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Our Mission

TV Hosting Academy helps on air talent, TV hosts, and category experts get seen, get booked, and become the recognized authority in their niche. Founded by Nicole Sellars, Certified Professional Coach, former New York news anchor, and casting specialist for on-air experts & hosts.

You're talented. You're experienced. You're ready. So why isn't anyone calling? We built TV Hosting Academy to answer that. Not with more theory, but with real casting insight, real positioning, and real strategy from someone who has sat on both sides of the camera. Whether you're working toward your certification, building your brand, or breaking into live selling, we help you stop waiting to be discovered and start getting booked.

Your Path to Success

Through TV Hosting Academy's Certification and Private Coaching programs, experienced hosts can get customized learning on their on their time and alongside others with the same goals. 

Customized Learning

Every on-camera career path is different, which is why TVHA focuses on personalized strategy instead of one-size-fits-all training. Through customized coaching, branding refinement, and performance feedback, talent receive guidance tailored to their unique goals, strengths, and positioning in today’s media landscape.

Flexible Schedule

Built for working professionals, entrepreneurs, and active on-camera talent, TVHA offers flexible virtual coaching and self-paced learning options that fit into demanding schedules. Whether you’re balancing media appearances, business growth, or client work, the programs are designed to help you develop professionally without stepping away from your career.

Career Guidance

TVHA goes beyond traditional media coaching by helping professionals build sustainable, profitable on-camera careers. From personal branding and pitch materials to industry positioning and visibility strategy, participants receive real-world guidance shaped by Nicole Sellars’ decades of experience across television, casting, journalism, and digital media.

Community Support

Success in media often comes down to relationships, accountability, and access to the right network. Through memberships, group coaching, industry workshops, and cohort learning, TVHA connects ambitious on-camera professionals with a supportive ecosystem designed to foster growth, visibility, and long-term opportunity.

Meet Our Guest Experts

TV Hosting Academy’s guest instructors represent an elite level of expertise across television hosting, journalism, entertainment media, casting, live broadcast, and talent development. With experience spanning major networks, red carpets, nationally recognized television programs, media coaching, and entrepreneurial brand-building, these industry professionals provide students with real-world insight into what it truly takes to succeed as a modern on-camera talent.

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Derrial Christon

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Barbara Barna Abel

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Tess Hammock

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Sara Davenport 

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Allison Wise

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Q&A/FAQs

What is TV Hosting Academy?

A coaching and mentorship company that helps on-air talent, TV hosts, category experts, and livestream sellers get professionally positioned and prepared for potential bookings by the right-fit networks and brands.

Who is TV Hosting Academy for?

On-air personalities, TV hosts, category experts, and livestream sellers who already have skill and experience but aren't getting the bookings they deserve.

What programs does TV Hosting Academy offer?

The On Air Expert Certification, the Live Social Shopping Certification™, and private 1:1 coaching.

Is TV Hosting Academy a casting agency?

No. TV Hosting Academy is a coaching and education company. Nicole Sellars Casting is separate. Completing a program does not guarantee casting or booking.

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