The Michael Essany Show

The Michael Essany Show
Country of originUnited States
Original release
NetworkE!
Release1997 (1997) –
2004 (2004)
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The Michael Essany Show is an American television talk show hosted by Michael Essany that aired on local, national, and international television from 1997 to 2004.[1] Hosted by Valparaiso, Indiana resident Michael Essany, the program was originally broadcast on public access television through TCI Cable[2] before developing a deal with Leeza Gibbons and broadcast for two seasons on E! Entertainment Television. Gibbons, who was the second guest on the cable access show, would later sign Essany to a development deal two years after her appearance on the show.[3] Essany, a teenager when the show began, based the show on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

The show, which broadcast out of the Essany family home in Valparaiso, included Essany's mother as the director and makeup artist, as well as his father as the camera operator.[4] Essany's friend Mike Randazzo served as his sidekick on the show.[2]

  1. ^ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 772. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
  2. ^ a b Riche, Sam (29 September 1998). "Talking it Up: The Michael Essany Show, hosted by 15-year-old Essany, is already attracting big-name celebrities". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  3. ^ Redding, Alesia I. (2 March 2003). "Heeere's Michael!". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  4. ^ Lemire, Christy (16 March 2003). "Hoosier talk show making national waves". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 30 April 2024.