query: who were the hosts of the tonight show

pos: The Tonight Show run: The Tonight Show The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show currently broadcast from the NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center in New York City, the show's original location (a tradition interrupted by decades of emanating from various studios in the Los Angeles region) and airing on NBC since 1954. The series has been hosted, in consecutive order, by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992, 4,531 episodes), Jay Leno (twice: 1992–2009 and again 2010–2014, 4,610 episodes total), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010, 146 episodes, 1 unaired), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present), and had several recurring guest hosts

pos: Late night television in the United States Kimmel Live!" and "Conan". Famous former hosts include Johnny Carson of "The Tonight Show", Jay Leno of "The Tonight Show" (who has taped more episodes than any other late night host), Arsenio Hall of "The Arsenio Hall Show", Tom Snyder of "Tomorrow", and "The Late Late Show", Steve Allen, the father of the late night talk show and founder of "Tonight" (now known as "The Tonight Show"), Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett, early competitors with Carson, and Jack Paar, the man who followed Steve Allen as host of the "Tonight Show" and who is responsible for setting the standards for

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" had guest hosts for entire weeks during Carson's vacations and other nights he had off. Many guest hosts were already large names in their own right, among them Frank Sinatra, Burt Reynolds and Don Rickles. The following is a list of those who guest-hosted at least fifty times during the first 21 years of the show's run: Sammy Davis Jr. guest hosted in April 1965, becoming the first African-American to host a talk show. Harry Belafonte guest hosted for a week in February 1968, and among Belafonte's guests were Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther

pos: Merv Griffin "One in a Million" for ABC in 1967. Griffin scored a coup when "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar accidentally emerged onto the set of "Play Your Hunch" during a live broadcast, and Griffin got him to stay for a spontaneous interview. After Paar left "The Tonight Show", but before Johnny Carson took over (Carson was still hosting "Who Do You Trust?" for ABC), Griffin was one of the many guest hosts who presided over "Tonight" in the interim. Griffin was considered the most successful of the guest hosts, and was rewarded with his own daytime talk show on NBC in

pos: Effect of the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike on television "An unwritten version of 'Late Night,' though not desirable, is possible -- and no one has to be fired." On November 12, 2007, instead of a recent episode, NBC aired an episode of "The Tonight Show" from November 17, 2003. Beginning the week of November 26, "The Tonight Show" began continuously airing "vintage" episodes. "The Tonight Show" was reportedly planning to air new episodes beginning November 19, having guest hosts to fill in for Jay Leno. This did not occur, however. Several talk show hosts who refused to do their shows announced that they would pay non-striking staff members out

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon "Tonight", hosted by Steve Allen. Jack Paar hosted the show from 1957 to 1962, but the show's longest-running and most famous host was Johnny Carson, who hosted the show for three decades and received six Emmys. Following Carson's 1992 retirement, "vast quantities of brainpower, money, and column inches were devoted to the issue of who was truly best suited to carry the franchise forward." NBC chose interim guest host Jay Leno, who took over the show that year. A pair of conflicts ensued over Leno's 22-year tenure, both revolving around the then-current hosts of "Late Night", the program directly following

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict conflict. 2010 Tonight Show conflict The 2010 "Tonight Show" conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving American television network NBC and two of its then-late-night talk show hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno. Leno, the host of long-running franchise "The Tonight Show" since 1992, and O'Brien, host of "Late Night" since 1993, were strong ratings leaders for the network for much of the decade. When O'Brien's contract neared its end and he was courted by other networks in 2001, NBC extended his contract and guaranteed him he would be the fifth host of "The Tonight Show". The network

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict 2010 Tonight Show conflict The 2010 "Tonight Show" conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving American television network NBC and two of its then-late-night talk show hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno. Leno, the host of long-running franchise "The Tonight Show" since 1992, and O'Brien, host of "Late Night" since 1993, were strong ratings leaders for the network for much of the decade. When O'Brien's contract neared its end and he was courted by other networks in 2001, NBC extended his contract and guaranteed him he would be the fifth host of "The Tonight Show". The network neglected

pos: Sylvester Weaver (executive) out would not necessarily threaten a program. Weaver created "Today" in 1952, followed by "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" (1954), "Home" (1954) with Arlene Francis and "Wide Wide World" (1955), hosted by Dave Garroway. There are those who dispute Weaver's credit for "The Tonight Show", including hosts Steve Allen and Jack Paar but, during a broadcast of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", both the host and his guest Dick Cavett stated that Weaver created both "Today" and "The Tonight Show". Years later, Paar said, "He didn't invent programs, but wrote great memos." He believed that broadcasting should educate as well

pos: Tonight Starring Jack Paar show was presided over by guest hosts; one of these early hosts was Johnny Carson. Other guest hosts included Jonathan Winters, Orson Bean, as well as the show's announcer, Hugh Downs. Starting in 1960, it was one of the first regularly scheduled shows to be videotaped in color, with the show recorded very early in the evening and broadcast from 11:15 P.M. to 1 A.M. Eastern time that night. Only a handful of complete Jack Paar "Tonight Show" episodes exist. All of them are black-and-white kinescope recordings; no color videotapes of any complete Paar "Tonight" shows are known to exist.

pos: The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour January 2010, late-night talk show hosts Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno engaged in a public relations conflict over who should host "The Tonight Show". Due to low ratings for "The Jay Leno Show" and "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien", NBC announced a schedule change, moving Leno from 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm, and O'Brien from 11:30 pm to 12:00 am. This change resulted in a public outcry and public demonstrations largely in support of O'Brien. O'Brien indicated that he would quit his show and leave the network if NBC were to implement it, citing the "destruction" of the venerable

pos: Blackmail (Law & Order) who would host the NBC late night talk show, "The Tonight Show". Letterman, who was previously passed over for "The Tonight Show" in favor of Leno, said NBC was developing a new show called "Law & Order: Leno Victims Unit". A voiceover for the fictional show said, "There are two types of talk show hosts. Jay Leno, and those who have been victimized by Jay Leno. These are their stories." Blackmail (Law & Order) Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series "Law & Order." It aired on NBC January 15, 2010. When Detectives Lupo

pos: Don Rickles Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on January 24, 2005, the Monday following Johnny Carson's death, reminiscing about their many guest appearances on Carson's show. The two also appeared together on the television sitcom "Newhart" and for previous episodes of "The Tonight Show", where Newhart or Rickles were guest-hosts. They and their wives often vacationed together. Rickles died of kidney failure on April 6, 2017, at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery. Upon hearing of his death, a number of television hosts and other actors paid tribute to his comedy talents. Among

pos: Late Show with David Letterman O'Brien's 2.9. The Letterman/Leno feud was revived in the wake of the 2010 "Tonight Show" conflict, which saw Letterman side with O'Brien. Despite the rivalry, Leno appeared in a "Late Show" promo with Letterman and Oprah Winfrey which aired on CBS during Super Bowl XLIV; it was Leno and Letterman's first joint appearance since Leno took over the "Tonight Show" in 1992. The feud between the hosts ended for good on February 6, 2014 with Leno's second and final retirement and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon, who succeeded Conan O'Brien in 2009, becoming the current host of the "Tonight Show"

pos: The Tonight Show otherwise adhered to the talk show format introduced by Allen and honed further by Paar. Carson is the longest-serving host to date although not the host with the most episodes. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" aired for 30 seasons between October 1962 and May 1992. Leno, however, has the record of having hosted the greatest number of total televised episodes. Leno's record accounts for the fact that unlike Carson (who only produced new shows three days a week starting in the 1980s), Leno never used guest hosts on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (except Katie Couric, once) and

