Tonight Starring Jack Paar

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"Tonight Starring Jack Paar" was an early and influential incarnation of NBC’s late-night talk show franchise, hosted by Jack Paar in the late 1950s and early 1960s and known for its conversational, often emotionally candid style.

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Jack Paar Tonite 1
The Jack Paar Program 1
The Jack Paar Show 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television talk show
late-night talk show
television series
alsoKnownAs Tonight Starring Jack Paar
surface form: The Jack Paar Tonight Show
basedOn The Tonight Show format
broadcastFrom Studio 8H, NBC Studios, New York City
surface form: NBC studios in New York City
broadcastOn weeknights
cameraSetup multi-camera
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1962-03-30
firstAired 1957
followedBy The Tonight Show
surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
format live television
genre comedy
talk show
hasHost Jack Paar
hasMainSubject celebrity interviews
current events
popular culture
influenced American late-night talk shows
The Tonight Show
surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
language English
lastAired 1962
locationOfFilming New York City NERFINISHED
medium television
network NBC
notableFor conversational interview style
emotionally candid monologues
influential role in shaping American late-night television
on-air emotional outbursts by Jack Paar
notableSegmentType celebrity interviews
monologue
musical performances
originalChannel NBC
originallyBroadcastIn Eastern Time Zone
originalNetwork NBC
originalRun early 1960s
late 1950s
partOf The Tonight Show
surface form: The Tonight Show franchise
partOfSeries The Tonight Show
pictureFormat black-and-white
precededBy Tonight Starring Steve Allen
presenter Jack Paar
productionCompany NBC
runtime approximately 105 minutes
starring Jack Paar
startTime 1957-07-29
timeSlot late night

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Tonight Starring Jack Paar alsoKnownAs Tonight Starring Jack Paar
this entity surface form: The Jack Paar Tonight Show
Tonight Starring Steve Allen followedBy Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Tonight Show hasVersion Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Jack Benny Program influenced Tonight Starring Jack Paar
this entity surface form: The Jack Paar Program
Jack Paar notableWork Tonight Starring Jack Paar
this entity surface form: The Jack Paar Show
Jack Paar notableWork Tonight Starring Jack Paar
this entity surface form: Jack Paar Tonite