Marc Summers
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Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz, November 11, 1951 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television personality, best known for hosting game shows and talk shows.
Although he held various television production jobs before, Summers' career was boosted in 1986 when Nickelodeon hired him as the host of Double Dare. Double Dare was syndicated within two years, and the show's popularity led to other hosting jobs including the syndicated Couch Potatoes in 1989, and Nickelodeon's What Would You Do? in 1991. Summers also made celebrity guest rounds on other game shows including Scrabble, Super Password, and Hollywood Squares.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Summers began appearing on television talk shows, including a stint on ABC television's Home Show. After Double Dare's cancellation in 1992, Summers co-hosted Our Home, a daily talk show aimed at homemakers, on Lifetime. After a couple of seasons on Our Home, Summers went on to co-host another Lifetime talk show, Biggers & Summers.
It was during an interview with Dr. Eric Hollander on Biggers & Summers that Summers realized he may have obsessive compulsive disorder. His diagnosis was confirmed and treated, and Summers went public about his condition on various television shows including Larry King Live and the Oprah Winfrey Show. In 1999, Summers, with Dr. Hollander, wrote a book about his experience called Everything In Its Place: My Trials and Triumphs with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
During the 1990s, Summers continued work on other shows, each with varying success. He created and hosted the short-lived children's game show Pick Your Brain; co-hosted Great Day America on the PAX Network; produced I Can't Believe You Said That; and hosted It's a Surprise on Food Network.
Summers returned to Nickelodeon in 2000 as the executive consultant for Double Dare 2000, an updated version of his original show. Two years later, he was the executive producer for another Nickelodeon resurrection, Wild and Crazy Kids.
In recent years, he has returned to television as the host of more shows, including History IQ on the History Channel; the popular Food Network series Unwrapped and its spin-off game show Trivia Unwrapped; and the short-lived Game Show Network series WinTuition. In 2005, Summers became the host of The Next Food Network Star.