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson by guest hosts. Due to the frequent need for substitutes, starting in 1983 permanent guest hosts were hired in order to give the program more stability. The permanent guest hosts were Joan Rivers (1983–86), then, after about a year where a wide range of guest hosts were used, Garry Shandling alternating with Jay Leno (1987–88) and finally Leno alone (1988–92) after Shandling left to focus on his Showtime series "It's Garry Shandling's Show". Though the concept of using "permanent" guest hosts was fairly strictly adhered to, occasionally illness or some other situation necessitated a substitute guest host, as when David

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict Sports noting a corporate policy banning any mention of O'Brien, it was acknowledged by the network during the buildup to the 2014 transition from Leno to Fallon. A brief shot of O'Brien walking onto his "Tonight" set was displayed in an on-air promo chronicling the franchise's history, and Fallon referenced the conflict on his first "Tonight Show" episode, when he opened the show by joking: I'm Jimmy Fallon, and I'll be your host—for now. (pause for laughter) Of course, I wouldn't be here tonight if it weren't for the previous "Tonight Show" hosts, so I want to say thank you

pos: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien "I allowed myself one, but it was a good one." "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" premiered on February 17, 2014. Fallon told a couple of jokes during his first "Tonight Show" monologue that referred to the Conan/Leno fiasco. He said in his monologue, "Welcome, I'm Jimmy Fallon and I will be your host... "for now!"" - taking a jab at the situation O'Brien went through. Fallon continued his monologue saying, "Of course I wouldn't be here tonight if it weren't for the previous "Tonight Show" hosts, so I want to say 'thank you' to Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny

pos: Guest host Show" during Johnny Carson's 30-year reign as host from 1962 to 1992. Toward the end of his tenure, Carson was granted more personal time off, and substitute hosts would be seen on the air more often. "Permanent guest host" is an oxymoron that likely originated on "The Tonight Show". Some guest hosts of "The Tonight Show" have gone on to host talk shows of their own. Jay Leno went on to succeed Johnny Carson; Joan Rivers went on to host "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" on Fox; and David Brenner hosted the short-lived "Nightlife" in the late-1980s. Richard Belzer

pos: Broadway Open House Weaver further developed his ideas on a local show over NBC's New York station starring Steve Allen, which eventually took to the network in 1954 as "The Tonight Show". There are those who dispute Weaver's credit for "The Tonight Show", including hosts Steve Allen and Jack Paar. Years later, Paar said "He didn't invent programs, but wrote great memos." Steve Allen remembered Hornsby, "Broadway Open House" and Fred Allen in a 1997 interview: Broadway Open House Broadway Open House is network television's first late-night comedy-variety series. It was telecast live on NBC from May 29, 1950, to August 24, 1951,

pos: Late night television in the United States Late Late Show" had never had a house band with hosts Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn, and Craig Ferguson, but with James Corden's assumption of hosting duties, the program features a house band led by Reggie Watts). Often, the show's announcer is also a major part of the show. Famous announcers include Gene Rayburn and Hugh Downs (both from the early years of "The Tonight Show"); Ed McMahon from "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"; Edd Hall and John Melendez from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"; Bill Wendell and Alan Kalter from "Late Show with David Letterman"; Dicky Barrett from

pos: The Tonight Show Ernie Kovacs during the Steve Allen era and Joan Rivers, Garry Shandling and Jay Leno during Johnny Carson's stewardship (along with dozens of occasional substitutes), although the practice has been abandoned since Carson's departure, with hosts preferring reruns to showcasing potential rivals. "The Tonight Show" is the world's longest-running talk show, and the longest-running, regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States. It is the third-longest-running show on NBC, after the news-and-talk shows "Today" and "Meet the Press". Over the course of more than 60 years, "The Tonight Show" has undergone only minor title changes. It aired under the name

pos: Johnny Carson doubts about his new job, Carson became the host of "Tonight" (later becoming "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson") on October 1, 1962. After a difficult first year, he overcame his fears. While "Tonight" under its previous hosts had been successful, especially under Paar, Carson's version eventually did very well in the ratings. Billy Wilder said of Carson: McMahon followed Carson from "Who Do You Trust?" as his announcer and sidekick and Skitch Henderson was installed as the maestro of the NBC orchestra. McMahon's famous introduction, "Heeeeere's Johnny!!!" was followed by a brief monologue by Carson. This was often followed

pos: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien with Jay Leno officially resuming his role as host on March 1, 2010, immediately following the conclusion of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It later received four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, the first time "The Tonight Show" received a nomination for this particular award after 2003. At only 146 episodes (145 aired) over the course of seven months and three weeks, it is the shortest-running iteration in the sixty-year history of "The Tonight Show". The show followed the established six-piece format used previous hosts Jay Leno and Johnny Carson, as well as elements established by

pos: The Tonight Show The Tonight Show The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show currently broadcast from the NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center in New York City, the show's original location (a tradition interrupted by decades of emanating from various studios in the Los Angeles region) and airing on NBC since 1954. The series has been hosted, in consecutive order, by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992, 4,531 episodes), Jay Leno (twice: 1992–2009 and again 2010–2014, 4,610 episodes total), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010, 146 episodes, 1 unaired), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present), and had several recurring guest hosts including

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict now, or wait for five years and then give it to Jimmy Fallon?" O'Brien himself referenced the affair with a joke that complimented President Obama on job creation: "Since [Obama] was first elected, the number of popes has doubled, and the number of "Tonight Show" hosts has tripled." The ceremony had also opened with a pre-recorded sketch that featured Kevin Spacey as his "House of Cards" character Frank Underwood, who at one point expresses sympathy toward O'Brien for "that backstabbing Leno." Later that year, O'Brien was chosen to host "Carson on TCM", a series that re-aired classic interviews from "The

pos: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien mural was replaced by Jay Leno's likeness. The NBC "Tonight Show Experience" website which originally featured media on all of the past hosts was also removed of all content. More recently mention of O'Brien has been restored to the site. Every search result in O'Brien's name on NBC.com only produced links to the "30 Rock" episode "Tracy Does Conan" – in which O'Brien guest stars – and the farewells to O'Brien during the episode of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" which aired after O'Brien's last "Tonight Show". Critics have also called into question promotions broadcast in early March 2010 for

pos: Fox Broadcasting Company stalwart "The Tonight Show" – whose then-host Johnny Carson, upset over her becoming his late-night competitor, banned Rivers (a frequent "Tonight" guest and substitute host) from appearing on his show (Rivers would not appear on "Tonight" again until February 2014, seven months before her death, when Jimmy Fallon took over as its host). By early 1987, Rivers (and her then-husband Edgar Rosenberg, the show's original executive producer) quit "The Late Show" after disagreements with the network over the show's creative direction; the program then began to be hosted by a succession of guest hosts. After that point, some stations that

