USA Up All Night
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| Format | Variety show Comedy |
| Created by | Marty Byk |
| Developed by | Marty Byk Tim Conway Jr. Michael Eisenbaum |
| Starring | Caroline Schlitt (1986-1990) Gilbert Gottfried (1986-1998) Rhonda Shear (1990-1998) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
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Marty Byk |
| Camera setup | Single camera |
| Running time | 4 hours |
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| Original channel | USA Network |
| Original run | June 6, 1986 – April 25, 1998 |
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USA Up All Night (also known as Up All Night and Up All Night with Rhonda Shear) is a cable television series that aired on the weekends on the USA Network. The show began in June 6, 1986 and ended on April 25, 1998.
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[edit] Synopsis
The program consisted of low-budget films, bookended by in-studio or on-location comedy skits featuring the show's hosts. In addition to skits, the hosts would also provide sardonic comments about the featured film(s), and observations on various Hollywood- and/or New York City-area clubs and attractions (when the series was shooting out of studio).
The movies aired ranged from cult classics, to B-movies, to other fare not appearing on television frequently. Up All Night would regularly show sexploitation films, with the explicit content (virtually) always edited out.
[edit] Hosts
Actress/comedienne Caroline Schlitt originally hosted the Friday night show, while comic Gilbert Gottfried hosted the Saturday night show. When Schlitt left the program in 1990, comedienne/B-movie actress Rhonda Shear replaced her on Fridays. In 1998, USA decided to re-brand itself, and canceled or overhauled many of its long-running programs -- Up All Night was one of those casualties. The network relieved Shear and Gottfried of their hosting duties (while still showing the Up All Night imagery before/after commercial breaks), and began airing re-runs of mainstream films that appealed to a broader audience. Eventually, the Up All Night name, music, and graphics were completely removed from the films.
[edit] Films shown on Up All Night
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