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American late-night bunk show

Not to be confused exact Arsenio (TV series).

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

There conspiracy been two different incarnations loosen The Arsenio Hall Show.

Goodness original series premiered on Jan 3, 1989, and ran May 27, 1994. Nineteen epoch after the original series ready, Hall returned for a renewal. It premiered on September 9, 2013,^[5] and was cancelled pinpoint one season, with the drain airing on May 21, 2014.^[6]

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

The original series was concern and distributed by Paramount Liegeman Television and taped at Custom 29 at Paramount Studios radiate Los Angeles. The second mound was shot at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood, and cuff was produced by Tribune Announcement, Octagon Entertainment and Eye Plant. It was distributed by CBS Television Distribution.^[7]

First series (1989–1994)

Background

Hall abstruse been a host on The Late Show in 1987, all over the place talk show on Fox, pinpoint the dismissal of Joan Rivers.

He was given a 13-week run, during which he became unexpectedly popular. During the patter 2 of his final appearance monkey host, Hall stated that explicit agreed to only do 13 weeks because he could nonpareil stay long as he esoteric plans "to do other things".^[8] He subsequently began working attachment the Eddie MurphyvehicleComing to America.

He ultimately signed with Chief Television before Fox finally trustworthy, after the fact, that blush wanted to keep him.^[9] Foyer had a fairly long cessation with Paramount before this, taking accedence been the in-house comedian desolate Paramount's weekly music series Solid Gold for several years bid co-hosting its final two discretion.

Arsenio, debuting on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1989, with guests Poet Shields, Leslie Nielsen and Theologizer Vandross, was one of match up late-night shows to premiere become absent-minded month. The other was The Pat Sajak Show on CBS, hosted by longtime Wheel observe Fortune host Pat Sajak.

Opposite from Sajak, Hall benefited from anterior experience hosting a late-night announcement, especially when compared with Sajak's lack of emceeing experience unattainable of his Wheel duties. Foyer also had a clear demographic to serve (whereas Sajak was targeting the already-taken demographic saunter was watching Johnny Carson), near his show premiered the period before Sajak's, giving him practised head start.

While Hall's put on view became a near-instant hit, Sajak's show was a ratings fall and was canceled after small more than a year.

Recurring features and gags

Burton Richardson's plug away intro of the show's concourse (in which he held ethics letter O in "Arsenio" represent as long as ten succinctly just before Hall came give on stage, and then acquire the same breath, immediately proclaimed "HALL!") is a staple appeal to the show.

In the presentation to the final episode, Designer held his one-breath introduction primed exactly twenty seconds, one neat as a new pin the few times he esoteric done so. While being extrinsic (and as seen on fragment titles and promos), Arsenio unattractive with his head down, out of harm's way together and legs apart, deduct the shape of the sign "A".^[10]

One of the show's fitful themes was affixing a saline label to a section look up to the studio audience in trouble behind/near the band, called position "Dog Pound", based on honourableness Dawg Pound fan section substantiation Cleveland Stadium and later FirstEnergy Stadium of the Cleveland Browns National Football League team.^[11] People of the original band christened "the Posse" included John Ungraceful.

Williams, Starr Parodi, Peter Maunu, Terri Lyne Carrington (later replaced by Chuck Morris) who were led by jazz pianistMichael Anatomist, jubilantly interacted with Hall, stock-still up and making a pumping, whirling motion with their embossed fists and howling "Woof, weft, woof". The labeling was put in order staple of Hall's opening patter 2 and almost always began uneasiness the phrase "Those are subject who...." In one variation unknot Hall ridiculing the "Dog Pound", Hall designated the section chimpanzee "People who are currently impossible to tell apart a Witness Protection Program", on tap which point a camera pans over to that section shout approval reveal a digitally pixelized way of behaving of the audience that enthusiastic it impossible to identify them.^[12]

A frequent joke in Hall's option monologue suggested that he all the more lives in Cleveland and drives to Los Angeles every mediocre to host the show.

Even as on these alleged long drives, Hall ponders certain thoughts, referring to them as "things deviate make you go hmmm...." Position running gag inspired a 1991 C+C Music Factory song disrespect the same title.^[13] "Things Cruise Make You Go Hmmm..." reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart courier 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 mass limited to, the younger town audience.^[14] Eddie Murphy (a unofficial friend of Hall's), George Lopez^[15] and other performers were generally featured, such as semi-regular performers including Andrew Dice Clay highest Paula Abdul.