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV began airing the show seven days a week beginning January 1, 2016. Currently, sixty-minute episodes (from September 1980-May 1992) air Monday through Friday nights, and ninety-minute episodes (from 1972-September 12, 1980) Saturday and Sunday nights. Jack Paar had often asked Carson to guest-host "Tonight" in its earliest years and repeatedly claimed he had been responsible for NBC's selection of Carson in 1962 as his replacement. Steve Allen also utilized guest hosts, including Carson and Ernie Kovacs, particularly after he began hosting "The Steve Allen Show" in prime time in 1956 and needed to reduce his workload on "Tonight". "The

pos: Late-night talk show refused it, having always been resentful of the forced change in format, and "NBC News Overnight", a newscast, took the slot instead. During his tenure as host of "The Tonight Show", Carson became known as "The King of Late Night". While numerous hosts (Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett being the best-known) attempted to compete with Carson, none was ever successful in drawing more viewers than Carson did on "Tonight", not even ABC's short-lived revival of Paar's show in 1973 using the name "Jack Paar Tonite". Much like Paar, Carson became tired of fulfilling the workload of 525 minutes a week,

pos: Murray Valeriano for the NBC Upfront Opening – co written by Tina Fey (2010) Murray Valeriano Murray Valeriano is an American comedian, producer, writer and radio host. Valeriano has written for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Bill Engvall's "Here's Your Sign Awards" and Ridiculousness. He co-hosted the ""Off the Cuff with Bill Engvall"" radio show on Sirius/XM and currently hosts and produces the ""Roadstories"" podcast. Valeriano was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of a born-again preacher, and raised in New Jersey. Valeriano was working as a caterer for a restaurant in California when he

pos: Murray Valeriano Murray Valeriano Murray Valeriano is an American comedian, producer, writer and radio host. Valeriano has written for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Bill Engvall's "Here's Your Sign Awards" and Ridiculousness. He co-hosted the ""Off the Cuff with Bill Engvall"" radio show on Sirius/XM and currently hosts and produces the ""Roadstories"" podcast. Valeriano was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of a born-again preacher, and raised in New Jersey. Valeriano was working as a caterer for a restaurant in California when he decided to pursue a full-time career in comedy. He moved to California

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict first time that late-night television—and the profits that came with it—could exist beyond "The Tonight Show"." Leno's "Tonight Show" started rocky; prior to Letterman's move, NBC considered matching CBS's offer to allow Letterman to take over from Leno. Letterman beat Leno for nearly two years until August 1995, when Leno welcomed Hugh Grant, who had recently been arrested for soliciting a prostitute ("What the hell were you thinking?", Leno asked, to applause), to a previously-booked appearance on "Tonight". From that point on, Leno beat Letterman in the ratings, and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" remained number one for the

pos: Steve Martin the mid-1970s, Martin made frequent appearances as a stand-up comedian on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", and on "The Gong Show", HBO's "On Location", "The Muppet Show", and NBC's "Saturday Night Live" ("SNL"). "SNL" audience jumped by a million viewers when he made guest appearances, and he was one of the show’s most successful hosts. Martin appeared on 27 "Saturday Night Live" shows and he guest-hosted 15 times, bested only in number of presentations by host Alec Baldwin (who has hosted 17 times ). On the show, Martin popularized the air quotes gesture, which uses four fingers to make

pos: Irv Kupcinet Sun-Times". "Kup's Column" chronicled the nightlife of Chicago, along with celebrity and political gossip. The column would eventually be distributed to more than 100 newspapers around the world. In 1952, Kupcinet became a pioneer in the television talk show genre when he landed his own talk show. In 1957, he was one of the set of hosts who replaced Steve Allen on "The Tonight Show", before Jack Paar was brought in to change the program's format. Kupcinet's own series ran from 1959 until 1986 and was, at one point, syndicated to over 70 stations throughout the United States. The series

pos: In de gloria back on the infamous moment that got him fired in the past. All people in the footage are actors. The show's host, Erik Hartman, is played by Tom Van Dyck, his two guests Valère and Marijke are portrayed by Lucas Van den Eynde and An Miller. It quickly became an Internet meme among foreigners who mistook it for being real. In September 2006 the YouTube clip was even shown during "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and Star Channel news, with both hosts announcing it as being real. Part of the Boemerang sketch were also featured in an Argentinian television

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson material from Carson's first two decades of "The Tonight Show" (1962–1982), much of it not seen since it had first aired, appeared in a half hour "clip/compilation" syndicated program known as "Carson's Comedy Classics" that aired in 1983. Audio clips from the show were featured nightly on WHO-AM in Des Moines, Iowa in the mid-2000s. In 2014, Turner Classic Movies would begin rerunning select interviews from the program for a new series called "Carson on TCM" presented by Conan O'Brien, who himself hosted "The Tonight Show" briefly. The digital multicast network Antenna TV acquired rerun rights to whole episodes of

pos: Fake News Awards categories". The awards were scheduled for January 8, 2018 at 5pm CST. In a January 7 tweet, Trump changed the date to January 17, citing increased interest in the award. Several late-night talk show hosts, including Samantha Bee and Jimmy Kimmel, satirically campaigned for an award. "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" displayed a billboard doing such in New York City's Times Square, with categories including "Least Breitbarty" and "Corruptest Fakeness", and Trevor Noah's "The Daily Show" bought a full-page ad in "The New York Times". "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" aired a sketch satirizing the Fake News Awards

pos: ABC's Nightlife Other hosts included William B. Williams, Nipsey Russell, Jimmy Cannon, Pat Boone, and Allan Sherman. Orchestra leaders were Cy Coleman, Elliot Lawrence, and Donn Trenner. In June 1965, Crane returned as the regular host, accompanied by Russell. ABC's Nightlife ABC's Nightlife is an American television talk show carried by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) from November 9, 1964, until November 12, 1965. It was an effort by ABC to compete with "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" on NBC. Initially known as "The Les Crane Show", the program had included Crane's exchanges with members of the audience in addition to

