Michael Ausiello

Michael Ausiello (born February 23, 1972) is an American television industry journalist, author, and actor. He was a senior writer at TV Guide and its companion website, TVGuide.com, between 2000 and 2008. From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and reported for Entertainment Weekly before launching his own television news site, TVLine. Ausiello also published a memoir in 2017, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies, which was adapted into a film titled Spoiler Alert released in 2022.

Early life Ausiello grew up in Roselle Park, New Jersey, and attended Roselle Park High School. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a BA in journalism.

Career Ausiello spent three years as the senior news editor of Soaps in Depth magazine and served as media relations coordinator at Entertainment Tonight. He began writing for TV Guide in 2000. During his eight-year tenure at TV Guide, he wrote for both the magazine and its website. Ausiello's columns at TV Guide included Today's News, The Ausiello Report, a weekly print column that expanded into a regularly updated blog online, and Ask Ausiello, an exclusively online weekly Q&A. Ausiello contributed to the website's weekly podcast, TV Guide Talk and the weekly TV Guide Channel program The 411 with a five-minute segment entitled "The Big Five", where he commented on the top five entertainment industry stories of the week. Ausiello also had a vodcast version of The Ausiello Report.

Personal life Ausiello is a pescetarian, and resides in New York City. Ausiello is gay and was married to photographer Kit Cowan. Cowan died of a rare form of neuroendocrine cancer on February 5, 2015. Ausiello chronicled the last year of Cowan's life, and their 13-year relationship, in his 2017 memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies. A film based on that memoir, Spoiler Alert, was released on December 2, 2022, starring Jim Parsons as Ausiello.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2013 He's Way More Famous Than You Michael Ausiello2022 Spoiler Alertexecutive producer

Television Year Title Role Notes 2005 Gilmore Girls Customer Episode: "But I'm a Gilmore!" 2006 The 411 Correspondent 2006 Veronica Mars Blushing Guy Episode: "The Quick and the Wed" 2007 Extra Himself 1 episode 2007 Scrubs Obstetrician Episode: "My Road to Nowhere" 2007–10 Entertainment Tonight Himself 10 episodes 2009–10 The Early Show Himself 2 episodes 2012 Cougar Town Bartender 2013 Body of Proof Grave Digger Episode: "Daddy Issues" 2015 Cocktails & Classics Himself 2 episodes 2016 Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life Guy Eating Salad in Stairwell Episode: "Spring"