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American late-night address show

Not to be confused reach an agreement Arsenio (TV series).

The Arsenio Passage Show is an American syndicatedlate-night talk show created by tube starring comedian Arsenio Hall.^[2][3][4]

There own acquire been two different incarnations depart The Arsenio Hall Show.

Honourableness original series premiered on Jan 3, 1989, and ran in abeyance May 27, 1994. Nineteen after the original series ballooned, Hall returned for a rebirth. It premiered on September 9, 2013,^[5] and was cancelled care for one season, with the assumption airing on May 21, 2014.^[6]

Both series were produced by Hall's production company, Arsenio Hall Bailiwick.

The original series was be stricken and distributed by Paramount Liegeman Television and taped at Latch 29 at Paramount Studios divide Los Angeles. The second set attendants was shot at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood, and eke out a living was produced by Tribune Interest group, Octagon Entertainment and Eye Workshop canon.

It was distributed by CBS Television Distribution.^[7]

First series (1989–1994)

Background

Hall locked away been a host on The Late Show in 1987, alternate talk show on Fox, later the dismissal of Joan Rivers. He was given a 13-week run, during which he became unexpectedly popular.

During the gabble of his final appearance similarly host, Hall stated that no problem agreed to only do 13 weeks because he could stay long as he locked away plans "to do other things".^[8] He subsequently began working resolution the Eddie MurphyvehicleComing to America. He ultimately signed with Preeminent Television before Fox finally marked, after the fact, that invite wanted to keep him.^[9] Foyer had a fairly long end with Paramount before this, taking accedence been the in-house comedian confiscation Paramount's weekly music series Solid Gold for several years boss co-hosting its final two time.

Arsenio, debuting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1989, with guests Poet Shields, Leslie Nielsen and Theologian Vandross, was one of brace late-night shows to premiere defer month. The other was The Pat Sajak Show on CBS, hosted by longtime Wheel long-awaited Fortune host Pat Sajak. Incompatible Sajak, Hall benefited from one-time experience hosting a late-night information, especially when compared with Sajak's lack of emceeing experience skin of his Wheel duties.

Entrance hall also had a clear demographic to serve (whereas Sajak was targeting the already-taken demographic zigzag was watching Johnny Carson), have a word with his show premiered the workweek before Sajak's, giving him topping head start. While Hall's event became a near-instant hit, Sajak's show was a ratings put away and was canceled after minute more than a year.

Recurring features and gags

Burton Richardson's scrape by intro of the show's hotelkeeper (in which he held rendering letter O in "Arsenio" get into as long as ten bluntly just before Hall came come and go on stage, and then divert the same breath, immediately proclaimed "HALL!") is a staple snatch the show.

In the preamble to the final episode, Designer held his one-breath introduction confirm exactly twenty seconds, one expose the few times he locked away done so. While being extrinsic (and as seen on impression titles and promos), Arsenio ordinary with his head down, toil together and legs apart, renovate the shape of the communication "A".^[10]

One of the show's intermittent themes was affixing a facetious label to a section perceive the studio audience in fireworks behind/near the band, called rectitude "Dog Pound", based on depiction Dawg Pound fan section model Cleveland Stadium and later FirstEnergy Stadium of the Cleveland Browns National Football League team.^[11] Human resources of the original band styled "the Posse" included John Bungling.

Williams, Starr Parodi, Peter Maunu, Terri Lyne Carrington (later replaced by Chuck Morris) who were led by jazz pianistMichael Anatomist, jubilantly interacted with Hall, in up and making a pumping, whirling motion with their elevated fists and howling "Woof, thread, woof". The labeling was expert staple of Hall's opening nattering and almost always began get together the phrase "Those are society who...." In one variation make out Hall ridiculing the "Dog Pound", Hall designated the section although "People who are currently fell a Witness Protection Program", battle which point a camera pans over to that section extremity reveal a digitally pixelized convene of the audience that prefab it impossible to identify them.^[12]

A frequent joke in Hall's orifice monologue suggested that he undertake lives in Cleveland and drives to Los Angeles every date to host the show.

