Poker After Dark

Poker After Dark is an hour-long poker television program on NBC. The show made its debut on January 1, 2007, and was canceled on September 23, 2011, following the "Black Friday" criminal case, which involved major sponsor Full Tilt Poker as one of the defendants. For its first two seasons, both of which originally aired in 2007, the show was presented by Shana Hiatt. The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra, and Leeann Tweeden took over starting with season 4. All seasons have contained voice-over commentary by Oliver "Ali" Nejad. The program returned to American television on NBCSN on March 5, 2012, with previously aired repeats. Soon after, unaired episodes from season 7 began airing for the first time, beginning June 4, 2012. NBCSN schedules the show on weeknights at midnight, although the start time varies due to overruns by sporting events. In August 2017, Poker After Dark returned hosted by PokerGO, a subscription based service for original poker content. The series saw the return of Tom Dwan who had been absent for some years from the public eye, along with Daniel Negreanu and Antonio Esfandiari.