TV: Talk & Service

The Tomorrow Show was an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder.

Phil Donahue's show started off similar to other shows of its day, featuring celebrities and musical acts, but he soon started pushing the envelope by discussing health and social topics previously considered taboo.

Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert rate new movies with a thumbs up, or a thumbs down.

Chicago film critics, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, review films.

Two critics review films both old and new.

Julia Child teaches the art of French cooking.

The Frugal Gourmet was an American cooking show that ran on PBS from 1983 to 1997 having gotten its start in 1973 on KTPS-TV in Tacoma, WA as Cooking Fish Creatively. It was hosted by Jeff Smith, an ordained Methodist minister and a professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Smith would remind his audience that frugal doesn't mean cheap. It means that you don't waste money. And gourmet means loving good food and wine.

One of the first classic cooking shows, "The Galloping Gourmet" featured charismatic, ribald cook Graham Kerr doing obscenely rich and decadent recipes. The series was a smash hit in Canada and was later syndicated in the U. S.

Rick Bayless, chef, travels to Mexico, samples food, and then returns to his kitchen to teach you how to cook the same dishes.

Two teams, two days, $1000. This show pits neighbor against neighbor in a race to redecorate a room in each-other's homes. Can a friendship survive this weekend?

Mary Ann Esposito cooks delicious Italian dishes and teaches us a little something new about Italy every episode.

Food Network's Guy Fieri rolls out to visit America's favorite diners, drive-ins and dives, interviewing the owners of the food establishments and samples the items on their menus.

Host Dick Cavett chats with various celebrities. This particular series was "The Dick Cavett Show" on PBS Late Night and ran from October 1977-October 1982

Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.

Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.

Sometimes brash, often funny and always interesting, Tom Snyder interviews one or two famous persons every night while trying to get to the bottom of what makes them tick and how they came to be who they are now.

Popular late-night comedy/talk-show with host David Letterman, interviewing famous guests.

The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.

Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.

Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.

Virginia Graham, born Virginia Komiss, was an American Radio and TV personally. From the 1950s thru the 1970s

The Open Mind is a thoughtful excursion into the world of ideas across politics, media, technology, the arts and all realms of civic life.

Jack LaLanne shows the audience his "trimnastics" and other ways to get in better shape.

Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast five nights a week from the Ed Sullivan theater in New York.