He also hostedComcast Newsmakers, a news interview show on CNN Headline News.
Hanson got his start in the mailroom at KPIX in the 1950s.
In the 1960s, Hanson hosted his own show,Jacks Place, back at KPIX.
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On it, he interviewed celebrities and would also draw cartoons.
The latter became his trademark.
Periodically, he would fill in on KABC-TVsAM Los AngelesandMid-Morning Los Angeles.
The San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences inducted him in 2000.
