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- The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When Allen's prime-time series debuted in the summer of 1956, he limited his appearances on this show to Wednesday through Friday and a series of guest hosts filled in until 1 October 1956 when Ernie Kovacs took over as permanent host for the Monday and Tuesday broadcast. Kovacs had his own set of entertainers, i.e., Wendell, Hanley, Arthur and Loden. The last show was broadcast on 25 January 1957."Tonight's" first monologue was given with Steve Allen seated at the piano: "In case you're just joining us...this is Tonight...and I can't think of too much to tell you about it, except I want to give you the bad news first: this program is going to go on forever. I wouldn't call it a Spectacular....you might say it's more a Monotonious ."
- A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writer's block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife, which leads to an increasingly complex love triangle with his current wife of five years.
- Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.
- Jon Gnagy was a young artist who completed drawings on stage while describing his techniques.
- Earl Williams is set to hang tomorrow. When he escapes from his cell, reporter Hildy Johnson finds him, and thus seems likely to land the scoop of his career - only he's desperate to leave town tonight.
- Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
- A documentary series showing every conceivable angle on the workings of television--receiving sets, studios, mobile units, the (literally) everyday problems of broadcasting, even the history of television technology from 1873.
- Documentary films on diverse subjects.
- An animated series about a preteen Native American boy. Pow Wow struggled to protect the forest and its wildlife from threats, and regularly tried to rescue injured animals. He took advise from his mentor, a wise medicine man.
- A hermit's idyllic life on an island is disturbed by the arrival of a bunch of cutthroats.
- New York City viewers gain glimpses into different types of occupations via interviews with outstanding personalities in those fields. A change-of-pace is obtained by way of a quick close-up of outstanding local news developments done by Tex McCrary. There was also some fashion modeling by Jinx Falkenburg.
- A daytime program about sewing. Aired at 4:00PM on Fridays. Audiences were informed on things such as lengthening a short skirt, how to make a blouse, etc.
- Before becoming one of America's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln had a long career as a businessman, lawyer, government official and elected representative for the state of Illinois. This film looks at the rise of this self-educated statesman, including his famous series of public debates with rival Stephen Douglas. A glimpse is also shown of some of the more personal aspects of his Lincoln's life, including the early romance and heartbreak he experienced with Ann Rutledge.
- A panel game show featuring questions about the arts (such as music, theater, dancing, etc).
- Musical quiz show utilizing telegrams, pictures, pantomimes, glasses and other gimmicks.
- A four-part thriller. In the second episode there was a dope peddler named Dr. Mordaunt, while Mary Patton played a woman trying to save her husband from the electric chair by finding the real killer of a murdered actress.
- From studio 3H in Radio City WNBT TV, the flagship NBC station in New York City, celebrates the 10th Anniversary of when "the first regularly scheduled programs of NBC television were presented to television viewers."
- Late evening local New York City talk-show hosted by actress Wendy Barrie patterned after her network series.
- This series provided lessons on how to play the piano.
- A rich but stupid bourgeois tries to move into high society by learning music, dance, fencing, philosophy.He is conned by masqueraders pretending to be Turks.
- A fugitive fleeing the police takes over the suburban home of a psychology professor and his wife. But the professor is convinced that his own trained brain is more than a match for the fugitive's brawn.
- Ballet interpretations of literary classics. Sponsored by the Ford Automotive Dealers of America.
- Produced in association with the Parents' Institute, the show centered around children's clothes, the cost, type of material, where they could be bought, etc. In between, a magician and a balloon maker would provide entertainment.
- Small town song-and-dance team struggle to make it to the point of dire desperation.
- Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the gangster Trock Estrella.
- NBC, assisted by the New York Board of Education, presented its first educational television series based on factual historic events, narrated and performed by actors and actresses.
- Audience participates in stunts which underline the fact that people are funny.