CBS Arsenio Hall Late-night Final Show National May 27, 1994 

He wasn't the next Johnny Carson. He was the one and only Arsenio Hall!

To me Arsenio is the best of the late-night talk show hosts. Still to this day.

Happy 30th anniversary to the final episode of _The Arsenio Hall Show._ It aired on Friday, May 27, 1994.

This was the saddest night in late-nite television.

I had forgotten how he brought black culture into the mainstream. See, I am a white lady who married a black man in the late 80's. And we were combining 2 cultures. And he was doing the same thing. I really loved what he did.🎉❤

Watched this when it originally aired in a hotel room in Philadelphia with my cousin and his tennis coach. We were eating pizza and drinking white wine. My cousin cried when Arsenio said goodbye and I threw a piece of pepperoni at the television.

I wish talk shows like this would have got a DVD box set release

Arsenio had nothing but iconic legends of ALL races on his show!! This show was amazing!!

Brought tears to my eyes and I am so glad I'd witnessed the Arsenio magic back in the day. The magic of the late 60s thru the mid 90's will never be duplicated nor explained. Esp. in the world of music. Love to you all.

10:52 Burton Richardson with the epic 17-second long “Arseniooooooo” for the final show.

Arsenio outshined them in only 5 years what Leno, Carson, Letterman, Fallon & Kimmel couldn't during their long tenures. Boy, I miss this era.....

I enjoyed AH as a white boy from Canada. He was thoughtful, gracious, and funny. A true pioneer on the late night scene who handled the pressure of it all with style and ease.

Miss you, Arsenio. you made us laugh!

Big shout to Arsenio and a big RIP to Mr.Vandros !,,

when magic johnson was saying he didn't want ppl to be afraid to hug me etc, i met magic shortly after he told the world he had hiv, i gave him a handshake a hug & it was one of the best days of my life...i think the fact i wasn't afraid to hug him meant alot to him

💕Arsenio Hall !!

Sir James Brown said, "If you hate, you cannot communicate."

It wasn’t a CBS network show. It was syndicated.

Man, I remember when this aired. I was a kid, but watched this show religiously. I was totally bummed out. Such a shame that he was canceled. Loved it

Arsenio had some Iconic Black History Greats on this show! Super Blessed!😍🙌🏾

It’s crazy how shows like Arsenio’s kinda just fell into a black hole of existence. The 90’s was the best era for black people culturally and artistically and sadly most of it is just a blur or only in the minds of those that lived it. Outside of reruns of the same few shows from that era 90’s black culture isn’t celebrated enough. Thank God for RU-vid. White media is a trip. They will keep an Ellen DeGeneres on the air regardless of numerous allegations made against her but cancel Arsenio’s show because of self expression and a promotion of cultural awareness? smh. Not to mention countless black sitcoms that’s had a 10+ year run while many black shows of the 90’s were canceled after a few seasons.

It is difficult to produce and host a nightly television show for one week let alone five years or more. Arsenio offered something different and did a great job. Nothing lasts forever.

R.I.P. Luther Vandross.

this was the best late night show I never missed one! he was my age and the talent was outstanding!!

Arsenio Hall is like if Carson and Cavett had a kid. While bringing on the biggest stars and providing some of the best laughs. The show also provided a stage for serious topics and debate. All within an eloquent and understandable manner.

LUTHER!!!!💕🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

I still have VHS tapes of the AH show. Loved his show. He brought the realness to us at night. Thank you 😊😂❤️

Nobody COULD TOUCH THIS MAN IN LATE NIGHT!!!

I wish arsenio would have stayed on the air..if it wasn't canceled

😂😂😂🤣🤣 James Brown said if nobody else don’t want these cookies. JB promoting his cookies on the last show. “Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud” Perfect Ending!!!!!!!

This was my show!!

1st and only time I ever watched a late night show. Arsenio's show was cool.

As usual,they scurd of us! I'm from Indy, I went to see the show on April 29th,89! Guest that day Farrah Fawsette,and Micheal Tucker from LA Law. Good times back then!!!

Kids would not understand how good this show waz

These really were golden days in the USA. I wish we could go back. ❤

ARSENIO is THE BEST late night or daytime TALK SHOW HOST, EVER!!!!! I am a 72yr old grandmother commenting on my son's page

Still cannot believe this pop culture phenomenon lasted ONLY FIVE years, only to suddenly be gone in a flash. I blame Chevy Chase for this and the cancellation of "Studs". I guess this was FOX's long-awaited revenge for Hall abandoning ship in favor of syndication at Paramount.

Watching this ICONIC final show feeling the same emotions I felt during the original showing. #ArsenioHallForever#1

Although Paramount did say publicly that the show was not in imminent danger of cancellation, Hall announced on April 18, 1994, that he was not going to continue the show, simply saying "it's time". This episode of the season finale of The Arsenio Hall Show aired on May 27, 1994. Shortly before The Arsenio Hall Show was canceled, Paramount's merger with Viacom was finalized. Since this now meant that Paramount and MTV were corporate siblings, there was a ready-made replacement for Arsenio and after a retooling and expansion, a syndicated version of The Jon Stewart Show was launched in late 1994. Despite being sold to most of the same Arsenio affiliates, The Jon Stewart Show was never able to find an audience in syndication as it had on MTV and the show was canceled after its lone season as a syndicated series. After the decline of Arsenio and the failure of The Jon Stewart Show, Paramount did not make another attempt at producing a late-night variety show. Nonetheless, they were not willing to give up on the idea fully and in 1998, Paramount developed a daytime variety show for comedian Howie Mandel. The Howie Mandel Show premiered in May 1998, but could not find an audience in what was then a syndicated landscape saturated with talk shows, and Paramount canceled the show in early 1999. Paramount subsequently gave up on the variety format altogether and did not attempt it again before its television operations were folded into those of CBS. In 2001, VH1 aired a repacked version of The Arsenio Hall Show, called Arsenio Jams featuring musical performances and select interviews from the show's first run.

