked, Urlesque, the Buffalo Bills, Mediabistro, Gothamist, GorillaMask and The Apiary have also cited his exclusive interviews, pointed commentary and general silliness.

Serico's the host of Pop On The Clock, a fast-paced, irreverent pop-culture podcast that is available on iTunes, and whose rotating guests have included TV hosts, entertainment experts, comedians and actors — including the entire cast of USA Network's "Psych."

Serico graduated cum laude from Boston College, where he double-majored in English and communication, achieved a 4.0 GPA in the journalism concentration, and earned an internship at Sports Illustrated.

He co-founded the New York City vocal band Unsung Heroes, which recently released an album, "Radioactive;" was recruited for all three seasons of NBC's "The Sing-Off;" and is heralded as one of Time Out New York's "Best A Cappella Groups in NYC." Serico has also studied and performed comedy at New York's Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and provided voice-overs for video games, The Journal News and other clients.

He is not particularly fond of pea soup.