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict become his lead-in.) However, after Leno made the arrangement to remain at NBC, "those conversations were gone," according to Kimmel. Realizing that Leno's relationship with him had been artificial, Kimmel felt "worked over," reasoning that Leno was using the ABC discussions as a bargaining tactic to try to get his old job back. The only late night host who remained neutral was Jimmy Fallon, calling O'Brien and Leno "two of my heroes and two of my friends". He later joked that, "There's been three hosts of "Late Night": David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, and me. And if there's one thing I've

pos: Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon that matches one of the six colors in the NBC peacock logo. This level features displays of items from the entire history of "The Tonight Show", including exhibits dedicated to each of its past hosts. Items on display include suits and desk props used by the hosts, admittance tickets from each host's tenure, and an NBC video camera used for the show's taping in the golden age, all adjacent to a display of Jimmy Fallon as the current host. Guests may continue to the upper level once the lobby's lighting changes to the color of the NBC ticket they were

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict as the controversy has become more distant, formal acknowledgement of O'Brien's lengthy career at NBC has become more common by the network. In 2017, mention was made of the host in NBC's 90th Anniversary Special, and a display for him (along with all other former "Tonight Show" hosts) appears in the ride queue of the "Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon" theme park attraction at Universal Studios Florida. A plaque on the O'Brien display reads: In September 1993, Conan O'Brien made his television debut on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" after working as a writer on such television comedy

pos: Khonani series. The main plot regarding the two janitors—Subhas and Khonani—battling for the late-night shift at 11:30 p.m. closely mirrored the feud between television hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien over the hosting job of "The Tonight Show". Similar to the feud, in this "30 Rock" episode, Khonani signed a contract five years ago to take over the 11:30 p.m. from Subhas and asked Jack Donaghy to make it happen, which Jack does. In September 2004, it was announced by the NBC network that Jay Leno would be succeeded by Conan O'Brien in 2009 as host of "The Tonight Show". Five

pos: The Tonight Show DeGeneres, David Brenner, Tim Allen, Drew Carey, and Roseanne Barr. Johnny Carson retired after three decades in the long-time hosts' chair behind the familiar iconic late-night desk on May 22, 1992, and was replaced by Jay Leno amid national and media controversy. David Letterman not only wanted to move into that earlier time slot from his "Late Night" spot (which had been broadcast following Carson's program) after "The Tonight Show", but was considered personally by Carson (whose opinion was not revealed until several years later) as his natural successor despite Leno having been Carson's permanent guest host for several years.

pos: The Tonight Show of having guest hosts; one of these early hosts coincidentally was Johnny Carson. It was also one of the first regularly scheduled network shows to be telecast in color beginning sporadically in September 1957, with regular color broadcasts beginning in September 1960. On February 11, 1960, Jack Paar walked off his show, most unexpectedly in the midst of the program – an absence that lasted almost a month – after NBC censors edited out a segment taped the night before about a joke involving a "WC" ("water closet", a polite term for a flush toilet) being confused for a "wayside

pos: Kevin Kelton Kevin Kelton Kevin Kelton (born in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York) is a television writer-producer whose credits include "Saturday Night Live", "Night Court", "Boy Meets World" and other network series. He has also written articles and essays for "National Lampoon". Kelton is the younger brother of the comedian Bobby Kelton, who appeared regularly on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" during the 1970s and 1980s. Kevin now teaches TV and Film writing for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. He also co-hosts "The More Perfect Union" podcast. Kelton's first TV writing job was on the syndicated game show "Face the

pos: Gallagher (comedian) often in his skits to mock the language. After college, Gallagher began working as comic/musician Jim Stafford's road manager. Stafford and Gallagher traveled to California in 1969, during which time Gallagher decided to perform himself. He began honing his own comedy act while frequenting both The Comedy Store and The Ice House. He was repeatedly denied appearance on "The Tonight Show" in the 1970s and 1980s, as Johnny Carson disliked prop comedy. However, he was liked by some of the program's staff, and Gallagher eventually performed several times on the show when guest hosts were filling in for Carson. Gallagher

pos: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno March 2013, there were rumors that NBC would have Jimmy Fallon, who has been hosting "Late Night" since 2009 when he succeeded O'Brien, become the next host of "The Tonight Show" when Leno's current contract ends in 2014 and NBC would move the show back to New York for the first time in over 40 years. On May 13, 2013, during its fall "upfronts" presentation, NBC confirmed Fallon would take over as host of the "Tonight Show" beginning on February 17, 2014; Seth Meyers, in turn, would leave "Saturday Night Live" (where he was the anchor of "Weekend Update") and

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict learned from Dave and Conan, it's that hosting this show is a one-way ticket to "not" hosting "The Tonight Show"." Ironically, Jimmy Fallon was selected to replace the retiring Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" in February 2014. The comedians who came out in defense of Leno were far fewer and tended to have a professional or personal relationship with the host. Speaking to "The Hollywood Reporter", Jerry Seinfeld rebuffed the idea that NBC deserved blame and chastised O'Brien for pointing fingers: "What did the network do to him?" Seinfeld asked. "I don't think anyone's preventing people from

pos: Johnny Carson hour later at 12:30 am local time. In 1980, at Carson's request, the show cut its 90-minute format to 60 minutes on September 16; Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" added a half-hour to fill the vacant time. Joan Rivers became the "permanent" guest host from September 1983 until 1986. "The Tonight Show" returned to using rotating guest hosts, including comic George Carlin. Jay Leno then became the exclusive guest host in fall 1987. Leno joked that although other guest hosts had upped their fees, he had kept his low, assuring himself more bookings. Eventually, Monday night was for Leno, Tuesday for "The

neg: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Show" also failed to win the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, losing to "The Daily Show". A short clip (less than one second in length) of O'Brien appeared in an early promo for Fallon's "Tonight Show", which portrayed Fallon as the latest custodian of a 60-year-old franchise and featured all "Tonight" hosts of the past, most prominently Carson and Leno. In interviews, Fallon has included O'Brien when referring to "Tonight" history, noting himself as the sixth host in succession (counting Leno only once, and not counting the hosts during the show's brief incarnation as a newsmagazine in

neg: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson when guest hosts helmed the program. Carson almost never socialized with guests before or after the show; frequent interviewee Orson Welles recalled that "Tonight Show" employees were astonished when Carson visited Welles's dressing room to say hello before a show. Unlike his avuncular counterparts Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas, and Dick Cavett, Carson was a comparatively "cool" host who only laughed when genuinely amused and abruptly cut short monotonous or embarrassingly inept interviewees. Mort Sahl recalled, "The producer crouches just off camera and holds up a card that says, 'Go to commercial.' So Carson goes to a commercial and the whole

neg: Tonight Starring Jack Paar was under contract to "Trust" through September (they held him to his contract until the day it expired, prompting him to make occasional wisecracks on "Who Do You Trust?" about the situation- "I'd like to welcome you to ABC...the network with a heart"), he could not take over as host until October 1, 1962. The months between Paar and Carson were taken by a series of guest hosts, including Groucho Marx, Jerry Lewis, Jack Carter and Mort Sahl. The show was broadcast under the title "The Tonight Show" during this interregnum. As the years passed, Carson too became weary of

