The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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17x01 John Denver (guest host), John Ritter, Jay Leno, Ellen Burstyn
16 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x02 Show #4147
17 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x03 Gregory Peck, Martin Mull
18 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x04 Rob Reiner, Carol Wayne
19 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x05 Elizabeth Ashley, David Horowitz, Johnny Yune
20 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x06 David Brenner (guest host)
23 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x07 David Brenner (guest host)
24 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x08 David Brenner (guest host)
25 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x09 David Brenner (guest host)
26 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x10 David Brenner (guest host)
27 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x11 David Brenner (guest host), Bernadette Peters, McLean Stevenson, Pete Barbutti
30 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x12 Show #4157
31 October, 1978 8:00 am
17x13 Patrick Duffy, Rodney Dangerfield, Dr. Carl Sagan
01 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x14 Bess Armstrong
02 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x15 Mary Tyler Moore
03 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x16 Don Rickles (guest host)
06 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x17 Show #4162
07 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x18 Charlton Heston, Charlie Callas, Julia Child
08 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x19 Harvey Korman, Gary Coleman
09 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x20 John Davidson, Charles Nelson Reilly
10 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x21 Don Rickles (guest host), Carroll O'Connor
13 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x22 Buddy Hackett, Anthony Hopkins
14 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x23 Angie Dickinson, Robert Klein, Erma Bombeck
15 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x24 Sylvester Stallone, Bobby Kelton
16 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x25 Jill Ireland
17 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x26 Gabriel Kaplan (guest host), Robert Urich
20 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x27 Steve Martin, Paul Williams
21 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x28 Susan Saint James, Fernando Lamas, Calvin Trillin
22 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x29 Charlie Hill
23 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x30 James Garner, Ellen Burstyn, David Letterman, Rod Dornsife
24 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x31 Don Rickles (guest host), Arte Johnson, Elke Sommer
27 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x32 Richard Benjamin, Martin Mull, Dr. Lendon Smith
28 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x33 Buck Henry
29 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x34 Cindy Williams, Shecky Greene
30 November, 1978 8:00 am
17x35 Bob Hope, David Horowitz
01 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x36 Bill Cosby (guest host), Sandy Duncan
04 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x37 Bill Cosby (guest host), Norm Crosby, George Plimpton
05 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x38 Bill Cosby (guest host), Richard Pryor, Dr. Michael Fox
06 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x39 George Carlin (guest host), Ray Johnson
07 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x40 David Steinberg (guest host), Orson Bean, Susan Sarandon
08 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x41 Bob Newhart (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Wayne Rogers, Pete Barbutti
11 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x42 Angie Dickinson
12 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x43 Ann-Margret, Joan Rivers, Lou Holtz
13 December, 1978 8:00 am
Actor Ann-Margret; comedian Joan Rivers; University of Arkansas football coach Lou Holtz; a lingerie fashion show.
17x44 Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Jean Marsh
14 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x45 Dan Haggerty
15 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x46 John Davidson (guest host), Ron Howard
18 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x47 Show #4192
19 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x48 Bruce Dern, Calvin Trillin
20 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x49 Bob Hope, Dick Van Patten, Gil Fates
21 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x50 Bert Convy, Betty White
22 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x51 Patrick Duffy, Teri Garr, Vincent Price
25 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x52 John Davidson (guest host), Phyllis Diller, Dick Clark, Kreskin
26 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x53 John Davidson (guest host), Bernie Kopell, Kip Addota
27 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x54 John Davidson (guest host), Erik Estrada, Dr. Joyce Brothers
28 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x55 John Davidson (guest host), Lindsay Wagner, Foster Brooks
29 December, 1978 8:00 am
17x56 Martin Mull (guest host), Steve Allen, Susan Sullivan, Abigail Van Buren, Pete Barbutti
01 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x57 Jack Lemmon, Robert Klein
03 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x58 Robert Blake, Muhammad Ali
04 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x59 David Letterman, Linda Hopkins, Liberace
05 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x60 Don Rickles (guest host), Ernest Borgnine, Rip Taylor
08 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x61 Sammy Davis, Jr., Jim Fowler, Charles Nelson Reilly
10 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x62 Angie Dickinson
11 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x63 Richard Pryor, Tim Conway, Dr. Lendon Smith
12 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x64 Harvey Korman (guest host), Tim Conway, Bonnie Franklin, Bob Uecker
15 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x65 Dick Cavett, George Gobel
17 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x66 Charlie Callas
18 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x67 George Burns, Bess Armstrong
19 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x68 David Letterman (guest host)
22 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x69 Gabriel Kaplan (guest host), Bob Hope, Johnny Yune
23 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x70 Gabriel Kaplan (guest host), Richard Lewis, Terry Bradshaw
