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: Host: Curtis Mayfield
- Episode 2: Host: Wilson Pickett
- Episode 3: Hosts: Seals & Crofts
- Episode 4: Hosts: Gladys Knight & the Pips
- Episode 5: Host:The Bee Gees
- Episode 6: Hosts: War
- Episode 7: Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone
- Episode 8: Chuck Berry
- Episode 9: Host: Jerry Lee Lewis
- Episode 10: The 1980 Floor Show starring David Bowie
- Episode 11: Host: Peter Noone
- Episode 12: Hosts: Procol Harum
- Episode 13: Hosts: The Four Tops
- Episode 14: Hosts: Loggins & Messina
- Episode 15: Host: Jose Feliciano Guests: Clarence Carter, Roger McGuinn, Linda Ronstadt, Sha Na Na
- Episode 16: Host: Marty Robbins
- Episode 17: Million Sellers hosted by Wolfman Jack
- Episode 18: Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- Episode 19: Host: Smokey Robinson
- Episode 20: Host: Steve Miller Guests: Brownsville Station, Tim Buckley, The James Cotton Blues Band, Genesis, The James Gang
- Episode 21: Host: Helen Reddy
- Episode 22: Hosts: Ike and Tina Turner
- Episode 23: Host: Roy Orbison
- Episode 24: Host: Gordon Lightfoot
- Episode 25: Hosts: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- Episode 26: Hosts: Gladys Knight and the Pips
- Episode 27: Hosts: The Pointer Sisters
- Episode 28: Host: Bill Withers
- Episode 29: Hosts: The Guess Who
- Episode 30: Hosts: The Righteous Brothers
- Episode 31: Host: Roy Clark
- Episode 32: Host: Curtis Mayfield
- Episode 33: Host: Charlie Rich
- Episode 34: Hosts: The Spinners
- Episode 35: Host: George Carlin
- Episode 36: Host: Frankie Avalon
- Episode 37: Host: Richard Pryor
- Episode 38: Host: Marty Robbins
- Episode 39: Hosts: The Kinks
- Episode 40: Host: David Steinberg (All-Comedy show)
- Episode 41: Host: Anne Murray
- Episode 42: Host: Bobby Womack
- Episode 43: Host: Helen Reddy
- Episode 44: Host: Leon Russell
- Episode 45: Host: Leon Russell
- Episode 46: Hosts: Sly and the Family Stone
- Episode 47: Host: Little Richard
- Episode 48: Host: B.B. King
- Episode 49: Marvin Gaye
- Episode 50: Hosts: The O'Jays
The Midnight Special Season 2 Host: Roy Orbison
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.
