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''Night Flight'' is a visual-arts magazine and variety television show that originated on USA Network targeting a younger demographic. Featuring an eclectic mix of mainstream and alternative music videos, artist interviews, B movies, documentaries, short films, stand up comedy, cartoons, and more, it aired from 1981 to 1988, and was in syndication in the early 1990s. ==Broadcast history== Jeff Franklin (head of American Talent International) and Stuart S. Shapiro (head of International Harmony) approached USA Network about developing Night Flight in February 1981. At the time, “USA” was in its near-infancy (as was American cable TV, in general). The network was struggling to define itself, and to identify and expand a target audience. In a time before the existence of the world wide web, video on demand, and social media, USA Network and its equally young cable rivals had so few original shows, a typical broadcast day lasted only 16 hours or less – and mostly relied on reruns of blocks of programs aired earlier the same day, and decades-old, syndicated network series. As a result, nascent cable channels like USA desperately needed content that was: unique; able to attract a wider audience (and increased advertising revenues); and, low-cost. Therefore, taking a chance on a series that defied conventional formats and easy categorization was an acceptable risk to the network. The first episode of Night Flight aired on June 5, 1981, timed to exploit a Hollywood writers' strike that had halted production of what would be its strongest timeslot rival, NBC's highly popular ''Saturday Night Live''.〔Denisoff, pp. 129—30〕 Episodes originally lasted four hours each, and aired in the “late night” (i.e., after 11:00 PM Eastern Time) daypart on Friday and Saturday nights. ''Night Flight''’s final USA Network episode aired on December 31, 1988; it was replaced with the programs ''Camp Midnite'' and ''USA Up All Night'' starring Gilbert Gottfried, respectively, starting the following week. Night Flight was later revived, through syndication, in 1990. New episodes were produced for three seasons, until 1992,〔(Night_flight1.tripod.com )〕 when the series was changed to a "best of" (i.e., reruns of episodes from the USA Network years) format, hosted by Tom Juarez. These “best of” shows were seen as late as 1996. In 2015, the series was brought back as a website, NightFlight.com.〔(Nightflight.com )〕〔(Nightflight.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Night Flight (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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