The Midnight Special

  • Premiered: Aug 1972
  • Episodes: 350
  • Followers: 4
  • Ended
  • NBC
  • Saturday
  • Musical Talk show

Seasons:

You need to be logged in to mark episodes as watched. Log in or sign up.

Season 1
1x1
Host: John Denver
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 19, 1972
1972 Pilot: --John Denver (host) - ""(Take Me Home) Country Roads"" & ""Goodbye Again"" --John Denver and 'Mama' Cass Elliott - ""Leaving on a Jet Plane"" duet --Argent - ""Hold .. show full overview
1x2
Host: Helen Reddy
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 02, 1973
--Helen Reddy (host) - ""I Am Woman,"" ""Peaceful"" & ""Come On John"" --Ed McMahon (walk-on cameo) - wishes the show sucess --Ike and Tina Turner Revue- ""I Can't Turn You Loose"" .. show full overview
1x3
Host: Johnny Rivers
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 09, 1973
--Johnny Rivers (host) - ""Blue Suede Shoes,"" ""Rockin' Pneumonia, Boogie Woogie Flu"" & ""Got My Mojo Workin'"" --The Ace Trucking Company (comedy troupe) - routines about an airplane .. show full overview
1x4
Host: Mac Davis
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 16, 1973
--Mac Davis (host) - ""Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me,"" ""I Believe in Music,"" ""Dream Me Home,"" ""Home"" & ""Half and Half (Song for Sara)"" --The Doobie Brothers - ""Jesus Is Just .. show full overview
1x5
Host: Harry Chapin
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 23, 1973
--Harry Chapin (host) - ""Sunday Morning Sunshine"" ""Sniper"" and ""Taxi"" --Kerrie Biddell - ""Spirit in the Dark"" --Blood, Sweat and Tears - ""Rosemary,"" ""Hip Pickles"" & .. show full overview
1x6
Host: Anne Murray
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 02, 1973
--Anne Murray (host) - ""Snowbird,"" ""Danny's Song"" & ""I Know"" --Anne Murray, Steve Martin and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - ""Shuckin' the Corn"" --The Association - ""Along .. show full overview
1x7
Host: Paul Williams
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 09, 1973
--Paul Williams (host) - ""Old Fashioned Love Song,"" ""Drift Away"" & ""That's Enough for Me"" --Edward Bear - ""Last Song"" & ""Close Your Eyes"" --Loretta Lynn - ""One's On the .. show full overview
1x8
Host: Paul Anka
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 16, 1973
Guests / songs (in broadcast order): --Paul Anka (host) - ""Girl"" --On film: vintage clip of Paul Anka singing ""Put Your Head on My Shoulder"" --Bobby Darin - ""If I Were a .. show full overview
1x9
Host: Lou Rawls
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 23, 1973
--Lou Rawls (guest host) - ""A Natural Man"" & ""Dead End Street"" --Lou Rawls - medley: ""Memory Lane,"" ""It Was a Very Good Year"" & ""Old Folks"" --Brewer & Shipley - ""One Toke .. show full overview
1x10
Host: Ray Charles
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 30, 1973
--Ray Charles (guest host) - ""Eleanor Rigby,"" ""Georgia on My Mind"" & ""What'd I Say"" --Ray Charles with the Raelets (a.k.a. Raylettes) - ""I Can Make It Through the Days (But Oh .. show full overview
1x11
Hosts: The Bee Gees
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 07, 1973
--The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - ""To Love Somebody,"" ""Lonely Days,"" ""I Saw a New Morning"" and a medley of hits (""New York Mining Disaster 1941,"" ""I Started a Joke,"" .. show full overview
1x12
Host: Bill Cosby
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 13, 1973
--Bill Cosby (guest host, appearing with a band) - ""Ursulena (With Your Washing Machina),"" ""I've Got to Be Strong"" (sung by member of his group) & ""I Lost My Baby At the Dance Last .. show full overview
1x13
Host: Doc Severinsen
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 20, 1973
--Doc Severinsen (guest host) - ""I Just Want to Celebrate,"" ""Last Tango in Paris,"" ""Does Anybody Know What Time It Is,"" ""Introduction,"" ""Twenty-Five or Six to Four"" & .. show full overview
1x14
Host: Jerry Lee Lewis
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 27, 1973
--Jerry Lee Lewis (guest host) - ""Great Balls of Fire,"" ""High School Confidential,"" ""Drinking Wine Spo Dee O'Dee"" & ""Cold Cold Heart"" --Jerry Lee Lewis and Linda Gail Lewis - .. show full overview
1x15
Host: Johnny Nash
Episode overview
Air date
May 04, 1973
--Johnny Nash (guest host) - ""Stir It Up,"" ""Groovy Feeling,"" ""I Can See Clearly Now"" & ""Merry-Go-Round"" --Chi Coltrane - ""Thunder and Lightning"" & ""You Were My Friend"" .. show full overview
1x16
Hosts: Burns and Schreiber
Episode overview
Air date
May 11, 1973
--Jack Burns and Avery Schreiber (comedy team, guest hosts) --Mark Almond - ""What Am I Loving For,"" ""Just Another Road Song"" & ""The City"" --Kenny Colman - ""Last Tango in .. show full overview
1x17
Host: Chubby Checker
Episode overview
Air date
May 18, 1973
