Is Tom Bergeron retiring? Why was Bergeron out?

Tom Bergeron is not retiring. According to the former Dancing With the Stars host, he is not retired and has just been taking time off since his 2020 exit from hosting the show.

Tom Bergeron’s final episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos aired May 17, 2015. In June 2005, Tom Bergeron began hosting the reality series Dancing with the Stars, also on ABC.

For his work on Dancing with the Stars, Tom Bergeron received nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program. He won the award once in 2012.

On September 20, 2008, Tom Bergeron co-hosted the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards alongside Heidi Klum, Jeff Probst, Ryan Seacrest, and Howie Mandel. In 2020, Tom Bergeron competed in the third season of The Masked Singer as “Taco”.

Tom Bergeron served as the original host of WBZ’s weekend morning teenage discussion series Rap-Around from 1987 to 1989.

In February 2001, Tom Bergeron became the new host of the ABC series America’s Funniest Home Videos.