Brian Wayne Balthazar is a TV personality and the executive producer and developer of several programs on broadcast and cable television.
As a pop culture pundit, journalist, entertainment expert, and trend forecaster he has frequently appeared on television programs and networks including The Today Show on NBC, CNN, HLN, The Wendy Williams Show, VH1, TV Guide Network and more, usually introducers as the editor of the website POPgoesTheWeek.com.
Balthazar also launched the fourth hour of the TODAY Show on NBC with Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb.
[5][6] Balthazar struggled with his career path in the early 1990s, taking several short lived jobs, which included that of a publicity assistant for a trance medium, a toll-free customer service agent, and singing and dancing waiter.
After travelling the world to cover post-9/11 news stories,[8] He left NBC in 2008 to supervise several real estate and design shows for HGTV,[9][10] where he oversaw and led the creative behind several series including Flip Or Flop, Love it Or List It, Christina On The Coast, and more.
In the early stages of Balthazar's on camera career, he occasionally appeared as an offbeat features reporter on both MSNBC and NBC.
He frequently returns to MSNBC as a guest entertainment reporter, and sometimes appears on The Wendy Williams Show in the program's 'Scoop' segment.