PBS
for WNET/13 New York (Taped in New York)
Executive Producer Winter D. Horton Jr.
Produced and directed by Jack Sameth
Associate producer Jane Baumer
Production Secretary Margaret Hicks
Production Assistant George Stupar
Host James Day
US Talk show 1973-74 130 episodes 30 min
*Note: James Day was a pioneer of Public Television.
Only episodes to have 2 guests and 2 parts was with Will Durant and Ariel Durant.
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PBS 11:30 pm 3 times a week
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08Jun1973
Guest
Otto Preminger, producer and director
Otto Preminger discusses the films he has directed and his rapport with actors.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2002526
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Jun1973
Guest
Katherine Anne Porter, novelist and short story writer
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000369
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
13Nov1973 PBS Tues
Guest
Billie Jean King, tennis star.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010954
Isaac Stern, classical violinist
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010488
Abe Burrows, playwright and screenwriter
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010596
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
20Nov1973
Guest
Eli Wallach, stage, screen and TV actor.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010321
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
27Nov1973
Guest
Jonathan Winters, comedian and actor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OX0ECA59-4
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
29Nov1973
Guest
Joseph Papp, theatrical producer and founder of the Public Theater
Stage producer Joseph Papp discusses critical reaction to his plays and the importance of bringing theater to the people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khzPwtzTXl0
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Dec1973
Guest
John Houseman, film and theatre producer and actor. [Part 1]
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012211
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
05Dec1973
Guest
Victor Borge, comedian, conductor and pianist.
Victor Borge discusses the serious nature of comedy and his start in America after fleeing from Nazis in his native Denmark.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000342
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
16Dec1973
Guest
Theodore Bikel, actor
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010714
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
20Dec1973
Guest
Aaron Copeland, composer
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000391
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
01Jan1974
Guest
Stewart Alsop, newspaper columnist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-52M5qZ2xU
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
07Jan1974 [repeat]
Guest
Billie Jean King
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08Jan1974 [repeat]
Guest
Jonathan Winters
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Jan1974
Guest
Mervyn Leroy, film director
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012325
Agnes de Mille, choreographer
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012103
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
10Jan1974
Guest
Peter Max, pop artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qzDC7-YgWU
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
11Jan1974 [repeat]
Guest
Isaac Stern
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
15Jan1974 [repeat]
Guest
Victor Borge
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
17Jan1974
Guest
Alwyn Nikolais, choreographer
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012278
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
21Jan1974
Guest
Ray Bradbury, novelist and short story writer.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012346
Ozzie Nelson, actor and producer
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2002607
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
24Jan1974
Guest
Myrna Loy, actress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIOXD2epvyY
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Jan1974
Guest
Mort Walker, cartoonist ("Beetle Bailey")
Cartoonist Mort Walker discusses authority figures, censorship and humor.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Feb1974 [repeat]
Guest
Joseph Papp
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
05Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Melissa Hayden, ballet dancer
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
07Feb1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
10Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Aaron Copeland
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
12Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Ann Landers, advice columnist
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2002406
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
19Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Ray Bradbury
Muhammad Ali
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
21Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Gloria DeHaven
Gloria DeHaven comments on self-discovery and motherhood.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Roosevelt Grier, former Football star and actor.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of Harry S. Truman and author of a biography of her father.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
26Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Norman Lear, creator of "All in the Family" and "Maude".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qNH10eXh8
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
27Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Ginger Rogers, actress, dancer.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
28Feb1974 NYT
Guest
Herbert Block, aka Herblock, political cartoonist.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
05Mar1974 NYT
Guest
Dr. Karl Menninger, psychiatrist.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
07Mar1974 NYT
Guest
Art Linkletter, TV personality and host.
Art Linkletter discusses his interviewing techniques and his childhood. James Day is the host of the series.
Art Buchwald, newspaper columnist
Art Buchwald tells why it's important to look on the lighter side of life and shares his childhood experiences .
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010554
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
12Mar1974
Guest
Norman Cousins, author, journalist and peace advocate.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000437
Nelson Algren, novelist [NYT]
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
14Mar1974 NYT
Guest
Former F.C.C. Commissioner Newton Minow.