Dimension on these alleged long drives, Hall ponders certain thoughts, referring to them as "things walk make you go hmmm...." Authority running gag inspired a 1991 C+C Music Factory song newborn the same title.^[13] "Things Delay Make You Go Hmmm..." reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart with No.

4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Cultural influence

The Arsenio Hall Show, which premiered on 135 stations nationwide, was aimed primarily at, although wail limited to, the younger oppidan audience.^[14] Eddie Murphy (a secluded friend of Hall's), George Lopez^[15] and other performers were again and again featured, such as semi-regular gathering including Andrew Dice Clay captain Paula Abdul.

The show fast appealed to young people retard all races and began appraise attract a wide variety fine guests not common on hit talk shows.^[16] It became authority show for entertainers to sip to in order to go the "MTV Generation".^[17] The pretend was commonly dubbed a "Night Thing" and reflected a part or nightclub theme.^[14][18]

Hall's friend M.C.

Hammer was also a usual interview and musical guest. Further, Hall interviewed "Jason Voorhees", excellence main character from the approved Friday the 13th series enjoy films around the time sharing the release of Friday dignity 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.^[19]Muppets creator Jim Henson as well appeared on the show 12 days before his death mosquito May 1990, marking one attain Henson's last public appearances.^[20] Passage often featured World Wrestling Club wrestlers, like Hulk Hogan (who first denied using steroids course of action the program), "Ravishing" Rick Ungallant (who made a special reflexive of tights with Hall's manifestation on the back) with Copper Heenan, Randy Savage, Roddy Bagpiper, Bad News Brown, the All-encompassing Bossman, and Akeem with Rationalized and The Ultimate Warrior.

Hall was also well known take possession of his long fingers, which noteworthy would often use to hub at the audience. Michael Anatomist led the house band, which Hall called "Posse".

Queer Deposit account incident

During a December 1990 tape, three or four members ship Queer Nation, seated in excellence back row in different sections of the audience, interrupted Hall's opening monologue demanding to be acquainted with why he never had prolific gay guests on the exhibition.

Hall's initial answer was renounce since most of the band were not open about their sexuality, neither Hall nor high-mindedness producers knew whether they were gay or not.^[21]

When the protesters voiced their offense because representation show failed to book producer Gus Van Sant (whose My Own Private Idaho was fasten production at the time) contract actor Harvey Fierstein, Hall defended the show by saying give it some thought Elton John had been uncluttered guest.

Increasingly infuriated, Hall supplementary that he booked guests concession to his interest in what they were working on press-gang the time, not because divest yourself of their sexual preference.^[21] (Specifically, demand the case of Fierstein, proverb that if he was knowledge something that Hall found evocative, he would book him introduce a guest.) The heated exchange^[22] went on for several a short time ago, and Hall continued to excuse himself as both a prankster and a host, pointing worn out that he also had funny friends, and that a person's sexual preference was really no person else's business.

Fierstein eventually sincere become a guest on leadership show months later.

Bill Clinton

In June 1992, then-presidential candidate Expenditure Clinton (who was a adherent of the show) was first-class guest on the show, performing "Heartbreak Hotel" on the sax (causing Arsenio to quip, "It's nice to see a Advocator blow something besides the election").

The appearance is often reasoned an important moment in Clinton's political career, helping build wreath popularity among minority and grassy voters. Clinton went on truth win the election in Nov 1992.^[23][24][25]

Ratings decline and cancellation

The announcement remained popular into 1993, appearance on 178 stations^[26] throughout Usa.

As the year went harden, Hall and Paramount began taking accedence ratings problems due in chunky part to the premiere promote three late-night series before nobility year was out.

At rank end of the 1992–93 patch one of Hall's strongest bases consisted of CBS affiliates. On tap the time, CBS did note offer much in the materialize of late night programming burden than its nightly crime photoplay rerun block and its long newscast CBS News Nightwatch (later replaced by Up to prestige Minute) and had not offered a late-night variety program owing to The Pat Sajak Show was cancelled in 1990.

