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With his reviews on nearly 200 NBC stations nationwide, Jeffrey Lyons is an entertainment guru who will delight any audience. He is one of only a handful of national movie critics… But is the only one who knew Hemingway, Stevenson, Orson Welles, Richard Burton, Mark Chagall, Dali, Groucho Marx; faced a small fighting bull in a Spanish arena; trained with the NY Giants; was a houseguest of Ernest Hemingway in Cuba, of the Trumans at the White House (met Mrs. Truman's MOTHER, born in 1864!!!!); of the aforementioned Stevenson (ran for President in '52, '56) in Illinois; acted in two movies and a TV drama, always as himself; lectured on baseball at the Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian; and has interviewed virtually every major movie star since 1974!
Jeffrey Lyons joined NBC4 in October 1996 as a film and theater critic. He files reports for News Channel 4 seven days a week, primarily on Live at Five and various weekend newscasts. His reviews are also seen on KNBC Los Angeles and worldwide on Direct TV and WNBC's web site on "Feedroom." Lyons co-hosted the PBS series Sneak Previews, 1982-96, has interviewed nearly every major movie and Broadway star over the past three decades. He contributed film reviews to NBC4, 1992-93, on TODAY in New York. He was the film and theater critic for ABC World News Now on the ABC-TV network, 1994-96. From 1989-1994, Lyons was entertainment editor for CNBC. He also has been the film critic for television stations WPIX TV/New York, WFSB-TV/Hartford, WMAR-TV/Baltimore; CBS Radio; and, a contributing editor for Inside Edition and A&E Review. Lyons has hosted numerous radio programs including The Lyons Den on 200 Mutual Radio stations and CBC Radio, Canada. "The Lyons Den" radio reports are currently heard twice daily in nearly 100 cities.
His books include Curveballs and Screwballs, March 2001; Jeffrey Lyons' 101 Great Movies for Kids, published by Simon & Schuster, 1996; and he co-authored, with his brother, Out of Left Field: Over 1,134 Newly Discovered Amazing Baseball Records, Connections, Coincidences and More, published by Times Books/Random House, 1998. He has been the film critic for Video Review and Rock magazines, and served on the Metropolitan Desk of The New York Times. Lyons also has acted in several motion pictures including The French Connection and Death Trap and the TV series Wise Guy. Jeffrey grew up one of four sons of syndicated Broadway columnist Leonard Lyons, whose column, "The Lyons Den", published six times a week by the N.Y. Post between 1934-74, was his entrée into the celebrated people of that time. Thus, family friends included Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Clifford Odets, Richard Burton, Ingrid Bergman, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Marc Chagall, Milton Berle, Adlai Stevenson, Joe DiMaggio and dozens of other luminaries of that era. Jeffrey has, for the past 32 years, continued the family tradition with his in-depth interviews with nearly every movie star of our time; some 500 so far.
Among his varied interests, Lyons studied acting with Lee Strasberg, attended the Julliard School of Music, trained with the New York Giants, spent parts of 17 summers touring Spain with that country's greatest matador, and has been a guest play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network, both in English and Spanish. In May 2000, he was the commencement speaker and received an honorary degree from Hofstra University and another from St. Mary's college in 2002 and again was commencement speaker.
Lyons is married and resides with his wife and children in New York.
Jeffrey Lyons joined NBC4 in October 1996 as a film and theater critic. He files reports for News Channel 4 seven days a week, primarily on Live at Five and various weekend newscasts. His reviews are also seen on KNBC Los Angeles and worldwide on Direct TV and WNBC's web site on "Feedroom." Lyons co-hosted the PBS series Sneak Previews, 1982-96, has interviewed nearly every major movie and Broadway star over the past three decades. He contributed film reviews to NBC4, 1992-93, on TODAY in New York. He was the film and theater critic for ABC World News Now on the ABC-TV network, 1994-96. From 1989-1994, Lyons was entertainment editor for CNBC. He also has been the film critic for television stations WPIX TV/New York, WFSB-TV/Hartford, WMAR-TV/Baltimore; CBS Radio; and, a contributing editor for Inside Edition and A&E Review. Lyons has hosted numerous radio programs including The Lyons Den on 200 Mutual Radio stations and CBC Radio, Canada. "The Lyons Den" radio reports are currently heard twice daily in nearly 100 cities.
His books include Curveballs and Screwballs, March 2001; Jeffrey Lyons' 101 Great Movies for Kids, published by Simon & Schuster, 1996; and he co-authored, with his brother, Out of Left Field: Over 1,134 Newly Discovered Amazing Baseball Records, Connections, Coincidences and More, published by Times Books/Random House, 1998. He has been the film critic for Video Review and Rock magazines, and served on the Metropolitan Desk of The New York Times. Lyons also has acted in several motion pictures including The French Connection and Death Trap and the TV series Wise Guy. Jeffrey grew up one of four sons of syndicated Broadway columnist Leonard Lyons, whose column, "The Lyons Den", published six times a week by the N.Y. Post between 1934-74, was his entrée into the celebrated people of that time. Thus, family friends included Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles, Clifford Odets, Richard Burton, Ingrid Bergman, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Marc Chagall, Milton Berle, Adlai Stevenson, Joe DiMaggio and dozens of other luminaries of that era. Jeffrey has, for the past 32 years, continued the family tradition with his in-depth interviews with nearly every movie star of our time; some 500 so far.
Among his varied interests, Lyons studied acting with Lee Strasberg, attended the Julliard School of Music, trained with the New York Giants, spent parts of 17 summers touring Spain with that country's greatest matador, and has been a guest play-by-play announcer for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network, both in English and Spanish. In May 2000, he was the commencement speaker and received an honorary degree from Hofstra University and another from St. Mary's college in 2002 and again was commencement speaker.
Lyons is married and resides with his wife and children in New York.
