Friday Night Videos: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Friday Night Videos (later becoming Friday Night and then Late Friday) is an American music video show that broadcast on NBC from July 29, 1983 to May 24, 2002. It was the network's attempt to capitalize on the emerging popularity of music videos as seen on MTV. Belinda Carlisle was the guest host for the first episode.

Series details

• Title: Friday Night Videos
• Format: Variety
• Language: English
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1983-07-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 1991-02-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 66 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 75247
• IMDb ID: tt0165583
• TVDB ID: 317308

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-07-29; final listed air date 1983-10-29.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-05-11; final listed air date 1984-05-11.
• Season 3: premiered 1985-10-18; final listed air date 1985-11-01.
• Season 4: premiered 1986-11-28; final listed air date 1986-12-05.
• Season 5: premiered 1987-03-27; final listed air date 1987-07-03.
• Season 6: premiered 1988-03-11; final listed air date 1988-12-30.
• Season 7: premiered 1989-01-13; final listed air date 1989-11-10.
• Season 8: premiered 1990-09-14; final listed air date 1990-11-16.
• Season 9: premiered 1991-02-08; final listed air date 1991-02-08.

Source and licence

Adapted from Friday Night Videos on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.