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Friday Night Videos (1983)

Friday Night Videos poster
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 44 episodes
Rating
8.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This series was a television show that played music videos and later included live performances and comedy. It started in the 1980s and changed its format over time to feature different kinds of entertainment.

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What happens

Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC. Originally developed as an attempt by the network to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos, which had been brought into the mainstream by MTV during the early 1980s, the program shifted over to a general music focus in 1990, mixing in live music performances alongside the video showcases. Upon being retitled Friday Night in 1994, its format was expanded to incorporate a variety of entertainment content to supplement, and eventually surpass, the music videos. The program evolved into its final format in 2001 under the title Late Friday, removing the music and feature segments and becoming dedicated solely to showcasing new stand-up comedy talent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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