Pilot

Host: Helen Reddy

Host: Johnny Rivers

Host: Mac Davis

Host: Harry Chapin

Host: Anne Murray

Host: Paul Williams

Host: Paul Anka

Host: Lou Rawls

Host: Ray Charles

Hosts: The Bee Gees

Bill Cosby

Host: Doc Severinsen

Host: Jerry Lee Lewis

Host: Johnny Nash

Hosts: Burns and Schreiber

Host: Chubby Checker

Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips

Host: Curtis Mayfield

Host: Jim Croce

Host:The Bee Gees

Host: Jose Feliciano

Host: Smokey Robinson

Host: Joan Baez

Host: Dionne Warwick

Host: Al Green

Host: Richard Pryor

Co-hosts: Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins

Host: Billy Preston

Host: Wilson Pickett

Host: Seals & Crofts

Host: Gladys Knight & The Pips

Host: The Bee Gees

Host: War

Host: Chuck Berry

Season 1

Roy Orbison

The Midnight Special

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.