Mike King Tonight is a New Zealand late-night talk show hosted by mental health advocate and then-comedian, Mike King, that aired for one season in 2003. It aired on TV2.[4][5][6][7][8]

Mike King Tonight
Title card
Written byMike King
Andrew Clay
Te Radar[1]
Presented byMike King
Narrated byRobert Taylor[1]
Country of originNew Zealand
No. of episodes10
Production
Executive producerTony Manson
Production locationBruce Mason Centre
Production companyGreenstone TV
Original release
NetworkTV2
Release16 July (2003-07-16)[2] –
16 December 2003 (2003-12-16)[3]

Background edit

The show was a general late-night talk show that was filmed in front of a live studio audience at the Bruce Mason Centre in Takapuna, New Zealand. King was the host for the show with various special guests on each episode.[9][10][11] The show was funded by NZ on Air.[12]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Screen, NZ On. "Mike King Tonight – Final Episode | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com.
  2. ^ "MIKE KING TONIGHT – MIKE KING TONIGHT SERIES 1 PROGRAMME 1". ngataonga.org.nz.
  3. ^ "MIKE KING TONIGHT – MIKE KING TONIGHT SERIES 1 PROGRAMME 10". ngataonga.org.nz.
  4. ^ Screen, NZ On. "Mike King Tonight – Final Episode | Television | NZ On Screen". www.nzonscreen.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "King to Newsboy: You #@&%". NZ Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Radio station posts another foul-mouthed tirade from King". NZ Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "The comeback King". Stuff. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Mike King reveals how he took drugs while working on hit comedy series Game of Two Halves". Stuff. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Mike King Tonight – Greenstone TV". www.greenstonetv.com. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Mike King". NZRelo. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  12. ^ "NZ On Air". www.nzonair.govt.nz. Retrieved 25 July 2021.