PERSON: Rosanna Scotto

Fox 5 NY WNYW and Fresco by Scotto

Co-host of “Good Day New York” and Co-owner of Fresco by Scotto

Rosanna Scotto (born April 29, 1958) is an American news anchor. She is the co-host of Good Day New York, on Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City. She formerly hosted with Greg Kelly. Previously, she anchored the 5 and 10 pm news with Ernie Anastos, and the Fox 5 Live 11 am news. She has been the lead female news anchor since 1990.

Rosanna Scotto began her career in television at WTBS, Ted Turner’s UHF television station in Atlanta, where she was a reporter for two local programs and an associate producer of the station’s evening newscast. She returned to her native New York City in 1982 as a reporter for WABC-TV’s Good Morning New York, which eventually became Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. After a year with Good Morning New York and The Morning Show, Scotto joined WABC-TV’s Eyewitness News as a reporter, where she remained until she joined Fox’s WNYW. Scotto started at WNYW-TV in 1986 as a weekend anchor and reporter and later in 1994, she started anchoring the weekday edition of Fox 5 News. She was a former anchor of the 5 and 10 pm newscasts with Ernie Anastos. In 2008, Rosanna was named and promoted to anchor of Good Day New York, soon moved alongside Greg Kelly. On April 29, 2010 Scotto gained some notoriety by suggesting “soy jism” as an alternative name for milk not produced by dairy cattle. Longtime WABC-TV morning anchor Lori Stokes replaced Kelly as Scotto’s co-anchor shortly after Kelly left in September 2017. On July 28, 2022, Scotto was featured for the first time as a co-host on The Five, substituting for Judge Jeanine.

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