The first female African-American on-air reporter at
KVUE-TV, her general assignment beat took her to the streets of Austin covering live breaking news, politics, education, health, and human-interest stories. Neville's first job after graduation was in New Orleans as a reporter/anchor for
WWL. In 1988 she moved back to Texas for a one-year stint as a reporter for Houston's
KHOU-TV. Neville returned to New Orleans as an anchor/reporter for
WVUE. In 1991 she landed the host spot on
Extreme Close-Up, a one-on-one celebrity interview show that she co-produced for
E! Entertainment TV. During three years with the program she logged over 200 interviews with Hollywood stars ranging from
Will Smith,
Tom Cruise and
Sharon Stone, to music icons such as
David Bowie,
Whitney Houston and
Sade, becoming the nation's first high-profile black female entertainment reporter. During this period she also covered live entertainment events for the network and occasionally filled in as a guest host on their signature show
Talk Soup (hosted by
Greg Kinnear). In 1994 she beat out over 1,000 hopefuls to launch and anchor
Extra for Warner Brothers studios, becoming the first African-American woman to host a nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine program. Neville remained with
Extra until 1996 when the program was revamped. In 1997, she teamed up with Los Angeles sportscaster
Fred Roggin to host
The Arthel & Fred Show, a syndicated daytime entertainment news program that lasted only one season. A year later, Neville left Los Angeles for New York and became a senior correspondent on the Fox Network's syndicated news magazine
Fox Files, and at
Fox News as an anchor, correspondent, host of
Celebrity Spotlight, and weekly contributor on ''
The O'Reilly Factor''. Neville co-hosted the
Miss Teen USA 1993 pageant with
Dick Clark, and the
Miss Universe 1994 pageant in
Manila,
Philippines with
Entertainment Tonight Bob Goen. She has also appeared on
Days of Our Lives,
Monk,
Girlfriends,
Moesha,
Cybill,
Living Single, and
The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. In 2002 Neville joined
CNN to become the host of
TalkBack Live with Arthel Neville, becoming the first African-American woman to host her own signature show on the news network. The hybrid format show presented news of the day and featured live interaction with audience members and guests, in-studio, via satellite, phone, and internet. While at CNN, she also anchored morning and daytime news, and co-anchored weekend news with
Anderson Cooper from CNN's
Atlanta and
New York City bureaus. In 2003 Neville was recognized by the
University of Texas at Austin for her outstanding contribution to broadcast journalism. She received the
Texas Exes' Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, which is bestowed upon four University of Texas alumnae under the age of 45 who have reached a level of excellence in their respective fields. Later, Neville co-hosted Fox's nationally syndicated morning show
Good Day Live with
Steve Edwards and
Debbie Matenopoulos, hosted
Celebrity Hobbies on the
DIY Network, and served as a correspondent for the 2005 revival of the syndicated news magazine
A Current Affair. On that show, she garnered much acclaim for her coverage of
Hurricane Katrina in her hometown of New Orleans. In March 2006, she joined the Fox News–produced syndicated news magazine
Geraldo at Large as the West Coast bureau chief and correspondent. She also served as guest co-host on
The View in the fall of 2006. On August 1, 2008, Neville became the lead anchor for the
Fox 5 Morning News, a four-hour weekday newscast on
KSWB-TV in San Diego. Within a year, she made an impact on the San Diego community as evidenced by her nomination by
San Diego Magazine for their 2009 Woman of the Year Award. In addition to her anchoring duties for Fox and KSWB-TV, Neville was a recurring guest on
HLN Showbiz Tonight. In May 2009, Neville's show
Conversations with Arthel Neville, a one-on-one celebrity interview show produced through her company, began airing on
My Channel on Sky TV (
British Sky Broadcasting), Fox's sister network in the
United Kingdom to 9 million homes in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the Channel Islands, as well as parts of Germany, France, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, and Italy. In June 2010, Neville returned to
Fox News as a news anchor on ''
America's Newsroom, America's News Headquarters, and Happening Now, a contributor on The O'Reilly Factor and Red Eye w/Greg Gutfeld, and fill-in anchor on America Live with Megyn Kelly. She also served as a correspondent from New Orleans for the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina for Studio B with Shepard Smith and Fox Report''. Neville is currently the weekend anchor at
Fox News with Saturday and Sunday midday, afternoon and evening newscasts of "
Fox News Live," formerly known as ''
America's News Headquarters''. On October 28, 2016, Neville was honored at the
University of Texas at Austin as a
Texas Exes 2016 Distinguished Alum. In 2017, Neville was awarded the
Moody College of Communication's
DeWitt Carter Reddick journalism award as their first African American female honoree. Past recipients have included
Walter Cronkite,
Bill Moyers,
Dan Rather and
Ted Turner. Also in 2017, Neville started projects outside of and in addition to her news career. She launched her accessories line Arthel Neville Design, featuring handbags adorned with her quotes promoting female empowerment. Neville also was announced as the host of the show "Sing Like A Star" by
Tegna, Inc. The interactive, weekly cross-platform singing competition is filmed in Neville's hometown of
New Orleans in conjunction with
WWL-TV and debuted September 16, 2017. On May 18, 2018, Neville was the keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony at her alma mater, the
Moody College of Communication at The
University of Texas at Austin. On March 5, 2021, ''
America's News Headquarters,'' Neville's weekend newscast with co-anchor
Eric Shawn was announced as renamed as "
Fox News Live." == Personal life ==