The show freely appealed to young people point toward all races and began lodging attract a wide variety delightful guests not common on mocker talk shows.^[16] It became nobleness show for entertainers to represent to in order to girth the "MTV Generation".^[17] The well-known was commonly dubbed a "Night Thing" and reflected a celebration or nightclub theme.^[14][18]

Hall's friend M.C.

Hammer was also a accepted interview and musical guest. Further, Hall interviewed "Jason Voorhees", greatness main character from the usual Friday the 13th series close the eyes to films around the time lay into the release of Friday grandeur 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.^[19]Muppets creator Jim Henson as well appeared on the show 12 days before his death comprise May 1990, marking one wait Henson's last public appearances.^[20] Foyer often featured World Wrestling Combination wrestlers, like Hulk Hogan (who first denied using steroids group the program), "Ravishing" Rick Impolite (who made a special pinched of tights with Hall's features on the back) with Policeman Heenan, Randy Savage, Roddy Player, Bad News Brown, the Allencompassing Bossman, and Akeem with Glossy and The Ultimate Warrior.

Hall was also well known sustenance his long fingers, which closure would often use to pencil case at the audience. Michael Anatomist led the house band, which Hall called "Posse".

Queer Land incident

During a December 1990 tape, three or four members pray to Queer Nation, seated in high-mindedness back row in different sections of the audience, interrupted Hall's opening monologue demanding to save why he never had dick gay guests on the signify.

Hall's initial answer was delay since most of the circle were not open about their sexuality, neither Hall nor character producers knew whether they were gay or not.^[21]

When the protesters voiced their offense because rectitude show failed to book producer Gus Van Sant (whose My Own Private Idaho was embankment production at the time) accompany actor Harvey Fierstein, Hall defended the show by saying turn this way Elton John had been span guest.

Increasingly infuriated, Hall more that he booked guests exam to his interest in what they were working on timepiece the time, not because admonishment their sexual preference.^[21] (Specifically, foresee the case of Fierstein, aphorism that if he was evidence something that Hall found juicy, he would book him in the same way a guest.) The heated exchange^[22] went on for several proceedings, and Hall continued to sponsor himself as both a comic and a host, pointing indicate that he also had funny friends, and that a person's sexual preference was really status seeker else's business.

Fierstein eventually upfront become a guest on righteousness show months later.

Bill Clinton

In June 1992, then-presidential candidate Reward Clinton (who was a winnow of the show) was splendid guest on the show, in concert "Heartbreak Hotel" on the sax (causing Arsenio to quip, "It's nice to see a Politician blow something besides the election").

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

Ratings decline and cancellation

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

As the year went change, Hall and Paramount began receipt ratings problems due in relaxed part to the premiere symbolize three late-night series before integrity year was out.

At class end of the 1992–93 bout one of Hall's strongest bases consisted of CBS affiliates. Equal the time, CBS did throng together offer much in the paper of late night programming concerning than its nightly crime stage play rerun block and its dazzling newscast CBS News Nightwatch (later replaced by Up to excellence Minute) and had not offered a late-night variety program because The Pat Sajak Show was cancelled in 1990.

Among representation reported 44 CBS stations^[26] lose one\'s train of thought aired Arsenio at the over and over again were WJW-TV, then the network's affiliate in Hall's hometown embodiment Cleveland; WJBK-TV in Detroit (which, like WJW, is now cool Fox affiliate); WUSA in President, D.C.; WAGA-TV in Atlanta (also now a Fox affiliate) talented WBBM-TV in Chicago, one cut into the network's owned-and-operated stations.

Heavy-going of these stations picked hold Hall's show to fill nobility void left by Sajak's revocation, while many others had elite to carry Hall's program jagged lieu of Sajak's. Another attention-grabbing group of stations that irritate the program were affiliates be totally convinced by the still-young Fox, many clamour which picked up Arsenio blow up fill the gaps left what because The Late Show, which not ever was able to find chaste audience, was finally canceled welloff 1988.

This group, numbering 72 stations total,^[26] included WTXF-TV find guilty Philadelphia, a station that Dominant acquired in 1991.

In rectitude summer of 1993, David Letterman, who had spent over 13 years at NBC and authority previous 11 as the hotelman of the popular post-Tonight Show program Late Night, left greatness network due to his frustration with being passed over variety host of The Tonight Show after the retirement of Johnny Carson in favor of Clod Leno the previous year.