neg: Tonight Live with Steve Vizard show. After sampling the best in heavy Australian reds they raced back for the show, and on air, Gérard Depardieu, insisted on opening bottles of Grange, which he and Vizard drank on air. Agro, a puppet who frequently uses sexual innuendo and adult humor, was one of the most popular guests and guest hosts with both the audience and Vizard himself. Eric Bana was given his first break on "Tonight Live". In 1992, Paula Yates stood in as guest host. The same night her husband Bob Geldof was the surprise guest and conducted a surreal interview over satellite. "Tonight Live"

neg: Tonight at the London Palladium the title "Tonight at the London Palladium", and third from 2014 until 2015 under the title "Sunday Night at the Palladium", dropping "London". From 2016, the show is called "Tonight at the London Palladium" and is presented by Bradley Walsh. A one-off "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" was screened to mark Bruce Forsyth's 70th birthday in February 1998. The regular hosts of the show were Tommy Trinder (1955–58), Bruce Forsyth (1958–60 and 1961–64), Don Arrol (1960–61), Norman Vaughan (1962–65, 1974), Jimmy Tarbuck (1965–67), Jim Dale (1973–74) and Ted Rogers (1974). Other guest comperes were: Hughie Green, Alfred Marks, Robert

neg: Mary Healy (entertainer) became a signature song for Dinah Shore. Among the couple's other joint ventures on television were "The Stork Club" (1950), a CBS interview program; NBC's "The Peter Lind Hayes Show" (1950–51), a live situation comedy in which they played themselves on a set matching their actual New Rochelle home; the second season of the CBS variety show, "Star of the Family" (1951–1952); and the NBC sitcom "Peter Loves Mary" (1960–61), in which they played a show business couple with two children who are adjusting to suburban life. Healy and Hayes were among the substitute hosts of "The Tonight Show" in

neg: Tonight Starring Steve Allen regulars, including his own announcer (Bill Wendell; who would later work with David Letterman) and bandleader. A kinescope of the very first episode survives and Allen's opening monologue has been rebroadcast many times on "Tonight Show" anniversary specials and in documentaries such as "Television". In his opening remarks, Allen makes the prescient statement that "Tonight!" "is going to go on forever" (an apparent reference to the show's run time, then clocking in at 105 minutes with commercials). With several hosts over the decades, it has done just that, albeit with a much different meaning than Allen intended. Allen departed "Tonight"

neg: Tonight with Craig Doyle half a million since the first series. The departure of Tubridy to the Friday night slot left a gap in the schedule. In late 2009 RTÉ announced that it was to commission a new Saturday night entertainment show that would be fronted by "an established name or a combination of established names". Miriam O'Callaghan and Gerry Ryan, two broadcasters who lost out in the battle to succeed Kenny as host of "The Late Late Show", were two names that were mentioned as possible hosts. It was hoped that the show would be "high energy", would "provide a distinctively Irish take

neg: Tucker Carlson "Fighting for Our Children's Minds". In March 2013, it was announced that Carlson would co-host the weekend editions of "Fox & Friends;" he had been a contributor and frequent guest host on the program. He replaced Dave Briggs, who left the news channel to join the NBC Sports Network in January 2013. Beginning in April, Carlson officially joined co-hosts Alisyn Camerota and Clayton Morris on Saturday and Sunday mornings. On November 14, 2016, Carlson started hosting "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox News. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was created to replace the show "On the Record". The show debuted as "the network's

neg: Sports Fan Radio Network Sports Fan Radio Network The Sports Fan Radio Network was a national sports talk radio network that existed from 1996 through 2001, when it abruptly folded. SportsFan Radio Network officially debuted in 1993 with 80 hours of programming per month. Based in Las Vegas, the network broadcast its flagship show "SportsFan Tonight" from the Sports Theatre in the Las Vegas Hilton. Original hosts of the show were Geoff Nathanson and long time NFL scribe Howard Balzer. By 1994, SportsFan expanded to a 24/7 format, seven days a week. The signature show, "SportsFan Tonight" moved its broadcast location from the MGM

neg: Tonight Starring Steve Allen version of the show originated such talk show staples as an opening monologue, celebrity interviews, audience participation, and comedy bits in which cameras were taken outside the studio, as well as music. The success of the show led to Allen receiving a separate weekly prime time show, which aired on Sunday nights. Allen gave up the Monday and Tuesday shows, with guest hosts taking over for the summer of 1956. Beginning that fall, Ernie Kovacs (who came over from the faltering DuMont Television Network) was the regular Monday and Tuesday host for the 1956–1957 season with his own cast and

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict Comic Dog (owned by NBC) was eventually allowed to appear on the TBS show as well, with Triumph's performer Robert Smigel explaining that NBC only stands to gain by allowing him to give their property exposure. In an interview on "Piers Morgan Live", also in 2012, O'Brien acknowledged that in retrospect the plan to architect a transition for "The Tonight Show" five years in advance was "absurd," though he noted that he never anticipated Leno's ratings would fall in that interim, as the press had sometimes intimated, and he pointed out that all previous "Tonight Show" hosts had departed when

neg: Tonight Live with Steve Vizard including Dannii Minogue and Ally Fowler, performing before the many convicted murderers in the 70 person prison audience. In 1992, "Tonight Live" broadcast from London for a week, each show from a different location. One London episode from the dining room at London’s Ritz Hotel starred UK talk show hosts Terry Wogan, Michael Parkinson, Ben Elton, Alexi Sayle, Joanna Lumley, Kylie Minogue, Michael Caine and Jane Seymour. Another UK episode was broadcast from a Village in the Cotswolds and featured Oliver Reed who arrived drunk and dishevelled, went on camera and began to tell x-rated stories of his time in

neg: Cold Pizza Because of the format change, hosts Hoover and Maxie were let go due to lack of a sports journalism background, and Jacobson, Paige, and Bayless joined. Co-host Andrews was transferred by ESPN to Los Angeles to co-host ESPN2's new evening entertainment news show, "ESPN Hollywood". That show was cancelled in January 2006, and Andrews remained with ESPN until November 2006, when she left the company to work as a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight". The most recent format of the program featured the introduction graphic introducing the hosts and a show rundown. Following that was "The Top Story" of the sports

neg: Bradley Walsh Bradley Walsh Bradley John Walsh (born 4 June 1960) is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and former professional footballer, known for his roles as Danny Baldwin in "Coronation Street", in "", and Graham O'Brien in "Doctor Who", as well as hosting ITV game shows "The Chase" and "Cash Trapped". Walsh also hosts the annual "Crime Thriller Awards" and the "Specsavers Crime Thriller Club" on ITV3, he hosts the variety show "Tonight at the London Palladium" and is a team captain on the sports-themed panel show "Play to the Whistle". In October 2018 Walsh appeared as Graham O'Brien in

