Paris By Night

Paris By Night
The cover of the first episode.
Created by	Marie Tô Paul Huỳnh Tô Văn Lai
Starring	Masters of Ceremonies: Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên
Country of origin	France United States (Reestablished) Canada South Korea
Original language(s)	Vietnamese English (occasionally) French (occasionally)
No. of episodes	120 (as of October 2016[update])
Production
Producer(s)	Marie Tô Paul Huỳnh
Location(s)	Studios de Paris, Euro Media France, Euro Media Group, Paris, France Charles M. Schulz Theater - Knott's Berry Farm, Buena Park Orange County, California, U.S. Terrace Theater, Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California, U.S. Studio 40, Canadian Broadcasting Centre, Toronto, Canada Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, California, U.S. Circus Maximus Showroom, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, U.S. Olympic Fencing Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea The AXIS, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, U.S. Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, U.S. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, U.S. MGM Grand Theater, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S. Pechanga Resort and Casino, Temecula, California, U.S. Saigon Performing Arts Center, Fountain Valley, California, United States Choctaw Event Center, Choctaw Casino Resort, Durant, Oklahoma, United States
Running time	Approx. 4-5 Hours
Production company(s)	Thúy Nga
Distributor	Thúy Nga
Release
Original release	1983 Paris, France – present United States & other various venues

Paris By Night is a popular Vietnamese-language musical variety show, produced by Thúy Nga and hosted by Nguyễn Ngọc Ngạn and Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Duyên, featuring musical performances by modern pop stars, traditional folk songs, one-act plays, and sketch comedy.

Originally Paris By Night was filmed exclusively in Paris, with its intended target audience consisting of the Vietnamese population in France. However, by the late 1980s, demand from the more populous Vietnamese American community for the production to host shows in the United States and the fact that most Vietnamese language performers from the former South Vietnam lived in the country resulted in Paris By Night restructuring its operations to Orange County, California. The first Paris by Night productions in the United States were filmed beginning in the mid-1990s.

Produced by Thúy Nga, the series normally consists of mostly the same staff and crew. However, there are different directors for each region of where the show is filmed: currently there is Richard Valverde in Paris, and Michael Watt in Canada and the US, Victor Fable in the US.

Notable former directors include The Voice's Alan Carter in the US, who directed Paris By Night 88, Paris By Night 90, Paris By Night 92 to 106, 108, 111, CEO of production company A. Smith & Co. Kent Weed in the US, of Paris By Nights 57, 63, 64, 67, 68, and 71, and NBC director Ron de Moraes who directed PBN 107, 109, 110, 112.

Starting with Paris By Night 34: Made In Paris, Shanda Sawyer has been working as the production's main choreographer for over ten years.