Entertainment Tonight
WEEKEND: THE LOVE BOAT
TV Flash files “WEEKEND: THE LOVE BOAT” as the first listed hour of season 2000 — Entertainment Tonight (1981–present) on Syndication, season 2000, episode 1, aired 2000-03-11, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S2000E01: listed hour 164 of 1574 in the Entertainment Tonight guide, first listed hour of season 2000. It aired 2000-03-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “WEEKEND: DESIGNING WOMEN (1986-1993)” (S1999E44). Next is “WEEKEND: Cast of LAVERNE & SHIRLEY” (S2000E02). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Where does WEEKEND: THE LOVE BOAT sit in the Entertainment Tonight guide?
S2000E01 is listed hour 164 of 1574 — first listed hour of season 2000, season 2000 episode 1.
When did Entertainment Tonight S2000E01 air?
WEEKEND: THE LOVE BOAT aired 2000-03-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this just Access Hollywood's parent?
ET is the template those shows copy: tease, clip, smile, next. Syndicated since 1981. Hollywood as nightly news before social media gave the clips away.
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Why this series still plays
Hollywood as nightly news, invented before social media could do the job for free. Mary Hart's durability, red-carpet stand-ups, and the grammar of the entertainment newsmagazine — tease, clip, smile, next — still run every awards-season broadcast. Appointment gossip infrastructure: the industry talking about itself, on purpose, every weeknight.
Syndication since 1981: a daily magazine covers premieres, ratings, scandals, and celebrity lifestyle — Hollywood as nightly news, invented before social media could do the job for free. That is the pipeline, not a nostalgia carpet with extra flash. Entertainment Tonight, from Al Masini, with Mary Hart as long-running face, John Tesh and Ron Hendren among the hosts. Tease, clip, smile, next: the grammar of the entertainment newsmagazine still runs every awards-season broadcast. Rex can keep the martini for the…
Filed against
- Mary Hart as Host
Mary Hart hosted Hollywood as nightly news on Entertainment Tonight — invented before social media could do the job for free, red-carpet stand-ups, tease-clip-smile-next grammar still running every awards-season broadcast. Appointment…
- John Tesh as Host
John Tesh hosted Entertainment Tonight as Hollywood’s nightly news — invented before social media could do the job for free, Mary Hart’s durability, red-carpet stand-ups, tease-clip-smile-next. Appointment gossip infrastructure that still…
- Ron Hendren as Host
Ron Hendren hosted Entertainment Tonight when Hollywood became nightly news — red-carpet stand-ups, Mary Hart's durability waiting in the wings of the format, tease-clip-smile-next grammar that still runs awards season. TV Flash files him…