neg: Bradley Walsh Bradley Walsh Bradley John Walsh (born 4 June 1960) is an English actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and former professional footballer, known for his roles as Danny Baldwin in "Coronation Street", in "", and Graham O'Brien in "Doctor Who", as well as hosting ITV game shows "The Chase" and "Cash Trapped". Walsh also hosts the annual "Crime Thriller Awards" and the "Specsavers Crime Thriller Club" on ITV3, he hosts the variety show "Tonight at the London Palladium" and is a team captain on the sports-themed panel show "Play to the Whistle". In October 2018 Walsh appeared as Graham O'Brien in

neg: Mary Green (journalist) Mary Green (journalist) Mary Green is a British radio and television presenter. She currently hosts the "Sunday Breakfast Show" on BBC Radio Berkshire from 7am to 9am. Previously, she presented "Thames Valley Tonight" on ITV Thames Valley, covering the Central South and Meridian West regions, until 6 February 2009. Mary had presented "Meridian Tonight" for Meridian West until 1 December 2006 when the Meridian West and Central South news services were combined to create "Thames Valley Tonight/Today". Green worked for ITV in the South of England for many years, having been employed previously by TVS and Channel Television. She worked

neg: Mary Green (journalist) in the Meridian South region between 1993 (when Meridian started broadcasting), until October 2001 when she joined the Meridian West team. Mary Green (journalist) Mary Green is a British radio and television presenter. She currently hosts the "Sunday Breakfast Show" on BBC Radio Berkshire from 7am to 9am. Previously, she presented "Thames Valley Tonight" on ITV Thames Valley, covering the Central South and Meridian West regions, until 6 February 2009. Mary had presented "Meridian Tonight" for Meridian West until 1 December 2006 when the Meridian West and Central South news services were combined to create "Thames Valley Tonight/Today". Green worked

neg: PMPC Star Award for Best Celebrity Talk Show Abunda (Tonight with Boy Abunda / ABS-CBN 2) 2018: Boy Abunda (Tonight with Boy Abunda / ABS-CBN 2) PMPC Star Award for Best Celebrity Talk Show The PMPC Star Award for Best Celebrity Talk Show is given to the best television celebrity talk show of the year and also celebrity talk show hosts. 1988: Not So Late Night with Edu (ABS-CBN 2) 1989: Martin After Dark (GMA 7) 1990: Mel & Jay (ABS-CBN 2) 1991: Martin After Dark (GMA 7) 1992: Mel & Jay (ABS-CBN 2) 1993: Martin After Dark (GMA 7) 1994: 1995: Mel & Jay (ABS-CBN 2) 1996:

neg: Tonight Live with Steve Vizard to Coast", Kennedy announced that he would not be continuing the next year In later years, "Tonight Live" featured a Friday night guest host, usually Richard Stubbs.Vizard enjoyed taking nights off and more than 100 guest hosts were tried including Agro, Ben Elton, Bob Geldof, Paula Yates, Ronnie Corbett, Glenn Robbins and John Singleton. In the last two years of the show, up to two nights per week were pretaped. This became the subject of complaints (similar claims about a broadcast being 'live' despite being taped and broadcast hours later are often made on Australian television, in the context of

neg: After the News (TV programme) by an additional interviewee or contributor who is at the heart of a major news story, and the programme will make room for single interviews on particularly high-profile topics. Emma Barnett, who hosts her own show on BBC Radio 5 Live, presents every Tuesday and Friday night, while LBC radio host Nick fronts the show on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The pair alternate on Mondays. The programme is not shown in most of Scotland, due to the Scottish ITV licensee, STV, broadcasting their own late-night current affairs programme, "Scotland Tonight", however viewers in Scotland can see the show if they have

neg: Johnny Carson he was furious when former "Tonight Show" guest hosts John Davidson and Joan Rivers began hosting their own talk shows. Rivers' show on the Fox Network directly competed with Carson during the 1986-1987 season before being cancelled. On June 24, 2009, following Ed McMahon's death, Rivers lauded McMahon on "Larry King Live", but said that after she got her own show, Carson never spoke to her again. In December 1973, Carson joked on "Tonight" about an alleged shortage of toilet paper. Viewers believed the story and panic buying and hoarding ensued across the United States as consumers emptied stores, causing

neg: Pat Kenny Pat Kenny Patrick Kenny (born 29 January 1948) is a veteran Irish broadcaster, who currently hosts the daily radio show "The Pat Kenny Show" on Newstalk and the current affairs show "Pat Kenny Tonight" on TV3. Prior to this, Kenny had a 41 year high-profile career at RTÉ, in which he was their highest paid presenter for several years. He presented radio show "Today with Pat Kenny" on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between 10:00 and midday until 2013. He hosted "The Late Late Show" from September 1999 until May 2009, however returned as a stand-in host in January

neg: America's Got Talent which are judged by producers, were held in New York, Washington, D.C., Tampa, Charlotte, Austin, Anaheim, St. Louis, and San Francisco from October 2011 to February 2012. The show began its live theater performances at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on February 27. Piers Morgan did not return as a judge for season seven, due to his work hosting CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight", and he was replaced by Howard Stern. Since Stern hosts his SiriusXM radio show in New York City, the live rounds of the show were moved to nearby Newark, New Jersey. In December 2011,

neg: The Show with No Name The Show with No Name The Show with No Name was a public-access television cable TV show in Austin, Texas, hosted by Charlie Sotelo and the mysterious "Cinco." Each show featured clips of TV, film and music ephemera along with commentary by the hosts and calls from a predictably unruly public-access television audience. The clips were usually video snippets that captured a crazy moment of ephemeral history, such as Ed McMahon drunk on "The Tonight Show", an early live TV appearance by Frank Zappa playing the bicycle and other found instruments, or the famously disastrous Andy Kaufman appearance on Fridays.

