As one of the most talked-about figures, T. J. Holmes has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.
What Is T.J. Holmes' Net Worth and Salary?
T.J. Holmes is an American journalist and television personality who has a net worth of $4 million. T.J. Holmes first attracted national attention in 2006 as a CNN anchor and correspondent, and he anchored "Saturday & Sunday Morning" on the network. T.J. signed a multi-platform talent deal with BET in December 2011, and he subsequently left CNN and hosted the show "Don't Sleep" on BET in 2012. Holmes later worked as a substitute weekend anchor for MSNBC, a fill-in correspondent and anchor for CNN, and an anchor and correspondent for ABC News. In September 2020, T.J. became an anchor on "GMA3: What You Need to Know," and in 2022, he made headlines due to his relationship with his co-anchor, Amy Robach.
Early Life
T.J. Holmes was born Loutelious Holmes, Jr. on August 19, 1977, in West Memphis, Arkansas. He has an older sibling, and his family nicknamed him "T. Jr." Holmes started using the name "T.J." when he began his TV career. Holmes earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Arkansas.
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Career
T.J.'s television career began at Joplin, Missouri's KSNF Channel 16 after he drove there from the University of Arkansas campus to deliver his reel and résumé. The station hired him on the spot, and he worked as a producer, weekend anchor, and assignment reporter during his time there. In 2000, Holmes returned to Arkansas to work as a general assignment reporter at the Little Rock CBS affiliate KTHV. Less than a year later, T.J. was promoted to weekend anchor. In 2003, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area's KNTV, an NBC O&O station where he anchored the 5 p.m. news. While working for KNTV, Holmes covered the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the California recall election of Governor Gray Davis, and Scott Peterson's murder trial. In October 2006, T.J. began working at CNN as a correspondent and news anchor, and after his "Saturday & Sunday Morning" co-anchor, Betty Nguyen, left in March 2010, Holmes anchored the program alone. At CNN, he reported on events such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia Tech, and Pope Benedict XIV's 2008 visit to the United States. T.J. also anchored numerous significant news stories, including terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, and Glasgow, Scotland, as well asSaddam Hussein'sexecution.
Holmes left CNN in 2011 after entering into a deal with BET Networks, and his last day there was Christmas Day. When T.J. signed with BET,Stephen G. Hill, the network's President of Music Programming and Specials, stated, "We are simply ecstatic to have T.J. Holmes coming to our fold. He's been an outstanding news anchor and we look forward to working with him in a variety of new ways on BET. It's now upon us to develop vehicles that capture his intelligence, curiosity about the world, warmth, humor and compassion. It's a challenge that we are happy to have." Holmes hosted the BET series "Don't Sleep" in 2012, and it earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Talk Series. The show was cancelled in March 2013, and T.J. left BET.
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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
