Entertainment broadcasting Hall competed against hundreds in the search for the next Face of
MyINDY-TV and became the first woman to win the position. At
WNDY-TV in Indianapolis, she covered local events, starred in station
PSAs, and interviewed celebrities. From December 2011 to December 2012, she was an on-camera host and producer of
Living Dayton, a local, lifestyle talk show on
WDTN in Dayton, Ohio. In the summer of 2012, she was featured as a guest correspondent on
BET's
106 & Park. She worked as an official
MC for the
Indiana Pacers' home games for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012
NBA seasons. Hall previously emceed for the
MiLB's
Indianapolis Indians, the
WNBA's
Indiana Fever, and the 2011 Big Ten Tournament. She also served as the MC for the
NCAA Women's Final Four entertainment events, and "Tourney Town" for three years -
Indianapolis in 2011,
Denver in 2012, and
Nashville in 2013. Hall was also the official MC for the Super Bowl Village, a 10-day-long entertainment for
Super Bowl XLVI, in Indianapolis in 2012. There, she kept crowds energized, entertained between performances and introduced national recording artists to the stage, including
Patti LaBelle,
LMFAO, and
Mike Epps. Hall anchored the evening news for
CW33's '
Nightcap News' at KDAF-TV in Dallas, Texas for much of 2013, before moving to
NYC to accept a position at
FUSE TV. At FUSE TV, she co-hosted
Trending 10, which was a live, daily countdown show. She has also been a recurring guest on
VH1's
Big Morning Buzz Live and has appeared on
E!'s
Fashion Police with
Joan Rivers. Until July 2015, Hall worked for
MTV, where she hosted
The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II's reunion and after-shows and various network specials. In the summer of 2015, Hall appeared alongside popular radio personality
Charlamagne Tha God on his new
MTV2 show,
Uncommon Sense. In October 2015, she returned as
The Challenge: Battle of the Bloodlines after-show host. From 2015 to 2019, Hall was a fill-in anchor and daily correspondent for
E! News. During her tenure, she hosted ''What's Good with Zuri Hall
on Instagram and co-hosted What the Fashion
on Snapchat. In October 2019, she joined NBC as a correspondent for Access Hollywood and a sideline reporter for American Ninja Warrior. She is also a co-host of their new show AllAccess'', which focuses on entertainment news, human interest & true crime stories. Zuri has hosted Miss USA for the last two years; first for
Miss USA 2021, returning to host again for Miss USA 2022
Acting Hall started her on-camera career as a commercial actress. She has been featured in national spots for
Value City Furniture, and commercials for
Safe Auto,
Meijer, and
Ohio tourism. She has made numerous guest appearances on scripted television shows throughout her career. In 2019, she acted in a cameo opposite
Jennifer Aniston, in Apple TV +'s "
The Morning Show," and has made multiple appearances on TV Land's "Nobodies" (executive produced by
Melissa McCarthy), "The Arrangement" on E!, and the digital comedic series "Hashtaggers". Hall studied Improv at The
Upright Citizens Brigade, in New York City. == Impact ==