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The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When Allen's prime-time series debuted in the summer of 1956, he limited his appearances on this show to Wednesday through Friday and a series of guest hosts filled in until 1 October 1956 when Ernie Kovacs took over as permanent host for the Monday and Tuesday broadcast. Kovacs had his own set of entertainers, i.e., Wendell, Hanley, Arthur and Loden. The last show was broadcast on 25 January 1957."Tonight's" first monologue was given with Steve Allen seated at the piano: "In case you're just joining us...this is Tonight...and I can't think of too much to tell you about it, except I want to give you the bad news first: this program is going to go on forever. I wouldn't call it a Spectacular....you might say it's more a Monotonious ."
Country: United States
Type: unscripted
Status: Current
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 1953
Also Known As: The Steve Allen Show, Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen ShowKnickerbocker Beer Show, Tonight!, Tonight, The Tonight Show, Tonight Starring Steve Allen | See more »
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Company Credits
Production Co: Bristad Enterprises, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Awards
Awards & Nominations
Golden Globe 1959
Winner
Golden Globe
Television Achievement