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"March madness, indeed! Tom Bergeron, the longtime host of America&amp;apos;s Funniest Home Videos, announced Tuesday, Mar. 11 that he&amp;apos;s leaving the show after 13 years.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m embracing change this month,&amp;quot; he told Vulture in a statement. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve decided that, after 15 wonderful seasons as host of AFV, next year, the show&amp;apos;s 25th anniversary(!!) will be my last.&amp;quot; While the show will continue, Bergeron&amp;apos;s replacement remains unknown.\r\n\r\nBergeron&amp;apos;s departure announcement explains his cryptic tweet from last Friday, March 7. &amp;quot;March Madness: I begin hosting my 18th season of @DancingABC on 3/17 and wrap up shooting my penultimate season as host of @AFVofficial 3/27,&amp;quot; wrote the personality.\r\n&amp;quot;As Doctor Who fans know, every so often a regeneration is a good thing,&amp;quot; Bergeron told Vulture.\r\n\r\nThe 58-year-old personality, who&amp;apos;s emceed the beloved home video show since 2001, walks away from AFV as its longest-tenured host with a whopping 270 episodes already under his belt. Prior to Bergeron, America&amp;apos;s Funniest Home Videos was hosted by Full  House alum Bob Saget for 11 years from 1989 to 2011.\r\nThe Sunday show has attracted a large number of viewers, which has now translated to online numbers: Vulture reports that AFV averages 6.6. million viewers per week, which might explain why Bergeron hinted at a possible spinoff show Tuesday.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;True, but we&amp;apos;re not &amp;apos;parting,&amp;apos; possibly,&amp;quot; he tweeted along with a link to Vulture&amp;apos;s piece. &amp;quot;We&amp;apos;ve already pitched a LIVE spin-off show to ABC.&amp;quot;\r\nBergeron will continue hosting ABC&amp;apos;s smash reality competition show Dancing With the Stars, now in its 18th season. The big difference this season is Bergeron&amp;apos;s new co-host, Erin Andrews, who replaces the recently fired Brooke Burke-Charvet."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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