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TV game show Wheel of Fortune since 1981. CBS initially recruited Sajak to compete with and potentially overthrow NBC’S king of latenight, Johnny Carson. However, Sajak failed to take the late-night throne: His show was quickly “dismissed by critics, talk-show guests and the vast majority of viewers as a dismal flop,” as thenTimes reporter Steve Weinstein reported in 1990. Executives and producers tried to change course midway through the show’s run, moving away from typical late-night fare like sidekicks and monologues and adding roundtable discussions at the end of each show. Despite those adjustments, the show was still canceled. Thankfully, Wheel of Fortune has provided him with steady employment.

Time on the air: Jan. 9, 1989-March 9, 1990 Network: CBS

Number of seasons: 1 Number of episodes: 156

Space Ghost

Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network’s first (and for several years only) original program, refurbished a 1970s superhero cartoon into a quippy late-night talk show with a bricolage of guests — think Weird Al Yankovic, Gilligan’s Island star Bob Denver, R.E.M.’S Michael Stipe, Jim Carrey and Fran Lebowitz. Critics embraced the series, billed as the world’s first late-night talk show hosted by a cartoon superhero. New York Times writer Andy Meisler called the show a cross between The Larry Sanders Show, Superman and a ransom note. He went onto call the series “perhaps the weirdest, most oddly mesmerizsing cult show to hit basic cable since Ren met Stimpy.”

Time on the air: April 15, 1994- May 31, 2008 Network: Cartoon Network

Number of seasons: 10 Number of episodes: 113

Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton and … was a late-night talk show hosted by American model and actress Lauren Hutton during the mid-’90s. Hutton spoke with a diverse range of guests on her show. “I talk quite a bit myself. I force