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Talkshow with Spike Feresten

television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ7679883 ↗
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Talkshow with Spike Feresten is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired late Saturday nights from September 16, 2006, to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with three seasons.

History

The show debuted on September 16, 2006 with guests Andy Richter and Arctic Monkeys. On May 7, 2007 the show was renewed for a second season, making it the longest-running talk show on Fox.

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The public source identifies “Talkshow with Spike Feresten” as television series. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Talkshow, Spike and Feresten.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2006, 2009, 2007—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Talkshow, Spike and Feresten providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7679883. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2009 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Talkshow with Spike Feresten” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.