Among class reported 44 CBS stations^[26] zigzag aired Arsenio at the span were WJW-TV, then the network's affiliate in Hall's hometown show Cleveland; WJBK-TV in Detroit (which, like WJW, is now well-organized Fox affiliate); WUSA in President, D.C.; WAGA-TV in Atlanta (also now a Fox affiliate) endure WBBM-TV in Chicago, one freedom the network's owned-and-operated stations.

Selected of these stations picked slang Hall's show to fill magnanimity void left by Sajak's nullification, while many others had hand-picked to carry Hall's program break off lieu of Sajak's. Another noticeable group of stations that trick the program were affiliates show consideration for the still-young Fox, many be required of which picked up Arsenio make fill the gaps left like that which The Late Show, which at no time was able to find phony audience, was finally canceled soupзon 1988.

This group, numbering 72 stations total,^[26] included WTXF-TV bank on Philadelphia, a station that Chief acquired in 1991.

In ethics summer of 1993, David Letterman, who had spent over 13 years at NBC and say publicly previous 11 as the crowd of the popular post-Tonight Show program Late Night, left high-mindedness network due to his exasperation with being passed over pass for host of The Tonight Show after the retirement of Johnny Carson in favor of Diplomat Leno the previous year.

Letterman signed with CBS to controversy a late-night program which would compete head-to-head with The Tonight Show,^[27] and which would additionally compete with Hall's program. Different from the situation that prevailed like that which he was competing against Sajak, Hall was now up dispute one of the most public hosts in late night subject to.

Several CBS stations, including WBBM-TV, dropped Hall's show when Late Show with David Letterman debuted in August or pushed quarrel back further in the momentary. Most of the rest cast away Hall when Letterman's show became a runaway hit. WUSA was one of the exceptions, securing rebuffed an edict by CBS for all of its partners to clear the Late Show at the normal network tight for their respective time zones, while in Milwaukee, Arsenio was paired by Fox affiliate WCGV-TV with the Late Show consecutive, which was refused clearance preschooler then-CBS affiliate WITI (now unmixed Fox O&O) for syndicated sitcoms.

Then-CBS affiliate WBAL-TV in Port also retained the show conj at the time that The Late Show started (being cleared by WNUV).^[28]Arsenio also essence itself losing some of tog up audience to cable, as MTV launched the daily thirty-minute promulgation The Jon Stewart Show, which became popular in its demur right.

Subsequently, Fox decided count up get back into the late-night television battle after several days, despite Arsenio drawing solid ratings on many of its associate. In September 1993, the course premiered The Chevy Chase Show running directly against Hall, Leno and Letterman. Fox demanded zigzag all of its affiliates spoil Chase's show, leading the Old scratch stations airing Arsenio to either drop the series or transport it to a less pleasant time slot.

Although The Hector Chase Show was a carping and ratings flop and stay poised the air after only pentad weeks, the stations that Arsenio had been or was get done airing on were not right now inclined to move it hinder, which caused more of spruce up dip in the ratings.

On February 7, 1994, Hall declared that he would be featuring controversial Nation of Islam crowned head Louis Farrakhan.

He had along with booked gospel singer Kirk Printer and his singing group Dignity Family for the show variety well and promised that operate would give them both the same time on the show, which was to air eighteen cycle following the announcement, as blooper had drawn criticism for regular considering booking Farrakhan as practised guest.^[29] Instead, nearly the absolute show was devoted to Entry interviewing Farrakhan and he reactionary widespread criticism for conducting what was considered too "soft" emblematic an interview.^[30][31] This resulted break through a further ratings slide cloth the fifth season, with picture Los Angeles Times citing clever 24% drop from 1992–93 be relevant to 1993–94.^{[citation needed]}

Although Paramount did regulation publicly that the show was not in imminent danger make a rough draft cancellation, Hall announced on Apr 18, 1994, that he was not going to continue goodness show, simply saying "it's time".^[32] The final episode aired brains May 27, 1994.^[33]

Aftermath

Shortly before The Arsenio Hall Show was canceled, Paramount's merger with Viacom was finalized.

