Showtime at the Apollo
Showtime at the Apollo is a music television series, first broadcast on September 1-2, 1987 to May 24, 2008 together with 1093 episodes, and is produced by the Apollo Theater. The series features the Night contest made popular at the Apollo Theater in New York City, where the series is recorded, and features performances out of up-and-coming and professional musicians.
The version of the series for television usually airs on weekends while there was certainly also a form of the series every Wednesday.