Lauren Scala began her journalism career as an associate producer at Time Out New York on Demand, where she worked on hundreds of New York City-based lifestyle video segments before the show was canceled. Until 2010, Scala co-hosted NYCTV’s entertainment news roundup City Scoop. Lauren began hosting WNBC’s Live Interactive Trivia Game on the Saturday edition of Today in New York’ during the 9 a.m. broadcast the same year and remained with the network until 2012.
Scala also hosted “The Great American Health Challenge,” NBC’s first local reality competition series. Lauren has also worked for prominent studios such as DreamWorks Animation, MGM, Paramount Pictures, and J Records. Scala is the host of WNBC’s Today in New York and a reporter/host for New York Live, the network’s lifestyle show. Lauren also hosts a half-hour show called “In the Wings,” which is a behind-the-scenes look at things Broadway. The show airs on NBC New York Nonstop. It is an EPIX News East Coast Entertainment Correspondent. Scala hosted the 52nd Annual New York Emmy Awards in 2009, which broadcast on NYCTV on Thursday, April 9, 2009. She also worked in movie studio publicity and events at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and DreamWorks Pictures.
