Pat Kiernan

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Patrick ("Pat") Kiernan (born 1968 in Canada) is a New York City news anchor, appearing as the morning anchor of NY1 since 1997. Kiernan has become widely known in the City for his "In the Papers" feature, in which he summarizes the colorful content in New York City's daily newspapers, replete with his deadpan humor. Kiernan was on the air during the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th.

Kiernan began his news career at 96K-Lite FM while a business student at the University of Alberta. In 1996 Kiernan moved to New York City where he has enjoyed success not only in the news industry, but also in films- he recently made cameos as himself in The Interpreter (2005) and in Night at the Museum (2006). Kiernan has been featured in publications including New York ("Morning Star", February 5, 2001) and the New York Post ("Dream Job: Pat Kiernan", October 3, 2005). In addition to his morning anchor position, Kiernan also serves as a correspondent for Report on Business Television.

Pat has also hosted several game shows, all produced by Michael Davies: Studio 7, which aired on The WB Television Network in the summer of 2004; two seasons of The World Series of Pop Culture, which began airing on VH1 July 10, 2006, and July 9, 2007 respectively. Pat is also the off-screen "questioner" of the US version of Grand Slam, which premiered on GSN on August 4, 2007.