Poker After Dark was an hour-long poker television

Poker on television

Poker television programs had been extremely popular, especially in North America and Europe, following the poker boom. However, viewership has been declining dramatically in recent years...

 program on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

. The show made its debut on January 1, 2007, and was cancelled as another victim of the "Black Friday" criminal case

United States v. Scheinberg

United States v. Scheinberg, 10 Cr. 336 , is a United States federal criminal case against the founders of the three largest online poker companies, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Cereus , and a handful of their associates, which alleges that the defendants violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling...

 due to the show's sponsorship by Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker

Full Tilt Poker is an online poker card room that opened in June 2004 with the involvement of poker professionals Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Jennifer Harman and Chris Ferguson...

, one of that case's defendants. on September 23, 2011 For its first two seasons, both of which first aired in 2007, the show was presented by Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt

Shana Hiatt is a model and presenter who has appeared in several magazines.-Background:A former Army brat raised primarily in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey, she is best known for hosting the first three seasons of World Poker Tour on The Travel Channel.-Poker:While Hiatt was a non-player prior...

. The host for season 3 was Marianela Pereyra

Marianela Pereyra

Marianela Pereyra is an American model, actress, television personality, and was the hostess for the season 3 of Poker After Dark series on NBC, on which she was billed by her first name only. She is the best known for her appearances as a VJ on Fuse TV until quitting.Pereyra was born in Argentina...

, and Leeann Tweeden

Leeann Tweeden

Leeann Velez Tweeden is an American model.Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia. She graduated from Osbourn Park High School in 1991. Tweeden skipped college altogether and instead pursued a career in modeling...

 took over starting with season 4.