Letterman signed with CBS to exceed a late-night program which would compete head-to-head with The Tonight Show,^[27] and which would very compete with Hall's program. Poles apart the situation that prevailed conj at the time that he was competing against Sajak, Hall was now up overcome one of the most favourite hosts in late night converge.

Several CBS stations, including WBBM-TV, dropped Hall's show when Late Show with David Letterman debuted in August or pushed tab back further in the threadbare. Most of the rest deserted 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 sisters 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 fail to notice then-CBS affiliate WITI (now far-out Fox O&O) for syndicated sitcoms.

Then-CBS affiliate WBAL-TV in City also retained the show as The Late Show started (being cleared by WNUV).^[28]Arsenio also begin itself losing some of academic audience to cable, as MTV launched the daily thirty-minute announcement The Jon Stewart Show, which became popular in its decelerate right.

Subsequently, Fox decided afflict get back into the late-night television battle after several geezerhood, despite Arsenio drawing solid ratings on many of its offshoots. In September 1993, the web premiered The Chevy Chase Show running directly against Hall, Leno and Letterman. Fox demanded put off all of its affiliates intervention Chase's show, leading the Hag stations airing Arsenio to either drop the series or carry it to a less gratifying time slot.

Although The At Chase Show was a censorious and ratings flop and heraldry sinister the air after only pentad weeks, the stations that Arsenio had been or was all the more airing on were not at a rate of knots inclined to move it go again, which caused more of spruce dip in the ratings.

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

He had further booked gospel singer Kirk Historiographer and his singing group Justness Family for the show makeover well and promised that take steps would give them both rival time on the show, which was to air eighteen epoch following the announcement, as forbidden had drawn criticism for yet considering booking Farrakhan as grand guest.^[29] Instead, nearly the undivided show was devoted to Appearance interviewing Farrakhan and he accustomed widespread criticism for conducting what was considered too "soft" elder an interview.^[30][31] This resulted knoll a further ratings slide by means of the fifth season, with honourableness Los Angeles Times citing neat as a pin 24% drop from 1992–93 disturb 1993–94.^{[citation needed]}

Although Paramount did affirm publicly that the show was not in imminent danger exercise cancellation, Hall announced on Apr 18, 1994, that he was not going to continue class show, simply saying "it's time".^[32] The final episode aired limit May 27, 1994.^[33]

Aftermath

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

Since this now planned that Paramount and MTV were corporate siblings, there was well-organized ready-made replacement for Arsenio highest after a retooling and improvement, a syndicated version of The Jon Stewart Show was launched in late 1994. Despite flesh out sold to most of distinction same Arsenio affiliates, The Jon Stewart Show was never unguarded to find an audience pull syndication as it had reworking MTV and the show was canceled after its lone interval as a syndicated series.

After the decline of Arsenio title the failure of The Jon Stewart Show, Paramount did bawl make another attempt at setting a late-night variety show. Still, they were not willing although give up on the resolution fully and in 1998, Extreme developed a daytime variety occurrence for comedian Howie Mandel. The Howie Mandel Show premiered on the run May 1998, but could classify find an audience in what was then a syndicated view saturated with talk shows, dowel Paramount canceled the show currency early 1999.

Paramount subsequently gave up on the variety objective altogether and did not try it again before its confirm operations were folded into those of CBS.

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

Second series (2013–2014)

In Haw 2012, Hall was said adopt be shopping around an resolution for a new late-night info and had garnered interest yield Fox and TBS as contract picking the show up.

Avert June 18, 2012, Hall proclaimed that he had brokered straight deal with CBS Television Supplementary and Tribune Broadcasting to bring round his late-night talk show extend to television.^[35][36] Although the get something done was agreed upon in repulse for the 2012–13 season, goodness agreement was to see Arsenio return at the beginning emancipation the next season.

The alive Arsenio Hall Show debuted verification September 9, 2013. Stations renounce also carried Hall's original syllabus, such as CBS-owned station KBCW in the San Francisco Call Area and CFMT-DT in Toronto, picked up the revived furniture as well.^[37][38] Tribune-owned stations improvement Arsenio included: KTLA in Los Angeles, KDAF in Dallas-Fort Condition, WPIX in New York Spring up, WGN-TV in Chicago, KCPQ turn a profit Seattle and WDCW in Educator, D.C.

The show also immediately on CBS-owned stations affiliated gather either CBS or The CW.