24 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x71 Rich Little (guest host), Wayne Rogers
25 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x72 Rich Little (guest host), Bernadette Peters, Charles Grodin, Phyllis Diller
26 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x73 Bill Cosby (guest host), Kelly Monteith
29 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x74 Rodney Dangerfield, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon
31 January, 1979 8:00 am
17x75 Cloris Leachman, Marcel Marceau, Jimmy Grippo
01 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x76 Tony Randall, Steve Landesberg, David Horowitz
02 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x77 Don Rickles (guest host), Orson Bean
05 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x78 James Garner, Merie Earle
06 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x79 Michael Landon, Buck Henry
07 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x80 McLean Stevenson, Dr. Paul Ehrlich
08 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x81 Betty White
09 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x82 Bob Newhart (guest host), Stockard Channing
12 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x83 James Stewart, Gallagher
13 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x84 Charlton Heston, Johnny Yune, Jack Douglas, Blair Brown
14 February, 1979 8:00 am
With Actor Charlton Heston, Actor Johnny Yune, and Writer Jack Douglas. Desk- "Pilots That Never Made It"
17x85 Henry Fonda
15 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x86 David Brenner
16 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x87 George Carlin (guest host), Gary Coleman, Vincent Price, Paul Williams
19 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x88 Buddy Hackett, Sally Field, Eubie Blake
20 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x89 Bert Convy, Marilu Henner, David Steinberg
21 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x90 David Letterman, George Peppard
22 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x91 Peter Ustinov, Kate Mulgrew, Tom Snyder
23 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x92 Martin Mull (guest host), Dennis Weaver, Rob Reiner
26 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x93 Joan Rivers
27 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x94 Robert Blake, Bob Hope
28 February, 1979 8:00 am
17x95 Steve Martin (guest host), Rob Reiner, Jean Marsh, Steve Guttenberg
01 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x96 Calvin Trillin, Peter Strauss, Charles Nelson Reilly
02 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x97 Bob Newhart (guest host), Walter Matthau, Norman Fell
05 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x98 Rich Little (guest host), Cher, Elliott Gould, Gabriel Kaplan, Dr. Joyce Brothers
06 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x99 George Carlin (guest host), Beau Bridges
07 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x100 George Carlin (guest host)
08 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x101 John Davidson (guest host), Norm Crosby, Phil Donahue
09 March, 1979 8:00 am
17x102 George Hamilton, Victor Buono, Jack Klugman
19 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x103 Mary Tyler Moore, Dick Van Dyke, Dick Van Patten
21 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x104 Jack Lemmon, Shecky Greene, Richard Mitchell
22 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x105 Doug Henning, Suzanne Pleshette, Dr. Carl Sagan
23 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x106 David Letterman (guest host), Betty White, Hal Linden, Kreskin
26 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x107 Buddy Hackett
28 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x108 Jerry Brown, Jean Marsh, Charlie Callas, Erma Bombeck
29 March, 1979 9:00 am
Jerry Brown; Jean Marsh; Erma Brombeck; Charlie Callas.
17x109 Albert Brooks, Shelley Winters
30 March, 1979 9:00 am
17x110 Kermit the Frog Guest Host, Vincent Price, Bernadette Peters, Leo Sayer
02 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x111 Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Henry Heimlich, Richie Barathy
04 April, 1979 9:00 am
Richie Barathy demonstrates some karate. Dr. Henry Heimlich demonstrates his abdominal thrust maneuver intended to stop choking.
17x112 Joan Embery
05 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x113 Cheryl Ladd, Buck Henry
06 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x114 David Letterman (guest host)
09 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x115 Kelly Monteith
11 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x116 Maureen Stapleton
12 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x117 Suzanne Somers, Michael Douglas, Dr. Lendon Smith
13 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x118 Martin Mull (guest host), George Gobel
16 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x119 George Carlin (guest host), Dudley Moore, Joseph Wambaugh, Johnny Yune
17 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x120 George Carlin (guest host), Rip Taylor, Marilu Henner
18 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x121 Don Rickles (guest host), Robert Conrad, Fred Travalena
19 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x122 Richard Dawson (guest host), James Coco, Carol Lawrence, Fernando Lamas
20 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x123 Bill Cosby (guest host), George Hamilton, Bernie Kopell
23 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x124 Bill Cosby (guest host), Meg Foster, Arte Johnson, Susan Anton
24 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x125 Bill Cosby (guest host), Orson Bean, Hugh Hefner, Diahann Carroll, Kip Addota
25 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x126 Rich Little (guest host), Dennis Weaver, Jerry Van Dyke
26 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x127 Rich Little (guest host), William Shatner, Susan Sullivan, Dr. Joyce Brothers
27 April, 1979 9:00 am
17x128 David Brenner (guest host), Sal Viscuso
30 April, 1979 8:00 am
17x129 Raquel Welch, Tony Bennett, James Galway
02 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x130 Charles Nelson Reilly, Carter Alsop
03 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x131 Betty White, Susan Sarandon
04 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x132 Rob Reiner (guest host), Martin Mull
07 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x133 Buddy Hackett
08 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x134 Chevy Chase, Gallagher, Barbara Bach, Ricky Schroder
09 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x135 David Steinberg, Jill Ireland, The 'Jim' Twins
10 May, 1979 8:00 am
With Comic David Steinberg; actress Jill Ireland; The "Jim'' Twins.