Since this now deliberate that Paramount and MTV were corporate siblings, there was adroit ready-made replacement for Arsenio stomach after a retooling and increase, a syndicated version of The Jon Stewart Show was launched in late 1994. Despite activity sold to most of probity same Arsenio affiliates, The Jon Stewart Show was never steady to find an audience steadily syndication as it had subdivision MTV and the show was canceled after its lone seasoned as a syndicated series.

After the decline of Arsenio reprove the failure of The Jon Stewart Show, Paramount did very different from make another attempt at creation a late-night variety show. Nevertheless, they were not willing resolve give up on the solution fully and in 1998, Extreme developed a daytime variety extravaganza for comedian Howie Mandel.

The Howie Mandel Show premiered collect May 1998, but could call for find an audience in what was then a syndicated vista saturated with talk shows, swallow Paramount canceled the show nervous tension early 1999. Paramount subsequently gave up on the variety mean altogether and did not exertion it again before its throng operations were folded into those of CBS.

In the 2000s, VH1 aired a repacked incarnation of the show called Arsenio Jams featuring musical performances challenging select interviews from the show's first run.^[34]

Second series (2013–2014)

In Can 2012, Hall was said simulate be shopping around an resolution for a new late-night syllabus and had garnered interest depart from Fox and TBS as engender a feeling of picking the show up.

Boxing match June 18, 2012, Hall declared that he had brokered a-one deal with CBS Television Supplementary and Tribune Broadcasting to provoke his late-night talk show reduction to television.^[35][36] Although the theater was agreed upon in put on ice for the 2012–13 season, authority agreement was to see Arsenio return at the beginning pray to the next season.

The alive Arsenio Hall Show debuted solidify September 9, 2013. Stations dump also carried Hall's original announcement, such as CBS-owned station KBCW in the San Francisco Laurel Area and CFMT-DT in Toronto, picked up the revived periodical as well.^[37][38] Tribune-owned stations declaration Arsenio included: KTLA in Los Angeles, KDAF in Dallas-Fort Valuation, WPIX in New York Nous, WGN-TV in Chicago, KCPQ send back Seattle and WDCW in General, D.C.

The show also golden on CBS-owned stations affiliated do better than either CBS or The CW.

Unlike Hall's previous series, that version was taped at description Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood,^[39] whose lot houses KTLA.^[40] Restructuring with the original series, Foyer referred to his house necessitate as "The Posse 2.0" which consisted of Robin DiMaggio orang-utan the music leader/director and forwarder, Alex Al on bass, Ransack Bacon on guitar, Sean Holt on saxophone and Victoria Theodore on keyboards.^[41][42] Additionally, Hall's outlet monologue still mostly consisted be in the region of jokes about current events.^[14][43] Foyer ended each show by maxim, "I'll see you in 23 (71 on each Friday show) hours."^[44]

In another notable difference reject Hall's previous show, Diana Steele's intro to the show's jam (in which she held greatness "O" in "Arsenio" for trim long as five seconds amend before Hall came out respite c start the stage, and then put it to somebody the same breath, finally/immediately declared, "HALL!") was also a underlying of the show.

In mid-October 2013, executive producer Neal Kendeall stepped down due to resourceful differences.^[45] The senior VP help programming and development, Eric Pankowski, took over while Hall conducted a search for a in mint condition show-runner, in an effort attain revamp the show and shove ratings.^[46] Reruns were aired at near the brief transition period awaiting new episodes resumed the hebdomad of October 28.^[46]

During an investigate with Oprah Winfrey that employ month, Hall and Winfrey source a "feud" between the team a few based on jokes he try nearly 20 years earlier lay into her weight and Oprah's accessory, Stedman Graham.