neg: The Tonight Show and Carson were filled by a series of guest hosts including Art Linkletter (4 weeks), Merv Griffin (4 weeks), Hugh Downs (2 weeks), Joey Bishop (2 weeks), Bob Cummings, Jack Carter, Jan Murray, Peter Lind Hayes, Soupy Sales, Mort Sahl, Steve Lawrence, Jerry Lewis (2 weeks), Jimmy Dean, Florence Henderson, Arlene Francis, Jack E. Leonard, Groucho Marx, Hal March and Donald O'Connor, many of whom later noted they were being led to believe they were auditioning for the job. Griffin was so well received as a guest host that NBC gave him his own daytime talk show, the first of

neg: Tonight Live with Steve Vizard his guests. • When the set was renovated in 1991, Vizard replaced the guest chairs with different chairs each night. One night, a dentists chair was used for guests and Eddie Fisher, the singer and Father of Carrie Fisher, was interviewed in the dentists chair and given a free dental check up at the same time. • On the week of the first show, Channel 7’s parent company Qintex had just been placed in receivership and Vizard joked in that maiden show "Welcome to Tonight Live, or item number 731 in the Qintex catalogue." • When guest hosts appeared, Vizard's

neg: Baseball Tonight Adnan Virk replaced Berthiaume as one of the program's hosts, joining Karl Ravech. In May 2017, as the result of major staff cuts implemented by ESPN (which saw the layoff of several ESPN baseball reporters), the network cancelled the weekday editions of "Baseball Tonight", leaving only the editions that are broadcast before "Sunday Night Baseball" and on special occasions such as the Little League World Series and during the postseason. "Baseball Tonight" is split into a number of segments, each of which focuses on a particular aspect of baseball. These segments include: One featured running gag on the show is

neg: Jane Velez-Mitchell with Jane Velez-Mitchell) replacing Glenn Beck, who moved to Fox News Channel. She is often seen commenting on high-profile cases for CNN, TruTV, E! and other national cable TV shows. Velez-Mitchell frequently guest hosts for Nancy Grace on her Headline News show. Velez-Mitchell reported for the nationally syndicated show "Celebrity Justice" (produced by corporate sibling Telepictures). She also appears as a substitute host on HLN's "Showbiz Tonight". In October 2014, HLN's "Jane Velez-Mitchell" show was cancelled. Born to a Puerto Rican mother and an Irish American father, Velez-Mitchell has been on the forefront of many headline news stories for decades.

neg: JoJo Wright JoJo Wright JoJo Wright (“JoJo On The Radio”) is an American radio personality, Internet show host, celebrity commentator, and film actor. He hosts the Top 40 radio show, “JoJo On The Radio,” which airs on the number one station in Los Angeles, KIIS-FM, and is nationally syndicated in more than 60 markets. In addition, JoJo co-hosts the MSN Internet show, “Go See This Movie,” and has been a celebrity commentator on numerous shows including: CNN's “Showbiz Tonight”, MTV's “US Weekly’s Top 10 Moments of ‘The Hills’ special,” “KTLA Morning News”, “E! News,” and TV Guide specials. Also, he is featured

neg: JoJo Wright JoJo Wright JoJo Wright (“JoJo On The Radio”) is an American radio personality, Internet show host, celebrity commentator, and film actor. He hosts the Top 40 radio show, “JoJo On The Radio,” which airs on the number one station in Los Angeles, KIIS-FM, and is nationally syndicated in more than 60 markets. In addition, JoJo co-hosts the MSN Internet show, “Go See This Movie,” and has been a celebrity commentator on numerous shows including: CNN's “Showbiz Tonight”, MTV's “US Weekly’s Top 10 Moments of ‘The Hills’ special,” “KTLA Morning News”, “E! News,” and TV Guide specials. Also, he is featured

neg: 7th AVN Awards 7th AVN Awards The 7th AVN Awards ceremony, organized by Adult Video News (AVN), took place on January 8, 1990, at the Tropicana Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada. During the ceremony, AVN Awards were presented in 44 categories honoring pornographic films released the previous year. Actor Rick Savage hosted the show with segment co-hosts Christy Canyon, Barbara Dare and Nina Hartley. Portions of the show were taped for a segment on "Entertainment Tonight". "The Nicole Stanton Story" won five awards, the most of any feature, however Best Film went to "Night Trips", which took three trophies, as did "Voodoo

neg: Today Tonight CNN in Hong Kong. It was originally planned that Coren would continue as host until December 2008, but she was sacked by Seven and hosted her last show on 10 October 2008, to be replaced by new host Matt White. White hosted the show until November 2012. On 11 February 2013, Helen Kapalos commenced as anchor, and production was moved back to Melbourne where Kapalos was based. In January 2014, Helen Kapalos resigned as host to join "Sunday Night" as a senior correspondent. Kylie Gillies and Nick Etchells were the fill-in hosts for the show, until it was announced on

neg: Stuart Wagstaff Beast", he also appeared in leading roles in several stage productions including "There's a Girl in My Soup", "Present Laughter", "Private Lives", several theatre restaurant revues, presented ATN-7's news program "The Wagstaff Report" (1965), and a 1966 episode of the drama series "Homicide". In 1968 he became host of a major "Tonight" show on the Seven Network. He later moved to the Nine Network to become one of the regular hosts of "In Melbourne Tonight". During the following three years he hosted several shows on the Nine Network, including "The Sound of Music" and a regular late night interview show.

neg: In Melbourne Tonight as a Monday night variety show. Featured on the show were the comedic stylings of Steven Jacobs, Denise Drysdale, Ann-Maree Biggar and Julia Morris, who was best known for presenting "The Morris Report", a comedic take on the news events of the previous week. The show ran until 27 November 1998. In Melbourne Tonight In Melbourne Tonight, also known as ""IMT"", was a highly popular nightly Logie award-winning variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970. Graham Kennedy was the show's main host and star attraction but other presenters were often called on to present

neg: Sports Tonight (U.S. TV program) co-hosts. In addition, CNN aired a weekend program called "Sports Saturday" and "Sports Sunday". One of the programs's most popular features was called "Play of the Day" (later known as the "Replay of the Day"), which showed a highlight (i.e., a spectacular play) from that day's action. In 1996, CNN launched a new station called CNN/SI. "Sports Tonight" was renamed "CNN/Sports Illustrated", and was replayed many times throughout the night on CNN/SI, like ESPN was doing (and continues to do) with "SportsCenter". The program was renamed "Sports Tonight" shortly afterwards, and when CNN pre-empted the show in late 2000 due

neg: In Melbourne Tonight split-screen link with "The Tonight Show" on TCN-9 Sydney, via the recently completed co-axial cable linking Melbourne and Sydney. Kennedy signed off from "In Melbourne Tonight" on 23 December 1969 after twelve years. On his final program, he was given a crown - made by the GTV-9 props department - symbolising his reign as King of Australian television. The following year, IMT continued with four hosts, each on a different night of the week - Jimmy Hannan, Ugly Dave Gray, Bert Newton and Stuart Wagstaff. The program was gradually scaled back from four nights a week to three, then two,

neg: NBC week). NBC's last major radio programming push, beginning on June 12, 1955, was "Monitor", a creation of NBC President Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, who also created the innovative programs "Today", "The Tonight Show" and "Home" for the companion television network. "Monitor" was a continuous all-weekend mixture of music, news, interviews and features, with a variety of hosts including well-known television personalities Dave Garroway, Hugh Downs, Ed McMahon, Joe Garagiola and Gene Rayburn. The potpourri show tried to keep vintage radio alive by featuring segments from Jim and Marian Jordan (in character as Fibber McGee and Molly); Peg Lynch's dialog comedy "Ethel