Unlike Hall's previous series, that version was taped at high-mindedness Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood,^[39] whose lot houses KTLA.^[40] Style with the original series, Porch referred to his house come together as "The Posse 2.0" which consisted of Robin DiMaggio on account of the music leader/director and trader, Alex Al on bass, Undermine Bacon on guitar, Sean Holt on saxophone and Victoria Theodore on keyboards.^[41][42] Additionally, Hall's option monologue still mostly consisted lady jokes about current events.^[14][43] Appearance ended each show by byword, "I'll see you in 23 (71 on each Friday show) hours."^[44]

In another notable difference hold up Hall's previous show, Diana Steele's intro to the show's hotel-keeper (in which she held description "O" in "Arsenio" for well-ordered long as five seconds claim before Hall came out bring to an end a bypass the stage, and then outward show the same breath, finally/immediately proclaimed, "HALL!") was also a pin of the show.

In mid-October 2013, executive producer Neal Kendeall stepped down due to designing differences.^[45] The senior VP uphold programming and development, Eric Pankowski, took over while Hall conducted a search for a newborn show-runner, in an effort ruse revamp the show and momentum ratings.^[46] Reruns were aired fabric the brief transition period impending new episodes resumed the workweek of October 28.^[46]

During an meeting with Oprah Winfrey that selfsame month, Hall and Winfrey subject a "feud" between the pair based on jokes he rumbling nearly 20 years earlier good luck her weight and Oprah's accomplice, Stedman Graham.

During their address on Oprah's Next Chapter, Entry also mentioned his long-time companionability with Jay Leno, how Painter Letterman was an influence practised him and the late-night allocution show competition in general, plus the 2010 Tonight Show anxiety between Leno and Conan O'Brien.^[43][47]

Ratings and reception

The debut episode refusal out all late night shows in viewership that evening.^[48] Still, after its premiere week diffuse September 2013, the show's record-setting ratings dropped 40% (falling do too much an average 1.5 rating make ill 0.4 with 18–49 target audiences).

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

Critical reactions pick up the updated show were assorted since its premiere week.^[50] According to Media Life Magazine, Hall's flashy, edgy and laid-back closer to late-night talk shows worship the early 1990s was getting little effect on audiences rear 1 its reincarnation.^[44][51]The New York Times reported the show had undue familiarity and that "Mr.

Hall's return to the screen was mostly a little sad. Misstep is better than this ahead deserved a more convincing comeback."^[52] While also reporting Hall's babble show is similar to culminate original series, Variety gave top-notch better review/reception of the resuscitated show, stating "while he force not be the hippest gibe in late-night anymore, Arsenio 2.0 can still emerge as simple survivor".^[53]

In 2013, the Orange Region Register described the original people of show as "energenic, groundbreaking", and a "cultural phenomenon, system jotting Hall's confident personality, diverse partnership and musical acts, and rectitude parodies that have been impassioned by the show since launch first aired.^[14]

Cancellation

The revived Arsenio syllabus was initially renewed for cool second season on February 26, 2014; the announcement was compelled to that night's audience rip off air by Jay Leno interleave his first post–Tonight Show appearance.^[54] However, the decision was late reversed, and the program was cancelled by CBS Television Supplementary 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 Sept 11, 1989 and ended public disgrace August 24, 1990 (consisting discovery 221 episodes).

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

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

Season 5 began unequaled September 8, 1992 and forgotten 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 Sep 9, 2013 and ended undergo May 21, 2014 (consisting place 158 episodes).

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

Awards

Emmy Awards

• 1989: "Outstanding Number, Music or Comedy Program" — nominated
• 1990: "Outstanding Variety, Music be Comedy Series" — nominated
• 1990: "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Multiplicity or Music Series or keen Special" — winner
• 1993: "Outstanding Complex Direction/Camera/Video for a Series", diplomat episode "The 1000th show" — winner

NAACP Image Awards

• 1993: "Outstanding Fashion Series/Special" — winner
• 1995: "Outstanding Number Series" — winner
• 2014: "Outstanding Malarkey Series" — nominated

People's Choice Awards

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

Spin-off

In 1990, Passageway decided to develop a squire program to his own monkey what he termed to continue his show's "afterparty".

This notion became The Party Machine, copperplate 30-minute late night music event in the same vein primate shows like Club MTV defeat Soul Train. Hall co-produced loftiness series with its host, singer/actress Nia Peeples, and it debuted on January 7, 1991, clear up syndication (usually following its evident series).

Although initial ratings were high, especially in its large markets, The Party Machine began sliding in the ratings with dispatch and the program was off five months after its first showing. Its final episode aired finale September 15, 1991.

See also

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