Season
- Season 8
- Season 7 1979-01-19
- Season 6
- Season 5 1977-06-03
- Season 4
- Season 3 1974-09-27
- Season 2 1973-09-14
- Season 1 1972-08-19
Episode
- Episode 1: Pilot
- Episode 2: Host: Helen Reddy
- Episode 3: Host: Johnny Rivers
- Episode 4: Host: Mac Davis
- Episode 5: Host: Harry Chapin
- Episode 6: Host: Anne Murray
- Episode 7: Host: Paul Williams
- Episode 8: Host: Paul Anka
- Episode 9: Host: Lou Rawls
- Episode 10: Host: Ray Charles
- Episode 11: Hosts: The Bee Gees
- Episode 12: Bill Cosby
- Episode 13: Host: Doc Severinsen
- Episode 14: Host: Jerry Lee Lewis
- Episode 15: Host: Johnny Nash
- Episode 16: Hosts: Burns and Schreiber
- Episode 17: Host: Chubby Checker
- Episode 18: Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Episode 19: Host: Paul Williams
- Episode 20: Host: Curtis Mayfield
- Episode 21: Host: Jim Croce
- Episode 22: Host:The Bee Gees
- Episode 23: Host: Paul Williams
- Episode 24: Host: Jose Feliciano
- Episode 25: Host: Smokey Robinson
- Episode 26: Host: Joan Baez
- Episode 27: Host: Dionne Warwick
- Episode 28: Host: Al Green
- Episode 29: Hosts: The Bee Gees
- Episode 30: Host: Richard Pryor
- Episode 31: Co-hosts: Loretta Lynn & Marty Robbins
- Episode 32: Host: Billy Preston
- Episode 33: Host: Mac Davis
- Episode 34: Host: Curtis Mayfield
- Episode 35: Host: Wilson Pickett
- Episode 36: Host: Seals & Crofts
- Episode 37: Host: Gladys Knight & The Pips
- Episode 38: Host: The Bee Gees
- Episode 39: Host: War
- Episode 40: Host: Chuck Berry
The Midnight Special Season 1 Host: Lou Rawls
The Midnight Special is an American late-night musical variety series that aired on NBC during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It premiered as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a regular series on February 2, 1973; its last episode was on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. The show typically featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through March 1976 when singer Helen Reddy served as the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer and frequent guest host. The series also occasionally aired vintage footage of older acts. As the program neared the end of its run in the early 1980s, it began to frequently use lip-synched performances rather than live. The program also featured occasional comedic performances such as Richard Pryor and Andy Kaufman.
