T.J. AND THE ALL NIGHT THEATRE

DOUG HEIM - "T.J."

"T.J. and the All Night Theatre" was a hosted horror, science fiction and other RKO movie show with host Doug Heim as "T.J."; aired by WLUK-TV Channel 11 in Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1977 to 1982. From IMDB: WLUK-TV had purchase the RKO film package in 1956, which gave them the rights to aired these movies in perpetuity. In 1977 the station's master controller Doug Heim realised that there were no other television stations airing programs after 1:00am. He suggested to the station's management that a one-person hosted movie show would be economical to run. He suggested that the person could be called "T.J." or "Television Jockey". The idea was accepted so long as Heim was TJ, with a four week trial given the go ahead. The show was titled "T.J. and the All Night Theatre", although the station had wanted "TV-11 All Night", although the show was known as "T.J. and the ANT". The show debuted on 6 May 1977 with the first horror movie screened on 24 June 1977. The show had various starting times over the years but usually was on until early Saturday mornings. Up to five movies were shown on each show. The last show was aired on 5 March 1982. There are no known clips from the show.

LINKS

Internet Movie Data Base "TJ and the All Night Theatre"	Milwaukee TV Horror Hosts "TJ and the ANT WLUK-TV (episodes)"	Internet Movie Data Base "Doug Heim"
The Straight Dope Message Board "TJ and the All Night Theatre"	E-gors Chamber of TV Horror Hosts "TJ"	Milwaukee TV Horror Hosts "TJ and the ANT WLUK-TV"

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