The Tomorrow Show

Production
Talk show
Starring	Tom Snyder (1973–1982) Rona Barrett (1980-1981)
Country of origin	United States
Location(s)	Burbank (1973-1974, 1977-1979) New York (1974-1977, 1979-1982)
Running time	60 minutes (1973–Sept 5, 1980) 90 minutes (Sept 8, 1980–1982)
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	October 15, 1973 – January 28, 1982
Chronology
Followed by	Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)
Related shows	The Midnight Special (1973-1981)

Description

Tomorrow (also known as The Tomorrow Show and, after 1980, Tomorrow Coast to Coast) is an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. The show aired on NBC from 1973 to 1982 and featured many prominent guests, including Paul McCartney, "Weird Al" Yankovic (in his first televised appearance), Ayn Rand, John Lennon (in his last televised interview), Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey, Charles Manson, The Clash, Johnny Rotten, and U2 (in their first American television appearance). Los Angeles news anchor Kelly Lange, a good friend of Snyder, was the regular substitute guest host. It was a talk show unlike the usual late-night fare, with Snyder conducting one-on-one interviews sans audience, cigarette in hand, alternating between asking hard-hitting questions and offering personal observations that made the interview closer to a conversation. Snyder was a veteran newsman, but often communicated like a comedian doing a standup routine, and seemed to like getting the off-camera technical crew to laugh. When not grilling guests, Snyder would often joke around with off-stage crewmen, often breaking out in the distinctively hearty laugh that was the basis of Dan Aykroyd`s impersonation of Snyder on Saturday Night Live. His seemingly mismatched jet black eyebrows and grey hair were also lampooned on SNL. Snyder was, as well, the inspiration for the cartoon "Tom Morrow", which appeared in Playboy in the late 1970s. The title card on Snyder`s show had dovetailed "Tom" and "Tomorrow", by highlighting "Tom" in a different color. The show was scheduled at 1:00 a.m. immediately following The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. It was originally broadcast from the NBC studios in Burbank, CA, but moved to New York in December 1974 when Snyder took on additional anchor duties for NBC News. In June 1977, the show returned to Burbank until 1979, when Snyder headed back to New York. On September 16, 1980, when The Tonight Show was shortened to sixty minutes, Tomorrow was scheduled at 12:30 a.m. and lengthened to ninety minutes.citation needed