Show Broadway Open House From Wikipedia: Broadway Open House , network television's first late-night comedy-variety series, was telecast live on NBC from May 29, 1950 to August 24, 1951, airing weeknights from 11pm to midnight. The show was one of the pioneering TV creations of NBC president Pat Weaver; it demonstrated the...
Show Tonight! America After Dark From wikipedia: Steve Allen and Ernie Kovacs departed [the] Tonight [show] in January 1957 after NBC ordered Allen to concentrate all his efforts on his Sunday night variety program, hoping to combat CBS's Ed Sullivan Show's dominance of the Sunday night ratings.[citation needed] Tonight! America...
