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1976-06-10, WNBC, 60 min.
"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder is NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE. October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982. An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980. On this show, Snyder is joined by outspoken ABC sports broadcaster Howard Cosell. Cosell comments on the following topics: his background in law; being denied a spot on ABC's "Monday Night Baseball" program; his belief that baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn is "incredibly inept"; why baseball's antitrust exemption is wrong; his early broadcasting career in radio; the escalating costs of sports production; why he recommended that ABC should fire former "Monday Night Football" announcer Fred "the Hammer" Williamson -- whom he had earlier recommended for the job; Roone Arledge's decision to replace Keith Jackson with Frank Gifford on "Monday Night Football"; the erroneous reports that he once tried to broadcast a "Monday Night Football" game while drunk -- although he does acknowledge vomiting on fellow broadcaster Don Meredith one night due to a stomach illness; his relationship with boxing champ Muhammad Ali; how sports has distorted the priorities of many Americans; the talents of the rock group the Bay City Rollers, who appeared on his variety show, "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell"; the cancellation of that variety program; the gamble taken by NBC Entertainment Division President Fred Silverman in moving the popular police drama "Starsky and Hutch" to a new time slot; and Cosell's views on the negative press he receives.