The John Kerwin Show is an American monthly late-night talk show filmed in Santa Monica, California and is broadcast in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, carried nationally on JLTV, and featured on YouTube.
The show's writers include Kerwin, former Tonight Show writers Tony DeSena and Marvin Silbermintz. Nicholas Burns is the show's Music Director and drummer.
Previous episodes of the show are archived on YouTube.[1]
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Beginning in 2001, the show has featured guests including Cloris Leachman, Kevin Sorbo, David Faustino, Elliott Gould, David Carradine, Eric Roberts, Adrianne Curry, Jodie Sweetin, Kelly LeBrock, Tila Tequila, Gloria Gaynor, Ed Asner, Cris Judd, Nikki Ziering, Sean Young, Alexandra Paul, Barry Williams, Marla Gibbs, Apprentice winner, Stefanie Schaeffer, Bai Ling, and Henry Jaglom. The show's format follows that of the traditional late night talk show, including monologue, comedy segments and sketches, and celebrity interviews.[2]
In August, 2007, Kerwin and show producer Rob Baker met with NBC's head of late night and prime time programming Rick Ludwin to campaign for the position then to be vacated by Conan O'Brien in 2009 as he left NBC's "Late Night" to host The Tonight Show. The position was eventually given to Jimmy Fallon.[3]
For the show's 50th episode in January, 2006, Kerwin's guest was actor David Carradine, whose appearance turned out to be the actor's last late night talk show appearance before his death.[4][5]
On December, 2006, host John Kerwin and the show received a special Commendation from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the occasion of the show's 6th anniversary on the air and 60th episode.[6][7]
For the May, 2008 episode featuring guests Ed Asner, Kevin Sorbo and Keaton Simons, a special monologue was prepared featuring comedy contributed by writers from each former Tonight Show host: Bill Dana (Steve Allen), Dick Cavett (Jack Paar), Tony DeSena (Johnny Carson) and Marvin Silbermintz (Jay Leno).[8]
The John Kerwin Show has won over 15 TV awards including the Telly Award, the Wave Award, the AEGIS Award, and the Hermes Award
