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         Steve Allen created the grand daddy of all Late Night talk shows, the Tonight show, and was its first host.  This landmark in Late Night TV started as the local Steve Allen Show on WNBT-TV in New York in July of 1953.

        The original producer was Johnny Sterns, the director, Dwight Hemion.  Bill Harbach replaced Sterns before the show moved to the full network.  The announcer was Gene Rayburn.  The show's orchestra was first conducted by Bobby Byrne and then Skitch Henderson.



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        On September 27, 1954, the show moved to the Hudson Theatre at 44th and Broadway and was broadcast for the first time over the full NBC network.  It ran, at that time five nights a week, one hour and forty-five minutes each night, with national airing beginning at 11:30 pm, after 15 minutes of local production just for the original New York fans.

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