Stephanie Edwards (television personality)

Tournament of Roses parade

From 1978 to 2005, Edwards served in the main broadcast booth with former game show host Bob Eubanks as co-host of the Tournament of Roses Parade on Los Angeles television station KTLA Channel 5, then broadcast widely throughout the United States and Canada as a cable and satellite superstation. After 28 continuous years in the position, Edwards was then replaced as Eubanks' main booth co-host by KTLA morning news co-anchor Michaela Pereira, with Edwards herself being reassigned as an on-the-street reporter, sometimes having to stand in the rain while giving periodic live updates. Although all three were equally billed as co-hosts, the move created a storm of controversy and was seen as insensitive by many of Edwards' fans, as well as by local TV critics.^[1][2] Finally, in 2009, Edwards rejoined Eubanks as the main co-host of KTLA's Tournament of Roses Parade coverage,^[3] remaining continuously in the position again until 2016, following a September 25, 2015 announcement by Eubanks that the 2016 parade would be their last.^[4]

Edwards was also the longtime commercial spokesperson for the California-based supermarket chain Lucky Stores from the mid-1980s until they merged with Albertsons (1998).