What was the influence of Tom Snyder's The Tomorrow Show?

What was the influence of Tom Snyder's The Tomorrow Show?

There was a show called The Tomorrow Show, which I also worked on, with Tom Snyder. And it was, originally, a show that was on at one o'clock in the morning. Originally, before Johnny Carson renegotiated his big last big deal at NBC, he used to do a ninety minute show. The Tonight Show was originally a ninety minute show, ranging from eleven thirty to one. The network realized that at one o'clock they still have the stations, so why don't we just put something in expansive. So, they hired a local newscaster, and at the time, that was Tom Snyder. And they put him in just an easy chair, they had a black velour backdrop which was just painted; and it was cheap. He just interviewed interesting people, and he used to interview a lot of weirdo's, and a lot of off-beat. And then it became a TV programme that stars wanted to do.