Barry Nolan is a presenter on Comcast Cable's CN8 channel, once hosting the shows Nitebeat and Backstage, and now hosts Backstage with Barry Nolan. He is a regular panelist on Says You!, a weekend radio word quiz show produced by WGBH-FM and National Public Radio.
Nolan is from Alexandria, Virginia and went to college at the University of Tennessee. He first came to prominence hosting Boston's version of Evening Magazine for WBZ-TV (Channel 4). He was the host of Hard Copy from 1990 to 1998. Nolan later became a journalist for Extra!
He was once a social worker and is a member of Mensa.
Nolan married Deborah Reed in 1981 and had three children: Christian, Delaney, and Alexander. He and Reed separated 1991 and divorced in 2002. He married Garland Waller in 2004 and now lives in Newton, Mass.
Host Barry Nolan, and contributing reporter and senior producer Sara Edwards, take viewers inside the velvet rope with access to the four corners of the entertainment world. Whether it's movies, music, television or fashion, Nolan and Edwards share stories with a unique attitude and irreverence. After all, it's only entertainment. Written by anonymous
Co-hosted the Boston-based syndicated news series "Evening Magazine" for nine years.
