Nightlife (TV series)
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| Also known as | 'Nightlife Starring David Brenner with Billy Preston' |
| Genre |
Talk show Variety show |
| Developed by |
Motown Productions King World Productions |
| Presented by | David Brenner |
| Narrated by | Dan Ingram |
| Theme music composer | Billy Preston |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 195 |
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| Producer(s) | Bob Tischler |
| Location(s) | Unitel Video Studios East 76th Street New York, New York |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Distributor | King World Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Original release | September 8, 1986 – June 19, 1987 |
Nightlife is a syndicated half-hour late-night talk show hosted by comedian David Brenner that aired weeknights from September 8, 1986 to June 19, 1987. Produced by Motown Productions in association with King World Productions, the show was filmed in New York City and featured a house band led by Billy Preston.
In February 1986, at the annual National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) conference, Nightlife was pitched as a late-night alternative to NBC talk shows The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and Late Night with David Letterman. David Brenner was a frequent guest and regular fill-in host on Tonight, much like another comic, Joan Rivers, whose own talk show debuted a month after Nightlife. But whereas Rivers angered Carson by planning her show without consulting her mentor, Brenner spoke with Carson about his plans and received his blessing. Brenner said "there's no animosity between me and them." The syndicated Nightlife, produced by Motown Productions in association with King World Productions, premiered on September 8, 1986 on 102 stations, approximately one-third of which were ABC affiliates.
Nightlife was unique among late-night talk shows of the era in that it was a half-hour program, not a full hour. Brenner dressed more casually than other hosts, wearing sweaters instead of suit jackets. The show often opened with a comedy sketch rather than a traditional monologue. A notable exception came on October 17, 1986, when Brenner gave an extended monologue through two commercial breaks and until the closing credits. Reports indicated that none of the scheduled guests showed up, but Brenner's publicist claimed that the monologue was intentional. The show's house band was Billy Preston and the Nightlife Band. Preston, who appeared in the billing – Nightlife starring David Brenner with Billy Preston – was the first African-American music director for a national television talk show. New York radio personality Dan Ingram was the show's announcer.
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