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When did the first late night talk shows air?

The earliest roots of late night television were out of burlesque and vaudeville. Jerry Lester used to do a show called "Broadway Open House", and he was an old vaudeville comedian who did this Cavalcade kind of crazy comedy show. Then I think it morphed into being a little bit more sophisticated.

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