Who Remembers The Urban Late-Show Wars Of '97?

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

at the tail end of the summer of '97, UPN & FOX both went to bat with late-night urban shows. i believe these were the 1st late shows to cater to urban america since arsenio was cancelled.

FOX had the "keenan ivory wayans" show while UPN had "VIBE" which was hosted by chris spencer. he got booted after a couple months and was replaced by sinbad. keenan's show didnt last all that long. i dont remember how long it was on the air, but i remember it eventually went off and in its place - they started airing magic johnson's show; which i thought was wack.

i think both shows debuted on the same night as well. it was something like a big deal. most of your favorite artists, actors, athletes & entertainers at the time appeared on one or both of those shows. and they stayed with MUST-SEE PERFORMANCES.

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[Jone2three45]

That sh1t got out of hand,
They was trying to compete with the popular Springer show at the time.
Arsenal Hall was the urban night show ever.

 

[DaylitoJames]

Don't forget about Magic Johnson's Magic Hour... then again that shyt was horrible. When are they gonna release a "Best of the Arsenio Hall Show" boxset?

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

That sh1t got out of hand,
They was trying to compete with the popular Springer show at the time.
Arsenal Hall was the urban night show ever.

lol.

i remember both shows pulled out all the stops those 1st couple weeks. chit was must-see tv.

i remember i stopped watching springer when these shows debuted.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Don't forget about Magic Johnson's Magic Hour... then again that shyt was horrible. When are they gonna release a "Best of the Arsenio Hall Show" boxset?

yea, thats what replaced the "keenan ivory wayans show" and i never understood why.

wack show. i remember they had sheila e. highlighting magic's house band. i didnt like her back then neither.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

 

[andre patton]

lol hell yeah i remember those shows i used to watch em all.

chris spencer was a fukking TERRIBLE comic. i saw him host an award show presented by def jam...he pretty much got booed off the stage.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

lol hell yeah i remember those shows i used to watch em all.

chris spencer was a fukking TERRIBLE comic. i saw him host an award show presented by def jam...he pretty much got booed off the stage.

lol. dude caught alot of flack.

i remember he ended up on the jamie foxx show after he got axed by Vibe.

 

[Binary]

I was always an Arsenio fan tbh

 

[Po pimp]

That sh1t got out of hand,
They was trying to compete with the popular Springer show at the time.
Arsenal Hall was the urban night show ever.

Springer? That wasn't even a late night talk show. I'm pretty sure it was "competing" against Letterman and Leno, but all they ultimately did was cancel each other out by tapping into the urban demographic.

Anyways, the Keenan Ivory Wayans show was the shyt. I remember Michael Jordan was one of the first guests on there. Vibe (with the Quincy Jones machine behind it) had good guests early on as well, despite Chris Spencer being trash. It got better when Sinbad became the permanent host though.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

^^this was when the springer show was REALLY off the hook and mired in controversy. and they gave it that 10pm(or whatever) timeslot.

i dont know if these shows were really meant to go head up with springer but i wouldnt be surprised. and they were definitely attracting alot more of the same viewers as vibe/keenan than leno & letterman were.

as far as cancelling each other out goes - maybe. but i remember vibe eventually moved its timeslot up, which is why i watched it much more than keenan's show. i dont even remember most of the these keenan clips that im scrolling thru on youtubes.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

ON MY BONE THUG CHIT

 

[NoMoreWhiteWoman2020]

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[El Bombi]

^^this was when the springer show was REALLY off the hook and mired in controversy. and they gave it that 10pm(or whatever) timeslot.

i dont know if these shows were really meant to go head up with springer but i wouldnt be surprised. and they were definitely attracting alot more of the same viewers as vibe/keenan than leno & letterman were.

as far as cancelling each other out goes - maybe. but i remember vibe eventually moved its timeslot up, which is why i watched it much more than keenan's show. i dont even remember most of the these keenan clips that im scrolling thru on youtubes.

Damn I remember these days. Yeah, forgot Jerry Springer used to come on at night.

I miss the 90's breh.

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

I was always an Arsenio fan tbh

This quote just solidifies your Canuck-ness.


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