Former FCC chairman Newton Minow gives his opinion of television, its problems and potential.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTYAbZANqFw
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
15Mar1974
Guest
Jan Peerce, opera singer
Marya Mannes, author of "They"
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1011041
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
18Mar1974
Guest
Virgil Thomson, composer
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1011102
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
22Mar1974
Guest
UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012340
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
27Mar1974
Guest
Ayn Rand, author
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2001927
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
28Mar1974
Guest
Irving Howe, author
Literary critic Irving Howe discusses the growth of skepticism in the U.S. and why people are losing faith in democratic institutions.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010643
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
29Mar1974
Guest
Hermoine Gingold, actress
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1011555
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Apr1974
Guest
Cab Calloway, singer and bandleader
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4dysU2sHT4
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Apr1974
Guest
Sam Levenson, humorist and author
Nostalgia is among the topics discussed by Sam Levenson as he describes his upbringing and optimistic outlook on life.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010506
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
04Apr1974
Guest
S.J. Perelman, humorist and playwright.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010759
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
05Apr1974
Guest
Howard K. Smith, newscaster
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012381
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Apr1974
Guest
Jacob Bronowski, science historian
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012298
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
10Apr1974
Guest
Noam Chomsky, author, lecturer, philosopher and linguist.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1011554
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
18Apr1974
Guest
Wallace Stegner, author, historian and environmentalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFj2EID6u4w
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
19Apr1974
Guest
Bill Graham, concert promoter
Rock promoter Bill Graham reminisces about his life, including his escape from the Nazis
during World War II and his start in the music business.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
21Apr1974
Guest
Joan Baez, singer-songwriter
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010335
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Apr1974
Guest
Irving Stone, novelist
Biographer (“Lust for Life” about Vincent van Gogh, and “The Agony and the Ecstacy” about Michelangelo).
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2002623
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Apr1974
Guest
Vincent Price, actor, horror star, gourmet and art collector.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThVas-YrJVc
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
28Apr1974
Guest
Dr. Jonas Salk, polio vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk describes the work of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California and recalls the influences that directed him toward medicine.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010423
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30Apr1974
Guest
Hugh Hefner, founder and publisher of Playboy magazine.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012076
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03May1974
Guest
Herbert Gold, novelist from the Beat Generation
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06May1974
Guest
Archie Moore, boxer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ZSSZAcuP8
Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbNqaFsdGA0
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08May1974
Guest
Marty Links, cartoonist "EmmyLou".
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000407
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08May1974
Guest
Edward Teller, nuclear physicist
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1010653
George Plimpton, author
George Plimpton discusses the psychology behind dream fulfillment and his friendships
with Ernest Hemingway, Hank Aaron and Archie Moore.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09May1974
Guest
Alger Hiss
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
13May1974
Guest
Richard Rodgers, Composer.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012249
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
14May1974
Guest
Anne Sexton, poet
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
16May1974
Guest
B.F. Skinner
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
17May1974
Guest
Anne Baxter, actress
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000323
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
19May1974
Guest
Imogene Cunningham, photographer
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
21May1974
Guest
David Brower, conservationist and founder of the Friends of the Earth.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23May1974
Guest
Bill Graham
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
26May1974
Guest
John Maher, founder and director of the Delancy Street Foundation.
A drug-rehabilitation center in San Francisco is discussed by its founder John Maher.
He also comments on his background and tells how his interest in social work evolved.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
28May1974 NYT
Guest
Irving Stone
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30May1974 NYT
Guest
James Whitmore
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Christopher Isherwood, playwright
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR1012147
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Jun1974
Guest
George Rose, actor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ETUE7YJgO0
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
04Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Richard Ney, writer and financial expert.
Insights into the stock market are offered by Richard Ney, author of "Wall Street Jungle."
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06Jun1974
Guest
Dave Brubeck, jazz musician
Dave Brubeck describes the emotional appeal music has for him and comments on some of his compositions.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2002405
Colleen Dewhurst, actress
Actress Colleen Dewhurst discusses her role in "A Moon for the Misbegotten" and the psychology of success.
https://www.cuny.tv/show/dayatnight/PR2000449
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06Jun1974 NYT
GuestFlorence Chadwick, the first woman to swim the English Channel.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Dr. Jonas Salk
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
11Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Marcel Marceau
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
13Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Archie Moore
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
16Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Tennessee Ernie Ford
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
18Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Richard Rodgers
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
20Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Dr. Jacob Bronowski author of "The Ascent of Man".
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Dr. Jacob Bronowski author of "The Ascent of Man".
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Jun1974 NYT
Guest
George Plimpton
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
27Jun1974 NYT
Guest
William Shuman, Pulitzer Prize winning composer.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30Jun1974 NYT
Guest
Anne Baxter
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Jul1974 NYT
Guest
Richard Rodgers
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
04Jul1974 NYT
Guest
Dr. Jacob Bronowski author of "The Ascent of Man".