I remember his final guest was Farrakhan

Thanks for the awareness-building that you have accomplished in our communities.

I miss this set the purple lighting the couch

I loved his shows! Wish he would come back to host. Loved his laugh!❤️🇨🇦

Greatness!

#RIP Luther 😢

10:46 Buton Richardson: So turn on, tune in and grab a slice of history! 10:51 Buton Richardson: "It's Arseniooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Hall!"

Must see TV Monday- Friday! 100 % cultural fulfillment, and entertainment!

Toward the end, leading up to the show getting CANCELLED, he started getting more real. Not just with opening up the conversation about black America, but I think the powers that be knew that it would only get more real! Not just about black America, but he most likely would’ve naturally and organically gone deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole on any, and every, issue. Perhaps too real for Hollywood and the system

Luther Vandross ❤

Yes this was a great show, thankyou arsenio.😊❤

James Brown Setlist 19:00 Cold Sweat 21:06 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 23:29 Try Me 38:34 I Feel Good 40:34 Out Of Sight 41:27 Mother Popcorn

I wish tv only had 9 channels

I forgot how great Arsenio Hall's Late Night Talk Show was! Wow!

He was the best! I hope he comes back to TV again🙏

The Arsenio Hall Show represented Black Excellence!!

This Will Also Be One Of My Favorite Memories For Hanging Out With Everybody That Day In The Audience And Backstage At The After Party...Arsenio Hall My Fambam Fa'Life One Love Fa'Sho...Jon-Jon...Out...

7:39 mariah 💗

Don't fck with James Brown. I mean it. LOL! Love that guy! Brother worked hard and was good all of the way to the End. There are some really great performances on Dave's CBS and NBC shows on here.

Was there any "at the time" celeb who wasn't on this show? I can't think of one.

Arsenio was syndicated, not a CBS network show.

He was on right after Pat Sajak on most CBS stations in the same markets which aired back-to-back Late Night Talk Shows in 1989 on the same station as it debuted within 1 week, and to us Arsenio Hall ended his 5 and a quarter year run with this 1994 series finale, as Late Night TV would never be the same until Jon Stewart took over in the Fall of 1994, but Jon Stewart's talk show did not last but 1 season.

Reminder of how much I’ve always loved Whoopi’s personality!

In Houston, The Arsenio Hall Show aired on KTXH 20.

That long note on Arseniooooooooooo was efn ANNOYING! But this show was great!!

Michael Jackson didn’t even do late night talk shows but he made an exception for Arsenio.

i thought the final had all he rappers on it

Also that day is Ray combs's final Family Feud episode

I thought I had watched all of his shows Guess I didn't? Missed a lot of them! Tried to record some because of my own? Hope I can still find them?

John Candy wasn’t on the show

BLACK AMERICA NEEDS THIS KINDA LATE NITE BLACK AGAIN

Arsenio show should’ve had a longer run like jimmy Fallon 😢

An appearance by my beautiful friend Vicky, Miss.Nude Universe!! 😍🤭

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Where the hell is the DVD set

Forgot how big this show was!

No way this is WCBS. The show aired on WWOR the entire run.

He never mentioned Quincy

A really wish that all of the communities would just realize that it has nothing to do with skin tone. That's all melanin we all Bleede red

Why his show got canceled???????

Whoopi has always been very outspoken and blunt.

Who is the naked woman at 9:02??? Been trying to find out and theres no answer anywhere online

Did my brother wrong,all because he had Farrakhan on the show. Nothing has changed in 27 years. The plantation mentality is still here.It's even worse. Because our numbers have increased, NOW they don't want us to vote.AGAIN.We need this show back.

5 years. Modest at best.

Do you have the final episode of Real Stories of the Highway Patrol from June 29, 1998? The final episode of the syndicated series.

40:21 rip james brown!

Blowing up barney

Woof!,woof!,Woof! Arsenio had the best show in late night! He put hip-hop on the map in t.v. n black culture. Dang Jerry Seinfeld was on the Arsenio Hall show first doing stand up n he’s now the highest paid comedian in the world!!! He’s worth like a billion dollars!!! And Ellen Degeneres is worth 340 million!!! What happened? He only with 35 million what happened ? Is there a special club he wasn’t invited to? He should’ve linked up with magic he’s worth 1.2 billion.

10:51

*Eastside Low Bottoms sh*t !* _Tappin' in from South Central Los Angeles_ There are many, MANY shows that were kept on the air DESPITE their low ratings...like Seinfeld for example. Black folks don't have the same luxury. But in reality, it's "their shows, their rules". We need Our OWN sh*t ! Power corrupts ! And as long as We hv to go thru "them", they can make up ANY excuse the get rid of a show, even if it's successful. It's more of a power move than anything else ! It's a standpoint of "We don't care HOW much money u make us, WE still control it !" "Do what WE say...or _else !_ Great song to end with, just to let the world know ! Great planning. ✊🏾✊🏾

I thought Arsenio show was wonderfully produced really funny

Not missed at all

9:47

Uh oh 1:19

Tina Turner

29:08

Why was he taken off the air ?

Magic ain't had no damn aids.

Who was the woman that Arsenio was kissing?

Just watch his interview with Vanilla Ice to show what a douche Arsenio actually was

Get him outta here!! Yah !