Before he became best known as a game-show host (“Deal or No Deal”) and talent-show

Before he became best known as a game-show host (“Deal or No Deal”) and talent-show judge (“America’s Got Talent,” which returns tonight on NBC), Howie Mandel had a varied TV career, to say the least. Here are five of Mandel’s early credits:

v “St. Elsewhere” (1982-88): Mandel broke through with his role as young emergency room specialist Dr. Wayne Fiscus on this critically acclaimed NBC medical drama.

v “Good Grief!” (1990-91): In this tasteless Fox comedy, Mandel played an ex-con artist who married into a family of morticians and ran their business in a highly questionable manner.

v “Bobby’s World” (1990-98): Mandel created this long-running animated show, which was Fox’s first Saturday-morning cartoon. He also voiced the title character, a 4-year-old, and introduced (in nonanimated form) each episode.

v “Amazing Live Sea Monkeys” (1992-93): Mandel created and starred in this live-action Saturday-morning series about an eccentric professor who enlarged three sea monkeys to human-size.

v “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” (1996): Mandel guest-starred as Mr. Mxyzptlk, the Man of Steel’s impish tormentor from the fifth dimension.

“America’s Got Talent” (9:01 P.M., NBC): Supermodel Heidi Klum and former Spice Girl Mel B join the judges panel for Season 8 of “America’s Got Talent.” Their first assignment: Separate the kooks from the legitimate contenders.

“Exit” (10 p.m., Syfy): Contestants must make their way out of a series of seemingly inescapable rooms in this new game show.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Auction event at Unitarian church

YOUNGSTOWN

First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, corner of Elm and Illinois streets, North Side, will host a fund-raiser auction from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday that will include a buffet of appetizers and desserts, beverages and entertainment.

The event will be in Channing Hall; enter through the Illinois Avenue door.

Auction items include chef-prepared dinners, boat rides, picnics, photography projects, bird walks, beer tastes, archaeological exploration and more.

Tickets are $10 for adults.

A Red Cross-certified babysitter will be present and there will be movies and pizza for older children, all free of charge.

Contact Jan Schnall at 330-759-1800 or stonington13@gmail.com

Free performances by concert band

CANFIELD

The Canfield Community Concert Band, under the direction of Brian Harris, will present a series of free outdoor summer concerts.

June 11: Shepherd of the Valley, Western Reserve Road, Poland, 7 p.m.

June 17: Canfield Village Green, 7 p.m.

June 28: Poland Village Hall Park, 7:30 p.m.

June 30: Buhl Park in Sharon, Pa., 6 p.m.

The program will include a medley of movie themes by John Williams, the hymn “Amazing Grace” and Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.”