Internet Tonight

Infobox Television
show_name = Internet Tonight


format = Net News
camera = Multicamera
runtime = appx. 23 minutes
producers = Edward M. Capuano (senior producer)
Patrick Flaherty (line producer)Matthew Hawn (online producer)
David A. Lockhart (producer)
Wade Beckett (associate producer)
George Crowe
Frances Lee Hall
Liam Mayclem
Laura Rohde

executive_producer = Lee Brownstein
starring = Scott Herriott
Michaela Pereira
country = USA
language = English
network = ZDTV/TechTV
first_aired = May 11, 1998
last_aired = October 1, 2001
imdb_id = 0240271
tv_com_id = 15599

"Internet Tonight" (1998 - October 1, 2001 [http://www.ktqw.com/netshowsold.html Retired TechTV Network programming] ] ) was a television program on the cable network ZDTV (later known as TechTV, now known as G4). The show combined the "effervescent " of Michaela Pereira with the "dry wit" of Scott Herriott, to bring the viewers the latest in Internet trends, humor, and news.cite web
url = http://www.techtv.com/internettonight/aboutit/story/0,23008,2216587,00.html
title = Internet Tonight > About IT
accessdate = 2007-02-21
date = 1999-02-26
publisher = TechTV
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20010508154746/www.techtv.com/internettonight/aboutit/story/0,23008,2216587,00.html
archivedate = 2001-05-08
quote = The dry wit of Scott Herriott, combined with the effervescent moxie of Michaela Pereira give viewers a singly skewed, and skewered, view of the World Wide Web. They report on the fast-changing, often-irreverent online world that's open to anyone with access to a computer. ] Due to the production value it was called the "absolute slickest show [TechTV] had" but was canceled when " [Paul Allen|Paul [Allen] took a dislike to the show ... and just killed it"cite podcast
url = http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/twit/TWiT0114H.mp3
title = TWiT 114: Ride The TWiT Party Jet
website = this WEEK in TECH
host = Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Tom Merritt, and John C. Dvorak
date = September 24th, 2007
accessdate = 10-12
accessyear = 2007]

A daily, half-hour show, it was on the launch schedule for ZDTVcite web
url = http://news.com.com/ZDTV+starts+broadcasting/2100-1023_3-211074.html
title = ZDTV starts broadcasting
accessdate = 2007-02-21
author = Krigel, Beth Lipton
date = 1998-05-11
publisher = CNet News
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20041013062757/http://news.com.com/ZDTV+starts+broadcasting/2100-1023_3-211074.html
archivedate = 2004-10-13
quote = Hoping to bring its print and Web content to yet another medium, Ziff-Davis today launched ZDTV, its much-anticipated 24-hour cable channel.] cite web
url = http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/2960/ZDTV_Brings_New_Meaning_to_Computer_Programming.html
title = G4 - Feature - ZDTV Brings New Meaning to Computer "Programming"
accessdate = 2007-02-21
date = 1998-05-12
work = TechTV Vault
publisher = G4
quote = Host Scott Herriott is joined by correspondents SuChin Pak and Ed Marques, to feature the best of the Internet including the coolest places to be on the Web.] , and strove to be "the show of record about the Net." Segments included Strange Sites, Incredibly Useful Sites, and Home Sweet Homepage. The collection of these links were amassed into an archive called "The Big List" and on each show Scott's trademark was to yell 'THE BIG LIST' at its first mention.cite web
url = http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/internettonight/interact/story/0,4602,2599132,00.html
title = Scott's Big List Yell
accessdate = 2007-02-20
publisher = ZDTV
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20000815094106/www.zdtv.com/zdtv/internettonight/interact/story/0,4602,2599132,00.html
archivedate = 2000-08-15
quote = For more than a year and a half, Scott shouted, screamed, murmured, shrieked, howled, bellowed, blared, roared, screeched, wailed, muttered, hummed, and cried "THE BIG LIST" on the show each night.] The show had contributing correspondents, most with their own dedicated segment:cite web
url = http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/internettonight/aboutit/
title = Internet Tonight - About IT
accessdate = 2007-02-20
publisher = ZDTV
archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/19990508012021/www.zdnet.com/zdtv/internettonight/aboutit/
archivedate = 1999-05-08
quote = Internet Tonight airs each weeknight at 10 P.M. Eastern / 7 P.M. Pacific. ]
*The Surf Guru - ZDTV'S night watchman and self-proclaimed net expert.cite web
url = http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/2354/Introducing_the_Surf_Guru.html
title = G4 - Feature - Introducing the Surf Guru
accessdate = 2007-02-21
date = 1998-05-07
work = TechTV Vault
publisher = G4
quote = Who is he? Why is he at ZDTV? Why is he the Surf Guru? ]
*Meghan Marx - the host of Love Online with Match.comcite web
url = http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/910/Liam_Mayclem.html
title = G4 - Feature - Meet Liam Mayclem
accessdate = 2007-02-21
date = 1999-02-25
work = TechTV Vault
publisher = G4
quote = Liam comes to Internet Tonight as the Music Online reporter, bringing with him over 10 years of experience as a broadcast journalist in British radio and TV news.] and
*Roving reporter SuChin Pak

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