Internet Tonight

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{{Infobox television

| image = InternetTonightLogo.PNG

| camera = Multicamera

| runtime = appx. 23 minutes

| producer = George Crowe
Frances Lee Hall
Liam Mayclem
Laura Rohde

| executive_producer = Lee Brownstein

| starring = Scott Herriott
Michaela Pereira

| country = United States

| language = English

| network = ZDTV/TechTV

| first_aired = {{start date|1998|5|11}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2001|10|1}}

}}

Internet Tonight (1998 – October 1, 2001{{Cite web |url=http://www.ktqw.com/netshowsold.html |title=Retired TechTV Network programming |access-date=2007-02-22 |archive-date=2007-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101160816/http://www.ktqw.com/netshowsold.html |url-status=dead }}) is a television program that aired on the cable network ZDTV (later known as TechTV and G4). The show combined the "effervescent moxie" of Michaela Pereira with the "dry wit" of Scott Herriott, to bring the viewers the latest in Internet trends, humor, and news.{{cite web |url=http://www.techtv.com/internettonight/aboutit/story/0,23008,2216587,00.html |title=Internet Tonight > About IT |accessdate=2007-02-21 |date=1999-02-26 |publisher=TechTV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010508154746/http://www.techtv.com/internettonight/aboutit/story/0%2C23008%2C2216587%2C00.html |archivedate=2001-05-08 |quote=The dry wit of Scott Herriott, combined with the effervescent moxie of Michaela Pereira give viewers a singly skewed, and skewered, view of the World Wide Web. They report on the fast-changing, often-irreverent online world that's open to anyone with access to a computer. |url-status=dead}} Due to the production value it was called the "absolute slickest show [TechTV] had" but was canceled when "Paul [Allen] took a dislike to the show ... and just killed it"{{cite podcast| url = http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/aolradio.podcast.aol.com/twit/TWiT0114H.mp3| title = TWiT 114: Ride The TWiT Party Jet| website = this WEEK in TECH| host = Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Tom Merritt, and John C. Dvorak| date = September 24, 2007| accessdate = October 12, 2007}}

A daily, half-hour show, it was on the launch schedule for ZDTV,{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/ZDTV+starts+broadcasting/2100-1023_3-211074.html |title=ZDTV starts broadcasting

|accessdate=2007-02-21 |author=Krigel, Beth Lipton |date=1998-05-11 |publisher=CNet News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170734/http://news.cnet.com/ZDTV%2Bstarts%2Bbroadcasting/2100-1023_3-211074.html |archivedate=July 14, 2014 |quote=Hoping to bring its print and Web content to yet another medium, Ziff-Davis today launched ZDTV, its much-anticipated 24-hour cable channel. |url-status=dead }}{{cite web| url = http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/2960/ZDTV_Brings_New_Meaning_to_Computer_Programming.html| title = G4 – Feature – ZDTV Brings New Meaning to Computer "Programming"| accessdate = 2007-02-21| date = 1998-05-12| work = TechTV Vault| publisher = G4| quote = Host Scott Herriott is joined by correspondents SuChin Pak and Ed Marques, to feature the best of the Internet including the coolest places to be on the Web.| archive-date = 2007-09-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102638/http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/2960/ZDTV_Brings_New_Meaning_to_Computer_Programming.html| url-status = dead}} and strove to be "the show of record about the Net." Segments included Strange Sites, Incredibly Useful Sites, and Home Sweet Homepage. The collection of these links were amassed into an archive called The Big List and on each show Scott's trademark was to yell 'THE BIG LIST' at its first mention.{{cite web |url=http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/internettonight/interact/story/0,4602,2599132,00.html |title=Scott's Big List Yell |accessdate=2007-02-20 |publisher=ZDTV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815094106/http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/internettonight/interact/story/0%2C4602%2C2599132%2C00.html |archivedate=2000-08-15 |quote=For more than a year and a half, Scott shouted, screamed, murmured, shrieked, howled, bellowed, blared, roared, screeched, wailed, muttered, hummed, and cried "THE BIG LIST" on the show each night. |url-status=dead}} The show had contributing correspondents, most with their own dedicated segment:{{cite web |url=http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/internettonight/aboutit/ |title=Internet Tonight – About IT|accessdate=2007-02-20 |publisher=ZDTV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990508012021/http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/internettonight/aboutit/ |archivedate=1999-05-08 |quote=Internet Tonight airs each weeknight at 10 P.M. Eastern / 7 P.M. Pacific. |url-status=dead}}

• The Surf Guru – ZDTV's night watchman and self-proclaimed net expert played by Ed Marques.{{cite web| url = http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/2354/Introducing_the_Surf_Guru.html| title = G4 – Feature – Introducing the Surf Guru| accessdate = 2007-02-21| date = 1998-05-07| work = TechTV Vault| publisher = G4| quote = Who is he? Why is he at ZDTV? Why is he the Surf Guru?| archive-date = 2007-09-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124037/http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/2354/Introducing_the_Surf_Guru.html| url-status = dead}}
• Meghan Marx – the host of Love Online with Match.com{{cite web |url=http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0,4840,2561446,00.html |title=ZDTV – Meet Meghan Marx |accessdate=2007-02-21 |work=On-Air Hosts |publisher=ZDTV |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815100933/http://www.zdtv.com/zdtv/aboutus/onairhosts/story/0%2C4840%2C2561446%2C00.html |archivedate=2000-08-15 |quote=Meghan joined ZDTV as hostess of Love Online in July, 1998, and has been matching people over the Internet ever since. |url-status=dead }}
• Liam Mayclem – the Music Online reporter{{cite web| url = http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/910/Liam_Mayclem.html| title = G4 – Feature – Meet Liam Mayclem| accessdate = 2007-02-21| date = 1999-02-25| work = TechTV Vault| publisher = G4| quote = Liam comes to Internet Tonight as the Music Online reporter, bringing with him over 10 years of experience as a broadcast journalist in British radio and TV news.| archive-date = 2007-09-29| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111043/http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/910/Liam_Mayclem.html| url-status = dead}} and
• Roving reporter SuChin Pak