--Chubby Checker - ""Let's Twist Again,"" ""Pony Time,"" Limbo Rock"" & ""Slow Twistin'"" --Jimmy Clanton - ""Just a Dream"" --Danny and the Juniors - ""At the Hop"" & ""Rock and .. show full overview
1x18
Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips
Episode overview
Air date
May 25, 1973
--Gladys Knight and the Pips (guest hosts) - ""Friendship Train,"" ""Daddy Could Swear I Declare,"" ""I Don't Want to Do Wrong"" & ""Neither One of Us"" --Dr. John - ""Right Place, .. show full overview
1x19
Host: Paul Williams
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 01, 1973
--Paul Williams (guest host) - ""My Love and I,"" ""Let Me Be the One,"" ""We've Only Just Begun,"" ""Rainy Days and Mondays"" & ""I Never Had It So Good"" --Argent - ""God Gave Rock .. show full overview
1x20
Host: Curtis Mayfield
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 08, 1973
--Curtis Mayfield (guest host) - ""Superfly,"" ""If I Were Only a Child Again"" & ""Back to the World"" --Canned Heat - ""Let's Work Together,"" ""Harley Davidson Blues"" & .. show full overview
1x21
Host: Jim Croce
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 15, 1973
--Jim Croce (guest host) - ""Operator,"" ""Roller Derby Queen,"" ""You Don't Mess with Jim,"" ""Speedball Tucker,"" ""Big Bad Leroy Brown,"" ""Careful Man"" --Little Anthony and the .. show full overview
1x22
Hosts: The Bee Gees
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 22, 1973
--The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - ""I Gotta Get a Message to You,"" ""Alexander's Rag Time Band,"" ""Run to Me,"" ""Morning of My Life,"" ""Holiday,"" ""Let There Be Love,"" ""My World"" & .. show full overview
1x23
Host: Paul Williams
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 29, 1973
--Paul Williams (guest host) - ""Someday Man,"" ""That's What Friends Are For"" & ""Look What I Found"" --Paul Williams, Kris Kristofferson and Rita Collidge - ""Me and Bobby McGee"" .. show full overview
1x24
Host: Jose Feliciano
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 06, 1973
--Jose Feliciano (guest host) - ""California Dreamin',"" ""Compartments"" & ""Papa Was a Rolling Stone"" --Savoy Brown - ""Shot in the Head"" & ""Jack the Toad"" --The Staple Singers .. show full overview
1x25
Host: Smokey Robinson
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 13, 1973
--Smokey Robinson (guest host) - ""Want to Know My Mind,"" ""Sweet Harmony"" & ""You Are the Sunshine of My Life"" --The Miracles - ""What Is Heart Good For,"" ""Tears of a Clown"" & .. show full overview
1x26
Host: Joan Baez
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 20, 1973
--Joan Baez (host) - ""The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,"" ""Joe Hill,"" ""Love Song to a Stranger,"" ""Prison Trilogy"" & ""Rider Pass By"" --Joan Baez and Mimi Farina - ""Best of .. show full overview
1x27
Host: Dionne Warwick
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 27, 1973
--Dionne Warwick (host) - ""I Say a Little Prayer"" and a medley of Burt Bachrach hits. --Dionne Warwick and Johnny Mathis - ""My Love"" --Johnny Mathis - ""Killing Me Softly with .. show full overview
1x28
Host: Al Green
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 03, 1973
--Al Green (guest host) - ""Let's Stay Together,"" ""Tired of Being Alone,"" ""Call Me,"" ""How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"" & ""Here I Am"" --Ramblin' Jack Elliott - ""San Francisco .. show full overview
1x29
Hosts: The Bee Gees
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 10, 1973
--The Bee Gees (guest hosts) - ""New York Mining Disaster 1941,"" ""Turn of the Century"" & ""I Can't See Nobody"" --The Hollies - ""Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"" & ""He Ain't .. show full overview
1x30
Host: Richard Pryor
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 17, 1973
--Richard Pryor (guest host) --Electric Light Orchestra - ""Roll Over Beethoven"" --Joe Hicks - ""Train of Thought"" --Doug Kershaw - ""Fisherman's Luck,"" ""Diggy Diggy Lo"" & .. show full overview
1x31
Co-hosts: Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 24, 1973
--Loretta Lynn and Marty Robbins (Co-hosts) - ""The Midnight Special"" & ""Singin' the Blues"" --Loretta Lynn (Co-host) - ""One's on the Way"" & ""Love is the Foundation"" --Loretta .. show full overview
1x32
Host: Billy Preston
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 31, 1973
--Billy Preston (guest host) - ""Will It Go Round in Circles,"" All Spaced Out,"" ""Music's My Life"""" & ""That's the Way God Planned It"" --Billy Preston and Buddy Miles - ""My Sweet .. show full overview
1x33 Season finale
Host: Mac Davis
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 07, 1973
--Mac Davis (guest host) - ""Something's Burning,"" ""I'll Paint You a Song,"" ""Naughty Girl,"" ""Lonesomest Lonesome"" & ""I Believe in Music"" --Mark Almond - ""Neighborhood Man"" .. show full overview

If there are missing episodes or banners (and they exist on TheTVDB) you can request an automatic full show update:

Request show update