our family loved magic despite not loving the lakers. i stayed up late a lot as a kid, watched pretty much every hour he did. he was terrible. tommy davidson was terrible. but the guests liked him and sometimes carried the show. a lot of the musical performances were good and his band was good. forgettable television but i was glad i gave it a shot. i also watched almost all of the john stewart show (you could tell he was gonna be big, but no one watched), the stephanie miller show (mostly a dud) and a lot of later with bob costas (his best work being the week he spent with mel brooks). i also enjoyed tom snyder and ferguson a lot more than the 11:30 guys, who generally i thought kind of sucked.