Title: The Arsenio Hall Show

Hosts: Arsenio Hall

Band Leader: Robin DiMaggio

House Band: Arsenio's Posse

Format: One-hour late night talk show

Executive producers: Aresnio Hall, Neal Kendall, John Ferriter

Broadcast information: Broadcast in syndication. Check your local listings for time and channel.

Production company: Arsenio Hall Communications, CBS Television Distribution

Distributor: Tribune Broadcasting Company

Location: Sunset Bronson studios, Los Angeles, Calif.

Premiere Date: Sept. 9, 2013

Brief History:

Everything old is new again. And that includes the return of Arsenio Hall.

Hall, as any true talk show fan will recall, revolutionized the late night talk show genre in the late-1980s. Way back then - well before cable saturated the television world and the Internet was truly an entertainment destination for video and television content - if you were a talk show fan, you fell into one of two camps. You loved Johnny Carson or you loved David Letterman. Or both.

You didn't really have any other alternative. And while Letterman attracted a younger and more eclectic crowd, Carson kept to his tried and true ways.

Then came Hall.

Hall debuted his ground-breaking late night talk show in 1989 and it was an almost instant hit. Younger audiences who couldn't identify with Carson's aging style tuned in to see what this young guy from the suburbs of Cleveland was doing differently.

What they discovered was a show that reimagined old staples - a monologue that felt more like a comedy club performance, a house band that was less big band swing and more smooth jazz, and far more interaction with the studio audience.

The show remained on the air for four seasons before dwindling ratings and a shifting late night climate (Letterman's move to CBS and Leno's take over of Tonight) persuaded Hall to bow out.

Back in the dog pound
That changed in the early 2010s. Hall's youngest was 13 years old and Hall was getting the itch to get back into television.

He began with a number of guest spots on various programs, then came back strong as a contestant on NBC's Celebrity Apprentice. He won the competition in 2012 - and found that he was ready to come back to late night.

"I was on the George Lopez show and he let me introduce Snoop Dogg," Hall said on The View, referring to his desire to get back into late night. "And … something happened. "I got this love thing (from the audience) - and from there I started on this road to get my show back."

Fans of Hall can expect much of the same wit and wisdom that Hall provided viewers during the 1990s version of The Arsenio Hall Show. That includes a cutting edge house band, The Posse, led by band leader Robin DiMaggio. DiMaggio, a percussionist and pianist, has played with the likes of Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Diana Ross, Dr. Dre and Johnny Cash.

A fan of social media and a proponent of digital entertainment, Hall hopes to mix the new with the old. Hall says he realizes that he's not the spry young man he was in 1989, but likens the style of talk show he'll give audiences is more akin to Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel.

And during a press junket, he promised not to bring back the big shoulder pads "unless that's what the audience wants," he says, jokingly.

His goal, Hall says, is to provide a talk show for the audience that doesn't have a talk show - yet. In this new world where a dozen or more late night hosts are providing comedy and entertainment, and finding an audience, Hall says he knows there's an audience out there looking for his show.

Chances are, Hall will find it. As his show debuts in cities across the U.S., we'll see what kind of audience is ready for a revitalized Arsenio. And who remembers how to "woof-woof-woof!" from the dog pound.