Howard Stern television shows
Stern (along with his followers) describes himself as the "King of All Media" for his successes in the radio, television, film, music and publishing industries.
On April 16, 1987, a meeting was held between Stern and management of WNYW, the flagship television station of the fledgling Fox network.
The network was considering Stern as a replacement to The Late Show hosted by Joan Rivers in its 11:00 PM hour.
"[4] The Howard Stern "Interview" was a late-night talk show that ran for 35 episodes on the cable TV channel E!
[6] He agreed to do it in order to focus on his interviewing skills, and to prove to the "network morons" that he could do a show that "wasn't 'dirty'" and still get strong ratings.
Fran Shea, then vice president of programming at E!, noted the group had attacked the show despite knowing nothing about its content.
[9] As Stern's radio show was subject to fines issued by the FCC for indecent material, the network maintained it had "full editorial control" over the program.
Other guests included Jason Priestley, Joan Rivers, James Brown, Sandra Bernhard,[13] Richard Marx, Grace Slick,[14] Dick Cavett, Donald Trump,[5] Andrew Dice Clay,[15] Janis Ian,[16] Zsa Zsa Gabor,[17] Boy George,[18] Phil Hartman,[19] Milton Berle,[20] Suzanne Vega,[21] Geraldo Rivera,[22] Jon Bon Jovi,[23] Tom Jones,[24] Willie Nelson, Flavor Flav, Frank Zappa, Chuck Norris, Richard Lewis,[25] and Ronnie Wood.
It featured half-hour highlights and behind the scenes footage from Stern's radio show, broadcast Monday through Friday.
[28] Stern said the show was ideal in that it allowed the radio program to be broadcast nationwide, and that the cross-platform setup had "tremendous potential".
[29] The show involved the filming of the entire radio program using six robotic cameras placed in the WXRK-FM studio, which at the time was located at 600 Madison Avenue, highlights from which were assembled for television broadcast.
[36] The Howard Stern Radio Show is an American late-night television series that ran on Saturday nights in syndication (mostly on CBS-affiliated stations) from August 22, 1998, to May 19, 2001.
The Howard Stern Radio Show also included new segments such as animations of song parodies and exclusive behind the scenes footage.
[37] Following the cancelation of Howard TV in 2013, speculation of Stern's future in television began to arise, including his own online streaming service, a return to cable, the creation of an exclusive cable network, and partnering with an already-existing online streaming service.