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
07Jul1974 NYT
Guest
George Plimpton
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Jul1974 NYT
Guest
William Shuman
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
12Jul1974 NYT
Guest
Alexandra Danilova, dancer
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
15Jul1974 NYT
Guest
George Rose
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
16Jul1974 NYT
Guest
Marc Connelly, playwright
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
19Jul1974 NYT
Guest
Jason Robards
Jason Robards ("A Moon for the Misbegotten") offers his views on Eugene O'Neill
as a playwright and his own career in the theater.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
22Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Billie Jean King
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Jonathan Winters
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
24Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Agnes DeMille
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Peter Max
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
26Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Isaac Stern
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
29Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Victor Borge
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Katherine Ann Porter
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
31Jul1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Alwyn (Alwin) Nikolais.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
01Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Garson Kanin
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Huntington Hartford
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
05Aug1974 NYT
Guest
John Houseman
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06Aug1974 NYT
Guest
John Houseman
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
07Aug1974 NYT
Guest
I.M. Pei
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Myrna Loy
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Aug1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Mort Walker
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
12Aug1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Abe Burrows
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
13Aug1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Theodore Bikel
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
14Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Alvin Toffler
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
15Aug1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Joseph Papp
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
19Aug1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Eli Wallach
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
20Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Melissa Hayden, Prima ballerina
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
21Aug1974 NYT
Guest
E.G. Marshall
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
22Aug1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Aaron Copeland
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Vance Packard
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
26Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Edgar Bergen
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen discusses working with W.C. Fields and Mae West,
his early attempts at magic and his career.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
27Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Rosey Grier
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
28Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Elsa Lanchester
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
29Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Will and Ariel Durant (Part I)
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30Aug1974 NYT
Guest
Will and Ariel Durant (Part II)
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Buzz Aldrin, Astronaut.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Sep1974 [repeat]
Guest
Ray Bradbury
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
04Sep1974 [repeat]
Guest
Gloria DeHaven
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Eddie Albert, actor.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Sep1974 [repeat]
Guest
Margaret Truman Daniel (R)
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
10Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Norman Lear
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
11Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Ginger Rogers
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
12Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Robert Anderson, President of Atlantic Richfield.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
13Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Norton Simon
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
16Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Steve Allen, TV personality, writer and host.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
17Sep1974 [repeat]
Guest
Dr. Karl Menninger
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
20Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Mervyn Leroy
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Maria Tallchief
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
24Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Nelson Algren
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30Sep1974 NYT
Guest
Irv Kupcinet
Chicago TV talk-show host Irv Kupcinet on his newspaper column and changes he's observed in the Windy City.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
01Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
04Oct1974 NYT
Guest
Ann Landers
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
09Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
10Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
14Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
15Oct1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Marian McPartland
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
16Oct1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
17Oct1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Jack Anderson
Jack Anderson comments on honesty in government and censorship.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
21Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
22Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
23Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
28Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
29Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
30Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
31Oct1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
01Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
04Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
05Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Arthur Mitchell, choreographer
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
07Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
08Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
11Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Irving Howe, literary critic
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
13Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Cab Calloway, bandleader and musician
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
14Nov1974 NYT
Guest
S.J. Perelman, humorist
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
15Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Sam Levenson, comedian and author
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
18Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Alger Hiss
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
19Nov1974 NYT
Guest
I.F. Stone
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
20Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Howard K. Smith
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
22Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Howard Mumford Jones, historian
Educator Howard Mumford Jones discusses human interpretation in the recording of history.
He also comments on the purpose of education.
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
25Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
26Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
27Nov1974 NYT
Guest
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
29Nov1974 NYT
Guest
Wallace Stegner
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
02Dec1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Joan Baez
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Dec1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
David Brower, founder of Friend of Earth
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
03Dec1974 NYT [repeat]
Guest
Bill Graham
[--] Day at Night: host James Day
06Dec1974 NYT
Guest
Gregor (George) Piatigorsky
Performing as a youth for Lenin is among the topics discussed by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.
He also describes changes in Russia since the Revolution and reminisces about composer-friends.
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Charlie Byrd
Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd discusses the influence of Django Reinhardt and Andre Segovia on his musical style.
Other topics include the trends in American music.
[-] Day at Night: host James Day
Ernest Gruening
Journalist Ernest Gruening explains his views on the Vietnam War, American politics and civil rights.
[-] Day at Night: host James Day
Deborah Szekely Mazzanti
Deborah Szekely Mazzanti, a member of the President's Conference on Physical Fitness and Sports,
discusses health spas and the importance of keeping in shape.
[-] Day at Night: host James Day
Robert O. Anderson
Oil executive Robert O. Anderson discusses his interest in medical research,
the energy crisis and the goals of higher education.
[-] Day at Night: host James Day
Marshall Field V
Publisher Marshall Field V offers his opinions on the family unit and the generation gap.
Other topics include the responsibility of upholding family traditions.
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