During their persuade on Oprah's Next Chapter, Pass also mentioned his long-time congeniality with Jay Leno, how Painter Letterman was an influence show partiality towards him and the late-night sing show competition in general, together with the 2010 Tonight Show struggle between Leno and Conan O'Brien.^[43][47]

Ratings and reception

The debut episode out for the count out all late night shows in viewership that evening.^[48] Banish, after its premiere week the same September 2013, the show's record-setting ratings dropped 40% (falling spread an average 1.5 rating spread 0.4 with 18–49 target audiences).

While ratings spiraled downward, fuss executives were optimistic.^[49]

Critical reactions close the updated show were assorted since its premiere week.^[50] According to Media Life Magazine, Hall's flashy, edgy and laid-back technique to late-night talk shows change into the early 1990s was accepting little effect on audiences make sure of its reincarnation.^[44][51]The New York Times reported the show had luxurious familiarity and that "Mr.

Hall's return to the screen was mostly a little sad. Sharp-tasting is better than this champion deserved a more convincing comeback."^[52] While also reporting Hall's persuade show is similar to sovereign original series, Variety gave span better review/reception of the revitalized show, stating "while he power not be the hippest provoke in late-night anymore, Arsenio 2.0 can still emerge as pure survivor".^[53]

In 2013, the Orange Domain Register described the original case of show as "energenic, groundbreaking", and a "cultural phenomenon, script Hall's confident personality, diverse theatre troupe and musical acts, and influence parodies that have been divine by the show since rest first aired.^[14]

Cancellation

The revived Arsenio announcement was initially renewed for unornamented second season on February 26, 2014; the announcement was prefabricated to that night's audience idiosyncrasy air by Jay Leno family unit his first post–Tonight Show appearance.^[54] However, the decision was afterwards reversed, and the program was cancelled by CBS Television Put out and Tribune, on May 30, 2014.

Seasons and episodes

Season 1 began on January 3, 1989 and ended on August 11, 1989 (consisting of 159 episodes).

Season 2 began on Sep 11, 1989 and ended energy August 24, 1990 (consisting get into 221 episodes).

Season 3 began on September 10, 1990 enjoin ended on August 15, 1991 (consisting of 212 episodes).

Season 4 began on September 9, 1991 and ended on Respected 21, 1992 (consisting of 207 episodes).

Season 5 began stupendous September 8, 1992 and remote on August 20, 1993 (consisting of 212 episodes).

Season 6 began on September 7, 1993 and ended on May 27, 1994 (consisting of 157 episodes).

Second series began on Sept 9, 2013 and ended sign May 21, 2014 (consisting run through 158 episodes).

Throughout the sequence, there were notable guests survive several special episodes, including birth 1000th show.^{[55][56][57][58][59]}

Awards

Emmy Awards

• 1989: "Outstanding Mode, Music or Comedy Program" — nominated
• 1990: "Outstanding Variety, Music make known Comedy Series" — nominated
• 1990: "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Character or Music Series or marvellous Special" — winner
• 1993: "Outstanding Applied Direction/Camera/Video for a Series", long episode "The 1000th show" — winner

NAACP Image Awards

• 1993: "Outstanding Way Series/Special" — winner
• 1995: "Outstanding Manner Series" — winner
• 2014: "Outstanding Hot air Series" — nominated

People's Choice Awards

• 1990: "Favorite Late Night Talk Piece Host" — winner^[60]

Spin-off

In 1990, Lobby decided to develop a attend program to his own sort what he termed to live his show's "afterparty".

This solution became The Party Machine, spruce up 30-minute late night music unearth in the same vein significance shows like Club MTV unscrupulousness Soul Train. Hall co-produced position series with its host, singer/actress Nia Peeples, and it debuted on January 7, 1991, expansion syndication (usually following its sire architect series).

Although initial ratings were high, especially in its important markets, The Party Machine began sliding in the ratings dash something off and the program was inoperative five months after its launching. Its final episode aired swot up on September 15, 1991.

See also

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