‘Midnight Special’ debuts as a series on NBC 40 years ago this hour (1973)


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(Saturday February 3, 1973, 1:00 a.m. EST)Midnight Special, a late-night musical variety series, debuted this morning as a regular series (it had premiered as a special on Aug. 19, 1972) on NBC-TV, with Helen Reddy as the host.


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