Later (talk show)
Later | |
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Also known as | Later with Bob Costas (1988–1994) Later with Greg Kinnear (1994–1996) Later with Cynthia Garrett (2000–2001) Later presents SCTV (2001–2002) |
Created by | Dick Ebersol |
Presented by | Bob Costas (1988–1994) Greg Kinnear (1994–1996) Guest hosts (1996–2000) Cynthia Garrett (2000–2001)[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | August 22, 1988 January 18, 2001 | –
Later is a nightly half-hour-long late-night talk show that ran on NBC from 1988 until 2001.
It typically aired for a half-hour four nights a week at 1:30 a.m. following Late Night with David Letterman from 1988 to 1993, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993 to 2001. It was hosted by Bob Costas from 1988 to 1994, Greg Kinnear from 1994 to 1996, various guest hosts from 1996 to 2000, and finally Cynthia Garrett (the first African-American woman to host a network late-night show) from 2000 until 2001. Later was succeeded by Last Call with Carson Daly in 2002.
Nominations and awards
During Bob Costas's tenure as host, the show won the 1993
History
1988–1994: Bob Costas
To be a good guest on Later, you had to have a body of work. And I pat myself on the back here, but it also goes to the producers and researchers: show business people and athletes stay up at odd hours and they watched the show in disproportionate numbers so a lot of people who didn't do TV back then—and there was still a lot of people who didn't do a lot of TV then—did Later.
film class at NYU...and then on Tuesday, just because you had to have a show, you had someone who was in a sitcom or had a movie coming out that week. We did well over 600 shows, and I wouldn't want the bottom 100 of them to be re-released, but I think most of them held up pretty well.
Even the athletes we had—Hank Aaron, Kareem, Jim Brown, John Wooden, Mickey Mantle—were people with significant life stories, we didn't go after the hot athletes of the moment...
Of course, there were times when on Monday you'd have a show for the time capsule
In the summer of
By the time he was hired for NBC's new late-night talk show, 36-year-old Costas had been with
Later was taped in
Guests during the first week on air were Linda Ellerbee, Gary Coleman and Billy Crystal. Only weeks into its run, Later was preempted for NBC's presentation of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul with Costas hosting the network's Olympic late-night coverage.
Later occasionally had guest hosts substituting for Costas, including
On Thursday, October 3, 1991, Later's hour-long three-year anniversary special aired at 11:30 p.m. on NBC, a time slot normally reserved for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
In late January 1993, to celebrate its fifth year on the air, Later aired a special anniversary show from Los Angeles on the Saturday before that year's
During one of his last shows, Costas said personal considerations led to his decision to leave Later. He did not want to move his family to New York and felt worn out by the workload consisting of his obligations with NBC Sports and his duties on Later.[7] Costas' last episode, an hour-long special, aired Friday, February 25, 1994. In January 2019, after leaving NBC, he expressed interest in reviving Later on another network.[8]
After making a much-publicized switch to CBS, David Letterman (who had until June 1993 hosted Later's NBC lead-in Late Night with David Letterman) and his production company offered Costas a hosting job on the newly launched The Late Late Show, based on his performance and exposure on Later. CBS also offered Costas a correspondent role on 60 Minutes if he accepted Letterman's offer. Costas declined, however, citing his relationship with Ebersol and his desire to remain with NBC Sports. Instead, Tom Snyder would become the inaugural host of The Late Late Show, which began its run in January 1995.[9]
1994–1996: Greg Kinnear
Following Costas's departure in February 1994, Later adopted a conventional late night talk show format, with Greg Kinnear becoming the new host. His first episode aired February 28, 1994.
The show relocated to Los Angeles, where it was taped at NBC Studios in Burbank, California with an opening monologue, studio audience, and comedy bits as well as quick one-segment interview with contemporary TV and movie personalities plugging their projects. Simultaneous to his duties on Later, Kinnear continued hosting Talk Soup on E! as well as fostering his budding acting career. Sometime during 1995, he quit Talk Soup and in December of the same year the movie Sabrina opened, a big-budget motion picture remake in which Kinnear had a notable supporting role. The favorable exposure led to more movie offers for Kinnear, and he quit Later. His last episode as host aired on October 10, 1996.
1996–2000: Guest hosts
Friday Night host Rita Sever was the most consistent guest host during this period of time. Other guest hosts came from just about any facet of public life in the United States, including the supermodel Cindy Crawford, actress/comedienne Lynne Koplitz, actor/comedian/radio personality Jay Thomas, stand-up comic/talk show host Jon Stewart, actress Tasha Smith, stand-up comic George Wallace, comedian Tommy Davidson, actor Judd Nelson, actor Harland Williams, actor/comedian David Alan Grier, comedian Jim Breuer, sports personality Ahmad Rashad, actor Jerry O'Connell and actress Lisa Amsterdam.
2000–2001: Cynthia Garrett
In December 1999, NBC issued a press release announcing former
The program was canceled in December 2000, with the final episode airing in January 2001.
2001–2002: Later presents SCTV
Following the end of Later, the time slot was used for time- and content-edited repeats of the Canadian sketch comedy SCTV, a show which had previously aired on NBC from 1981 through 1983. A new voice-over introduction by Rita Sever presented the program as "Later presents...SCTV", but the series was otherwise identical to the syndicated SCTV repeats that had been airing for years.
In 2001, NBC announced that
See also
References
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- ^ a b Simmons, Bill (13 October 2017). "Bob Costas on Letterman, the Future of the Olympics (Ep. 272) (25:40)". The Bill Simmons Podcast. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ a b Simmons, Bill (13 October 2017). "Bob Costas on Letterman, the Future of the Olympics (Ep. 272) (25:40)". The Bill Simmons Podcast. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ^ Barnhart, Aaron (June 3, 2021). "Later, Later: After 33 Years, NBC's 1:30 A.M. Talk Show Franchise Is History". Primetimer.
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ "Howard Stern @ Later with guest host Tom Snyder, 22 March 1991". YouTube. 2008-11-15. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
- ^ March, Andrew (January 15, 2019). "Bob Costas and NBC are quietly and officially broken up".
- ^ "Bob Costas: David Letterman/CBS made him 'tempting' offer to leave NBC". Awful Announcing. 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
- ^ Heald, Thomas (February 1, 2000). "Jay Lineups + [email protected] 1/31-2/6". Google Groups. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ "VH1 VEEJAY HOSTS A REVIVED 'LATER'". New York Post. Yahoo Travel. January 18, 2000. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
- ^ Buckman, Adam (2000-02-04). "'Later' On Again ; Nbc Revives Old Costas Show With Newcomer Garrett". New York Post. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
External links
- Later at IMDb