 From the first episode, featuring Carman, in 1986, to episode #47, the end of FBN's fourth year, "Fire by Nite" segments were prerecorded in the Willie George Ministries television studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The show followed a "Saturday Night Live"-style variety format, and each episode opened in a similar fashion, with a cast member saying "Almost live on videotape, it's "Fire By Nite".