in variety shows and sketch shows and things like that. but in late night tv, it was like the water fountains back in the 60s, whites only. - so when we were watching david letterman in college or johnny carson or jay leno, here comes arsenio hall, a black man. - who does eddie go to for advice when he has problems? do you have somebody you can talk to when you have problems, even on a personal level? - just you. (audience laughing) - that was like a party every single night. - what s up? - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo. - arsenio created the destination for black entertainers to be themselves. - i was born with the name sinbad. - what s your last name? - bad. (audience laughing) - he kind of set the table as far as like, hey, look, hip-hop culture, black culture, it can be represented on tv. - you could watch arsenio hall every night. oh, yeah, 11:30 after the news, oh, yeah, yeah, hey, hey. let s watch arsenio. it was a thing. - you ve had late night shows before that weren t on
whites only. - so when we were watching david letterman in college or johnny carson or jay leno, here comes arsenio hall, a black man. - who does eddie go to for advice when he has problems? do you have somebody you can talk to when you have problems, even on a personal level? - just you. (audience laughing) - that was like a party every single night. - what s up? - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo. - arsenio created the destination for black entertainers to be themselves. - i was born with the name sinbad. - what s your last name? - bad. (audience laughing) - he kind of set the table as far as like, hey, look, hip-hop culture, black culture, it can be represented on tv. - you could watch arsenio hall every night. oh, yeah, 11:30 after the news, oh, yeah, yeah, hey, hey. let s watch arsenio. it was a thing. - you ve had late night shows before that weren t on the same level as arsenio. he was going toe-to-toe with jay leno, all the big shows. he had big guests. - he was able to kind o
- just you. (audience laughing) - that was like a party every single night. - what s up? - [audience] woo, woo, woo, woo. - arsenio created the destination for black entertainers to be themselves. - i was born with the name sinbad. - what s your last name? - bad. (audience laughing) - he kind of set the table as far as like, hey, look, hip-hop culture, black culture, it can be represented on tv. - you could watch arsenio hall every night. oh, yeah, 11:30 after the news, oh, yeah, yeah, hey, hey. let s watch arsenio. it was a thing. - you ve had late night shows before that weren t on the same level as arsenio. he was going toe-to-toe with jay leno, all the big shows. he had big guests. - he was able to kind of conquer that in late night space and he was able to give us people like prince and michael jackson as guests, which led that to be a great show. (all laughing) the world never stops moving. growing. evolving. it demands energy that evolves with it. meeting this challenge will
With fan-favorite shows going off the air, like Truth Be Told, Kindred and Red Table Talk, let's take a look back at a handful of shows that were gone too soon.
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