The Midnight Special

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music television series television series variety show

The Midnight Special was a 1970s late-night American musical variety television series that featured live performances by major rock, pop, and R&B artists, often introduced by famed DJ Wolfman Jack.

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Label Occurrences
The Midnight Special canonical 3
The Midnight Special (TV series) 1
The Midnight Special episodes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
variety show ⓘ
broadcastDay Friday night ⓘ
broadcastTimeSlot late night ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Burt Sugarman ⓘ
featuredPerformer ABBA ⓘ
Aerosmith ⓘ
Al Green ⓘ
Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Barry Manilow ⓘ
Chicago ⓘ
David Bowie ⓘ
Donna Summer ⓘ
Earth, Wind & Fire ⓘ
Electric Light Orchestra ⓘ
Elton John ⓘ
Fleetwood Mac ⓘ
Gladys Knight & the Pips ⓘ
Kiss ⓘ
surface form: KISS

Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
Rod Stewart ⓘ
Bee Gees ⓘ
surface form: The Bee Gees

The Doobie Brothers ⓘ
The Jackson 5 ⓘ
The O’Jays ⓘ
surface form: The O'Jays
filmingLocation Los Angeles ⓘ
firstAired 1973-02-02 ⓘ
firstAiredYear 1973 ⓘ
genre R&B music television ⓘ
music television ⓘ
musical variety show ⓘ
pop music television ⓘ
rock music television ⓘ
lastAired 1981-05-01 ⓘ
lastAiredYear 1981 ⓘ
narrator Wolfman Jack ⓘ
notableFeature episodes were often introduced by DJ Wolfman Jack ⓘ
featured live performances rather than lip-synced tracks ⓘ
focused on contemporary rock, pop, and R&B acts of the 1970s ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 9 ⓘ
originalChannel NBC ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyAiredAfter The Tonight Show ⓘ
surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
originalNetwork NBC ⓘ
pictureFormat color ⓘ
presenter Wolfman Jack ⓘ
productionCompany Burt Sugarman Productions ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode 90 minutes ⓘ

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Wolfman Jack → notableWork → The Midnight Special ⓘ
Wolfman Jack → appearedIn → The Midnight Special ⓘ
Midnight Train to Georgia → notablePerformance → The Midnight Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: performed on The Midnight Special
I Honestly Love You → performedOnTVShow → The Midnight Special ⓘ
Midnight Special (TV series) appearances → partOf → The Midnight Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Midnight Special (TV series)
Midnight Special (TV series) appearances → relatedTo → The Midnight Special ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Midnight Special episodes