In May 2008, she played in the AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open, but was eliminated in the qualifying round. On July 13, 2008, Menounos starred in the celebrity softball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. In November 2008, when Richard Belzer fell ill, she filled in as host for the North Shore Animal League's Dogcatemy Celebrity Gala, which takes place at NYC's Capitale. From 2009 to 2012, she hosted various reunion specials of MTV's "The Real World" and "The Challenge". Menounos appeared on the 2008 "Knight Rider" series episode "Fly By Knight", which aired on February 11, 2009, where she played a DEA agent who is in charge of investigating a plane crash.