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Complacency would be a mistake, however: Hall's popularity may signal a geologic shift in late-night TV. The rise and fall of potential rivals to Carson -- from Alan Thicke to Joan Rivers -- has become an industry joke. But Hall is the first to catch on, and he has done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Most of the time, however, the conversation on The Arsenio Hall Show is just what you'd expect from a talk show that bills itself as a party: lots of small talk, much of it boring. Hall's show-biz gush rivals Merv Griffin's or Rivers' at their most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

But, hey, do his fans care? At a time when most talk shows have moved into controversial issues (Phil, Oprah, even Rivers) or anti-talk-show parody (Letterman), Hall has returned the genre to its original raison d'etre: old-fashioned, unapologetic stargazing. His innovation has been to set the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

Hall did not stay out of the talk-show ring for long. In 1986 he joined Marilyn McCoo as co-host of Solid Gold, a syndicated music show. Then he got a call from the Fox Network, asking him to be a last-minute replacement for Frank Zappa as fill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: Let's Get Busy!! | 11/13/1989 | See Source »

The officer said the man has identified himself as either "Lieutenant Gerard" or "Dan Rivers," the same names attributed to the Harvard caller.

Author: By Erik M. Weitzman, | Title: Police Impostor Calls Other Area Colleges | 11/4/1989 | See Source »

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