Jemele Juanita Hill is an American sports anchor and reporter currently affiliated with Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN). She co-hosts the network's flagship show ‘Sportscenter' with Michael Smith. A Detroit native, she was raised by her single mother and had a rough childhood. Despite this, she maintained good grades throughout her academic life and graduated from Michigan State University. Beginning her career as a general assignment sports writer for the Raleigh News & Observer, she later joined Detroit Free Press. She also served as a columnist for the Orlando Sentinel before being hired by ESPN as a national columnist. In 2014, she and Smith started hosting their TV first show together, ‘His & Hers,' a sports discussion program on ESPN2. They were promoted to host ‘Sportscenter' in 2017. Hill was conferred with the inaugural McKenzie Cup at the 2007 Poynter Media summit.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Diarra from Detroit (2024)
Guest starring as Anchor
- Episode 1x07: A Course In Miracles (Apr 18, 2024)
The Breakfast Club on BET (2023)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 1x129: Jemele Hill (Oct 12, 2023)
The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 4: The Invisible Man (Dec 22, 2022) [Co-Star]
The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle (2022)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-04-16: Episode 71 (Apr 16, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-03: Episode 62 (Apr 3, 2024)
Dark Side of Football (2021)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 1x01: Wide Receiver Divas (May 13, 2021)
Power Book II: Ghost (2020)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x08: Sacrifice (May 5, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Gettin' These Ends (Dec 12, 2021)
The ReidOut (2020)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2024-06-07: Episode 104 (Jun 7, 2024)
- Episode 2024-04-08: Episode 66 (Apr 8, 2024)
GMA3: What You Need to Know (2020)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 4x15: Bianca Juárez Olthoff, Kelley L. Carter, Jemele Hill, Luenell (Oct 6, 2023)
The Beat with Ari Melber (2017)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 2024-02-14: Episode 30 (Feb 14, 2024)
Marvel's Luke Cage (2016)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 2x02: Straighten It Out (Jun 22, 2018)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 2018-11-15: Ben Stiller, Jemele Hill, Jorja Smith (Nov 15, 2018)
CNN Tonight (2014)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2020-07-16: Episode 123 (Jul 16, 2020)
- Episode 2020-06-05: Episode 095 (Jun 5, 2020)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
(3 episodes)
- Episode 20x164: Jemele Hill, Capt. Sandy Yawn (Oct 9, 2023)
- Episode 19x176: Jemele Hill and Robyn Dixon (Oct 30, 2022)
- Episode 17x16: Jemele Hill & Kevin Dobson (Jan 27, 2020)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Jemele Hill
- Episode 2018-02-21: Jemele Hill, Laurie Metcalf (Feb 21, 2018)