The Midnight Special
Hosts: Skip Stephenson & Byron Allen
TV Flash files “Hosts: Skip Stephenson & Byron Allen” as a desk essential hour — The Midnight Special (1972–1981) on NBC, season 9, episode 25, aired 1981-03-27, 65 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E25: listed hour 350 of 350 in the The Midnight Special guide, last listed hour of season 9. It aired 1981-03-27 (65 min). The listed hour before it is “Host: Patricia Davis” (S09E24). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Hosts: Skip Stephenson & Byron Allen”. Hosts: Skip Stephenson and Byron Allen is the 1981 tail. Nine seasons of post-Carson rock television, then a comedian-host bow: MTV about to eat the model, the speakers still warm.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Hosts: Skip Stephenson & Byron Allen sit in the The Midnight Special guide?
S09E25 is listed hour 350 of 350 — last listed hour of season 9, season 9 episode 25.
When did The Midnight Special S09E25 air?
Hosts: Skip Stephenson & Byron Allen aired 1981-03-27 and is listed at 65 minutes.
Do I watch in order?
No. Concert anthology after Carson. Sample for the acts; Wolfman Jack is the howl that stitches Fridays together.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Wolfman Jack howls after Carson, and NBC hands the late slot to actual rock and pop acts before MTV ate the model. Guest-host roulette, live-ish performances, post-prime anything-goes. The network stage where 1970s music television still had sweat, speakers, and no countdown clock.
Picture Friday after Carson, when the network still handed the late slot to sweat. NBC's The Midnight Special (1972–1981), from Burt Sugarman: a concert show of live-ish performances from the era's biggest and coolest musical acts, Wolfman Jack as announcer and host presence, guest-host roulette, post-prime anything-goes. Glam and disco and soul and rock crossovers captured on network tape. Primary network stage for 1970s rock and pop before MTV ate the model. On the palate: speakers, no countdown clock, a howl…
Filed against
- Wolfman Jack as Announcer / Host presence
Wolfman Jack howled The Midnight Special after Carson — NBC handing the late slot to actual rock and pop acts before MTV ate the model. Guest-host roulette, live-ish performances, post-prime anything-goes. TV Flash files him as 1970s…