Poker After Dark

Poker After Dark
Presented byShana Hiatt (S1-2)
Marianela Pereyra (S3)
Leeann Tweeden (S4-7)
Drea Renee (S8)
Veronica Brill (S12-13)
Narrated byAli Nejad
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons13
No. of episodes611 episodes
94 live streams
(134 weeks consisting of 68 tournaments and 117 cash games)[1]
Production
Producers
Production locationLas Vegas
Running time1 hour (with commercials; about 42 minutes without); 6 hours when on PokerGO (with player breaks; about 5 hours, 20 minutes without)
Production companies
  • Poker Productions
  • Echo Entertainment
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseJanuary 1, 2007 (2007-01-01) –
December 3, 2011 (2011-12-03)
NetworkNBCSN
ReleaseAugust 14, 2017 (2017-08-14) –
October 4, 2021 (2021-10-04)
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Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program that originally aired on NBC,[3] premiering on January 1, 2007.[2] The series was canceled on December 3, 2011, following the "Black Friday" criminal case, which involved major sponsor Full Tilt Poker as one of the defendants.[4] The show rebooted on August 14, 2017, with appearances from Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, Antonio Esfandiari. Poker After Dark episodes are now filmed exclusively at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort and Casino, and distributed on video streaming service PokerGO.

For its first two seasons, both of which originally aired in 2007, the show was presented by Shana Hiatt.[5] The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra, and Leeann Tweeden took over starting with season 4.[6] When the series returned on PokerGO in 2017, Drea Renee took over as lead presenter. Veronica Brill was introduced as the sideline reporter during season 12.[7]

All seasons have contained voice-over commentary by Oliver "Ali" Nejad.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b NBC Announces New Poker After Dark series[permanent dead link‍], from the NBC Universal Media Village website
  3. ^ NBC launches poker show Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine from United Press International
  4. ^ B. Solomon (April 21, 2011). "Sponsorship Casualties Of US Online Poker Crusade". Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  5. ^ Poker After Dark kicks off season with Dream Match
  6. ^ Cardplayer article on Season 4
  7. ^ "Veronica Brill to Host the Next Season of 'Poker After Dark'". Poker.org. 2021-02-08. Retrieved 2021-07-24.