Tonight Starring Steve Allen
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Tonight Starring Steve Allen was the original incarnation of NBC’s long-running late-night talk show franchise, hosted by comedian and television pioneer Steve Allen in the 1950s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Steve Allen Show | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American television series
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late-night talk show ⓘ variety show ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Tonight Show ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | live television ⓘ |
| broadcastLiveFrom | NBC Studio 6B, Rockefeller Center ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Steve Allen ⓘ |
| endTime | 1957 ⓘ |
| featuredPerformer |
Don Knotts
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Eydie Gormé ⓘ Louis Nye ⓘ Steve Lawrence ⓘ Tom Poston ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Studio 8H, NBC Studios, New York City
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surface form:
NBC studios, New York City
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| firstAired | 1954-09-27 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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Tonight! America After Dark ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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talk show ⓘ variety ⓘ |
| host | Steve Allen ⓘ |
| houseBandLeader | Skitch Henderson ⓘ |
| influenced |
The Tonight Show
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surface form:
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
later American late-night talk shows ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1957-01-04 ⓘ |
| network | NBC ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the first nationally televised late-night talk show in the United States
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establishing the format of American late-night talk shows ⓘ |
| notableSegment |
Man on the Street interviews
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celebrity interviews ⓘ comedy sketches ⓘ |
| originalChannel |
National Broadcasting Company
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surface form:
NBC television network
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| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| originalRunLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tonight ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Tonight Show
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surface form:
The Tonight Show franchise
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| pictureFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| precededBy | local New York talk show hosted by Steve Allen ⓘ |
| presenter | Steve Allen ⓘ |
| productionCompany | NBC ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | local New York program Tonight! with Steve Allen ⓘ |
| starring | Steve Allen ⓘ |
| startTime | 1954 ⓘ |
| themeMusicComposer | Steve Allen ⓘ |
| timeSlot | late night ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Steve Allen Show