The Ronald Reagan Show was a program airing every Friday night from 5:00 to 6:00 PM on NBC, hosted by Ronald Reagan. It was the first program of its kind - a weekly political forum, which had a format utilized for 23 years, from its first airing in June of 1958 until it was changed into Tonight with Ronald Reagan alongside its move to 7 PM on Saturdays in 1981. The show pioneered the oft-imitated "forum" format, in which Reagan opened the show with a summary of the week's events, then invited two or three analysts - often academics, political experts or businessmen - from different ends of the political spectrum to debate the week's events as well as overarching current events. Reagan was the moderator, despite his clear preference for the opinions of his conservative guests. Reagan would