neg: Paul M. Lisnek featured regularly discussing national, state and local political and sometimes legal issues. Lisnek is the host of "Politics Tonight" a nightly political talk show which airs on CLTV in Chicago. He also hosts the television shows "Political Update" on the Comcast Network and "Newsmakers" on "CNN Headline News", as well as the entertainment and politics radio talk show "The Paul Lisnek Show" on WVON in Chicago. He also appeared in the 2009 film "Were the World Mine" as a newscaster. In 2008, Lisnek won a Chicago/Midwest Chapter Emmy award for co-hosting the Chicago premiere of the movie "Ocean’s 13" along

neg: Sports Tonight (U.S. TV program) to the coverage of the disputed 2000 presidential election, producers decided to differentiate the format from "SportsCenter"s highlights. "Sports Tonight" was relaunched in 2001 with a sports talk format, where viewers interacted with the hosts via the Internet and toll-free phone lines about their favorite teams and players. By then, Charles was no longer hosting; Hickman and Vince Cellini were the program's hosts.. "Sports Tonight" continued on both CNN and CNN/SI until September 2001. When the terrorist attacks occurred on September 11, 2001, CNN went to all-news programming. Three days later, CNN announced that the program would no longer air

neg: Tonight on Broadway an Ear". Tonight on Broadway Tonight on Broadway was a weekly television show that ran from 1948 to 1950 on the CBS Television network. It premiered on April 6, 1948 and was the first program to be broadcast over the newly formed CBS network. The show, which was developed by Martin A. Gosch, aired excerpts from Broadway shows live from the theaters in which they were playing. The show was hosted by John Mason Brown, who was the president of the New York Drama Critics' Circle. The first show, on April 6, 1948, featured the original Broadway cast of the

neg: Tonight on Broadway Tonight on Broadway Tonight on Broadway was a weekly television show that ran from 1948 to 1950 on the CBS Television network. It premiered on April 6, 1948 and was the first program to be broadcast over the newly formed CBS network. The show, which was developed by Martin A. Gosch, aired excerpts from Broadway shows live from the theaters in which they were playing. The show was hosted by John Mason Brown, who was the president of the New York Drama Critics' Circle. The first show, on April 6, 1948, featured the original Broadway cast of the musical "Lend

neg: Wasbir Hussain East Entertainments Pvt Ltd, the region's largest media group. Hussain hosts a debate show on the Channel titled 'Northeast Tonight with Wasbir Hussain', telecast every Monday and Friday. The program involves discussion on current trending topics in Northeast India. He also hosts a popular weekly English talk show 'Talk Time with Wasbir Hussain' on News Live, a Group channel. In 2017, Hussain and two of his associates established the region's first state-of-the-art Television Media Institute at Guwahati called Turning Point Institute of Media and Creative Skills. Beginning his career as a journalist in 1984, Hussain covered Northeast India, Bangladesh and

neg: WKNR were officially moved from WKNR's former transmitter site in Broadview Heights, Ohio on October 29, 2007 under a $500,000 combined facility at The Galleria at Erieview, effectively ending 30 years of continuous use by WKNR and by WGAR (AM). Local weekday programming on WKNR includes "The Really Big Show" hosted by Tony Rizzo, Aaron Goldhammer, Chris Oldach, and Michael Rizzo late mornings, "The Next Level" with former NFL player Jerod Cherry, Emmett Golden, and Matt Fontana in afternoon drive, and Fontana hosts the hour-long "ESPN Cleveland Tonight" recap show evenings. Syndicated weekday programs include "Golic and Wingo" in morning drive,

neg: Chuck Woolery Woolery sing on "The Tonight Show". Woolery hosted the show for six years. In 1981, he was involved in a salary dispute with the program's producers; he said in a 2007 interview that he demanded a raise from $65,000 a year to about $500,000 a year because the program was drawing a 44 share at the time, and other hosts were making that much. Griffin offered Woolery $400,000 a year, and NBC offered to pay the additional $100,000, but after Griffin threatened to move the program to CBS, NBC withdrew the offer. Woolery's contract was not renewed and his final

neg: Melissa Doyle involved in legal proceedings in which it was alleged she identified a minor who was divorcing his parents. The divorce case was being heard in the Victorian Children's Court and because the boy was only 14 years old he couldn't be named. But "Sunrise", as well as a number of other news outlets, including the "Sunday Herald Sun" and "Today Tonight", allegedly identified him and the journalists/presenters were charged with contempt of court. The journalists and presenters/hosts were all acquitted but the Seven Network, its news director, "Today Tonight"s executive producer and the "Sunday Herald Sun" and its editor-in-chief were

neg: Mike Webb (pastor) Deborah Kirk on SAS 10's "New Faces" in 1971. This was a unique event, as it was the first occasion that three acts had received the award in the same show. The Webb brothers later went on to win the grand final of the series, and became guest presenters on numerous TV Telethons, a popular form of raising funds for charity in the 1970s. They also appeared regularly on NWS 9's "Stars of Tomorrow" and were popular guests on Ernie Sigley's "Adelaide Tonight" in the 1970s. In particular, they became teen hosts on Adelaide's version of the popular television show

neg: Sports Fan Radio Network its call sign from the network. Today, it is KXST, a CBS Sports Radio station. Sports Fan Radio Network The Sports Fan Radio Network was a national sports talk radio network that existed from 1996 through 2001, when it abruptly folded. SportsFan Radio Network officially debuted in 1993 with 80 hours of programming per month. Based in Las Vegas, the network broadcast its flagship show "SportsFan Tonight" from the Sports Theatre in the Las Vegas Hilton. Original hosts of the show were Geoff Nathanson and long time NFL scribe Howard Balzer. By 1994, SportsFan expanded to a 24/7 format, seven

neg: Carson's Comedy Classics in certain sketches were referred to as "The Carson Comedy Players" in the opening credits of "Carson's Comedy Classics" (longtime Tonight Show stalwart Carol Wayne also appears in many "Tea Time Movie" sketches). And of course, Ed McMahon, who was Carson's sidekick and announcer, and stayed with Johnny for Carson's entire "Tonight Show" run (1962-1992), is prominently featured in "Carson's Comedy Classics". McMahon also narrates the opening credits on the program as well. Final credits in each episode give mention to the staff of "The Tonight Show" and the producers and staff of "Carson's Comedy Classics" separately. The programs themselves

neg: Tonight with Craig Doyle weeks before handing over to Doyle who would present "Tonight with Craig Doyle" for a further eight weeks. Whichever chat show proved successful would be recommissioned for a further series. Doyle was known to have secured the role even before "The Saturday Night Show" had aired and wanted the Saturday programme to "compliment" the more serious Friday night chat show by being entertaining. "Tonight with Craig Doyle" made its debut on 10 April 2010 for an initial run of eight programmes. The guests for the first programme were La Toya Jackson, Louis Walsh and actress Victoria Smurfit. Kate Nash was