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NBC Announces Poker After Dark
October 12, 2006 12:01 AM by Joe Blackmon
NBC invites viewers into the exclusive Las Vegas poker scene with its new late night show, "Poker After Dark," debuting Jan. 2 at 2:05 a.m. ET/PT, it was announced recently by Marc Graboff, President, NBC Universal Television, West Coast. The nightly hour-long show, hosted by Shana Hiatt, one of poker’s most recognizable faces, will air Monday – Saturday and features six poker professionals vying for a winner-take-all $120,000 first place prize.
Hosted by former World Poker Tour host Hiatt – dubbed one of Maxim magazine’s "Hot 100 of 2005" – each night of original programming will feature an intimate look at one table as it develops over the week, culminating with a winner on Friday night. Saturday night’s show – the "director’s cut" – will recap the week’s events with Hiatt and that week’s winner offering commentary and insight into their winning strategy (airing from 1-2 a.m. ET/PT following "Saturday Night Live" check local listings).
Set in the back room of various casinos on the Vegas strip, "Poker After Dark" gives viewers an intimate look inside a poker game usually reserved for the eyes of the professional poker players themselves. "Poker After Dark" will feature the world’s top pros, all miked during the weekly battles for the $120,000 pot – including Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Harman and Gus Hansen – fighting it out for poker supremacy.
"There’s a vibrant late night audience looking for original programming," said Graboff. "We felt this inside look at the professional poker scene is perfect for late night television and those viewers seeking an unique and original broadcast."
Hiatt, an East Coast native, hosted the World Poker Tour from 2003 to 2005. A former model, Hiatt has also appeared in the films "Must Love Dogs" and "Grandma’s Boy."
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November 12th, 2006 at 12:47 pm
Poker After Dark will air on most NBC stations at 2:05 a.m., but it will tape-delayed at 2:30, 3:00 or 3:30 a.m. depending on which locale the broadcast of the program on NBC.
January 11th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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February 4th, 2007 at 9:34 pm
What a great show! We love the informal setting and the “greats” as they play their best poker!
keep up the good work!