Michaela Pereira

Michaela Pereira
Born (1970-08-26) August 26, 1970 (age 54)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Victoria, British Columbia
OccupationNews anchor
Employer(s)KTTV
(2020–2022)
HLN (2016–2018)
CNN (2013–2016)
KTLA (2004–2013)
ZDTV/TechTV (1998–2004)
Awards3 Golden Mic Awards
2 Emmy Awards
2 Mark Twain Awards

Michaela Pereira (born August 26, 1970) is a Canadian television personality best known as being a former anchor for KTLA in Los Angeles[1] and for the KTTV FOX11 Los Angeles morning show, Good Day LA.[2]

She announced on March 28, 2013, that she would be leaving KTLA in May to be a part of the CNN morning show New Day that debuted on June 17, 2013.[3]

In 2016 Pereira left CNN for the HLN cable television network, where on July 11, 2016, she debuted as anchor of the Los Angeles-based news program MichaeLA.[4][5]

In October 2018 HLN announced that Pereira and the hosts of two other HLN live news shows would be let go by the network; the final broadcasts for MichaeLA and the other two shows took place on October 26, 2018.[6]

It was announced in September 2020 that Pereira would join KTTV in October of that year.[7] She announced on August 25, 2022, that she would be leaving Good Day LA; her last day was September 9.[8]

  1. ^ "KTLA On-Air Talent Bios". KTLA.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2010.
  2. ^ "Michaela Pereira Joins Fox 11's 'Good Day LA' – Deadline". September 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Michaela Pereira to end 9 year run at KTLA". KTLA.com. March 28, 2013.
  4. ^ "MichaeLA". www.cnn.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  5. ^ Steinberg, Brian (July 11, 2016). "HLN Sends Michaela Pereira To Court West Coast Morning-News Fans". variety.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2017. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  6. ^ Barr, Jeremy (October 16, 2018). "HLN Shake-Up: Ashleigh Banfield, Carol Costello, Michaela Pereira Exiting". www.hollywoodreporter.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "Michaela Pereira joins FOX 11 as host on 'Good Day LA'". FOX 11. September 10, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  8. ^ "Popular 'Good Day L.A.' anchor Michaela Pereira exits newscast". Los Angeles Times. August 25, 2022.