Hard Copy (TV program)

Hard Copy
Genre	Infotainment
Created by	Mark Monsky John Parsons Peditto
Presented by	Alan Frio (1989–1991) Terry Murphy (1989–1998) Barry Nolan (1991–1998) Kyle Kraska (1998–1999)
Theme music composer	David Mansfield
Composer	Dan Siegel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	2,159
Production
Executive producers	Kim Paul Friedman (1995–1999) Peter Brennan (1990–1993) Mitchell L. Gamson Lisa Gregorich (1996–1999) Marky Monsky (1989–1990) William Sackheim Ron Vandor (1995–1999)
Producers	Mary Aloe Burt Kearns Lisa Lew (1989–1992)
Running time	22 min
Production company	Paramount Domestic Television
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 18, 1989 (1989-09-18) – September 10, 1999 (1999-09-10)
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Hard Copy is an American tabloid television show that ran in syndication from 1989 to 1999. Hard Copy was aggressive in its use of questionable material on television, including gratuitous violence.

The original hosts of Hard Copy were Alan Frio and Terry Murphy. Frio left the series after the 1990–91 season and was succeeded by Barry Nolan in the fall of 1991. Nolan and Murphy would stay until after the 1997–98 season, when they both departed. In the show's final season, Kyle Kraska took over as the sole host.^[1]

Hard Copy was produced and distributed by Paramount Domestic Television and, for much of its time on air, was often aired with its sister show, the Hollywood news program Entertainment Tonight as part of an hour-long programming block sold to local stations.