It’s been a long road back for the former talk show host Arsenio Hall. His hugely famous show once had everyone Fist pumping and saying whoop whoop.
Now after winning Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice, Hall’s career is picking up steam.
TMZ broke the story that 3 networks are “very interested” in signing the comic to a TV deal.
Hall has been gunning to get back behind a desk ever since “The Arsenio Hall Show” went off the air back in 1994.
Now, with his newfound Trump-powered momentum … sources tell us NBC and two other broadcast groups are all making a play for Arsenio … though it’s unclear if Hall would fit in daytime or late-night.
Hall is a late-night legend … who, along with “The Simpsons,” helped build FOX into a juggernaut when they premiered in 1989.
Arsenio Hall is the son of a Baptist minister named Fred Hall. But it was an interview with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan that cost Hall his job.
The tension arose from Hall’s invitation to Louis Farrakhan in February 1994. Hall gave the entire hour to Farrakhan and did not do anything else besides conduct an interview. The program was canceled in May 1994.
Hall used his fame during this period to help fight worldwide prejudice against HIV and AIDS, after Magic Johnson contracted the disease; Hall and Johnson filmed a PSA about the disease that aired in the early 1990s.
So if Arsenio does get his show back, expect him to be very hesitant on inviting another religious guest to the show.
Will you be watching the show?
