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===Television=== Radio City Music Hall has been used for televised game shows such as ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'', ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' and ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. For two weeks in November 1988, the theater hosted ''Wheel of Fortune'', which was taking its first road trip. ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' announcer [[Don Pardo]] announced during the two weeks.<ref name="McCarthy 2007">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/wheel-fortune-takes-3-week-spin-radio-city-article-1.257732|title='Wheel of Fortune' Takes 3-Week Spin in Radio City β NY Daily News|last=McCarthy|first=Sean L.|date=November 5, 2007|website=New York Daily News|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031406/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/wheel-fortune-takes-3-week-spin-radio-city-article-1.257732|url-status=live}}</ref> Radio City Music Hall was also the site for ''Jeopardy!''{{'s}} four-thousandth episode in May 2002, at which time the show's [[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Million Dollar Masters|Million Dollar Masters]] invitational tournament also occurred.<ref>{{cite web|title='Jeopardy' Buzzes in at Radio City|website=Variety|date=April 2, 2002|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/vpage/jeopardy-buzzes-in-at-radio-city-1117864776/|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163733/https://variety.com/2002/scene/vpage/jeopardy-buzzes-in-at-radio-city-1117864776/|url-status=live}}</ref> The theater hosted the show again in November 2007 for the nighttime show's 25th anniversary.<ref name="McCarthy 2007" /> Radio City was used again in November 2006 for a 2-week ''[[List of Jeopardy! tournaments and events#Celebrity Jeopardy!|Celebrity Jeopardy!]]'' event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrity Circuit|website=CBS News|date=October 11, 2006|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrity-circuit-11-10-06/|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216210833/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/celebrity-circuit-11-10-06/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[David Letterman]] hosted the ''[[Late Night with David Letterman]]'' Sixth Anniversary Special at Radio City Music Hall in 1988, and did so again for the show's Tenth Anniversary Special in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-05-9201110481-story.html|title=David Letterman Looks Back on a Decade of Success and Forward|last=Kogan|first=Rick |date=February 5, 1992|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031551/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-02-05-9201110481-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/29/arts/is-letterman-mad-at-nbc-he-says-no-and-he-says-yes.html|title=Is Letterman Mad At NBC? He Says No And He Says Yes|last=Carter|first=Bill|date=January 29, 1992|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040858/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/29/arts/is-letterman-mad-at-nbc-he-says-no-and-he-says-yes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The next year, Lyons Group (parent company of [[Barney & Friends]] at the time), taped a live stage show called ''[[Barney Live in New York City]]'' at the theater.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DD7DZpwCHPwC|title=PBS: Behind the Screen|last=Jarvik|first=Laurence|date=February 1, 1998|publisher=Crown Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-7615-1291-2|page=50|access-date=December 15, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709183600/https://books.google.com/books?id=DD7DZpwCHPwC|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 1998, Radio City Music Hall was a setting for the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' music special ''[[Elmopalooza]]'', with [[Jon Stewart]], [[David Alan Grier]] and others with the cast of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and the [[Muppets]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dunne|first=Susan |title=''Elmopalooza!''|website=courant.com|date=April 16, 1998|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-16-9804160108-story.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216164519/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-04-16-9804160108-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Tony|title=Elmopalooza!|website=Variety|date=February 19, 1998 |url=https://variety.com/1998/tv/reviews/elmopalooza-1200452885/|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216210801/https://variety.com/1998/tv/reviews/elmopalooza-1200452885/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title='Elmopalooza!' Musical Tries a Little Too Hard|website=Los Angeles Times|date=February 20, 1998|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-20-ca-20963-story.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709183602/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-20-ca-20963-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2001, the concert ''[[Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music]]'' was simulcast live from the theater on [[The WB]] and [[TNT (U.S. TV network)|TNT]]. The concert had been delayed following the [[September 11 attacks]] the month before.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spacey Plays 'Mind Games' at Lennon Tribute|website=Variety|date=October 4, 2001 |url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/vpage/spacey-plays-mind-games-at-lennon-tribute-1117853644/|access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163714/https://variety.com/2001/scene/vpage/spacey-plays-mind-games-at-lennon-tribute-1117853644/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Lennon Tribute Revived|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=September 29, 2001|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/29/arts/a-lennon-tribute-revived.html|access-date=December 16, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=December 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163735/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/29/arts/a-lennon-tribute-revived.html}}</ref> In 2013, it was announced that ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' would hold its live shows from the Radio City Music Hall starting with its [[America's Got Talent (season 8)|eighth season]] that summer; it had held its live shows at the [[New Jersey Performing Arts Center]] for its seventh season to accommodate new judge [[Howard Stern]]. The move was also intended to take advantage of New York tax credits.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Philiana |date=April 3, 2013 |title='America's Got Talent' Moves to New York for Season 8 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/americas-got-talent-moves-radio-432695/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> ''AGT'' would broadcast its live rounds from Radio City Music Hall until Stern's departure in 2016, after which the show moved to the [[Dolby Theatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Angermiller |first1=Michele Amabile |date=July 26, 2016 |title='America's Got Talent' Judges Simon Cowell & Mel B. Talk Going Live, Show's Promising Singers |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/americas-got-talent-simon-cowell-mel-b-live-show-singers-7453397/ |access-date=July 11, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
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