17x136 Richard Pryor, Bess Armstrong, Calvin Trillin
11 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x137 David Brenner (guest host), Vincent Price
14 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x138 Florence Henderson, Johnny Yune
15 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x139 Bob Uecker
16 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x140 Bert Convy, Victor Buono
17 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x141 Charlie Callas, Dudley Moore
18 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x142 Martin Mull (guest host), Cindy Williams, Debbie Reynolds
21 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x143 Danny Thomas, Paul Dickson
22 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x144 Joan Rivers, Bobby Kelton
23 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x145 Ali MacGraw
24 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x146 Linda Gray
25 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x147 David Letterman (guest host), Susan Saint James
28 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x148 Sally Field
29 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x149 Jack Lemmon, Rodney Dangerfield
30 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x150 Sammy Davis, Jr., Jim Fowler, Victoria Principal
31 May, 1979 8:00 am
17x151 Angie Dickinson, Tom Snyder
01 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x152 Beverly Sills (guest host)
04 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x153 Rich Little (guest host)
05 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x154 David Brenner (guest host)
06 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x155 Richard Dawson (guest host)
07 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x156 Richard Dawson (guest host)
08 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x157 Bill Cosby (guest host)
11 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x158 Show #4303
13 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x159 Show #4304
14 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x160 Steve Martin, Doug Henning, Bud Greenspan
15 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x161 Bob Newhart (guest host), Peter Fonda
18 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x162 Dick Cavett, David Sayh
20 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x163 Lillian Carter, Burt Reynolds, Carol Wayne
21 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x164 Elizabeth Ashley, Buck Henry
22 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x165 Bob Newhart (guest host), Shecky Greene, Andy Griffith
25 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x166 David Letterman (guest host), Loretta Lynn
26 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x167 David Letterman (guest host), Chuck Berry
27 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x168 Rich Little (guest host), Mickey Rooney, Dan Haggerty
28 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x169 Rich Little (guest host), Robert Stack
29 June, 1979 8:00 am
17x170 Bob Newhart (guest host)
02 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x171 Bill Cosby (guest host)
03 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x172 David Letterman (guest host), Jay Leno
04 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x173 David Letterman (guest host), Peter Marshall
05 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x174 David Letterman (guest host)
06 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x175 Don Rickles (guest host)
09 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x176 Don Rickles (guest host), Jack Klugman, Bernie Kopell
10 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x177 Bert Convy (guest host)
11 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x178 Richard Dawson (guest host)
12 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x179 Show #4324
13 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x180 Diana Ross (guest host)
16 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x181 Dom DeLuise, Dudley Moore
18 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x182 Peter Strauss, Charles Nelson Reilly
19 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x183 Joe Namath, Susan Sarandon
20 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x184 Sammy Davis, Jr. (guest host)
23 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x185 Joan Embery, Albert Brooks
25 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x186 Christopher Reeve, Diahann Carroll, Tony Delia, Merie Earle
26 July, 1979 8:00 am
With Actor Christopher Reeve; actress Diahann Carroll; actor Tony Delia; actress Merie Earle.
17x187 Richard Pryor, Patti D'Arbanville, Roscoe Tanner
27 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x188 Bill Cosby (guest host)
30 July, 1979 8:00 am
17x189 James Mason, Rodney Dangerfield
01 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x190 David Steinberg
02 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x191 Steve Landesberg, Dr. Carl Sagan
03 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x192 George Carlin (guest host)
06 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x193 James Stewart
08 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x194 Joan Rivers
09 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x195 Carol Burnett, Tim Conway, Robert Easton, Tracee Talavera
10 August, 1979 8:00 am
Comedian Carol Burnett; comedian Tim Conway; actor Robert Easton; Tracee Talavera.
17x196 Roy Clark (guest host)
13 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x197 Tony Randall, David Letterman
15 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x198 Buddy Hackett, Fernando Lamas
16 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x199 Alan Alda, Arlene Golonka
17 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x200 David Brenner (guest host)
20 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x201 David Brenner (guest host)
21 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x202 David Letterman (guest host)
22 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x203 David Letterman (guest host)
23 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x204 David Letterman (guest host)
24 August, 1979 8:00 am
17x205 Rich Little (guest host), Muhammad Ali, Loni Anderson
03 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x206 Ricardo Montalban
05 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x207 Suzanne Pleshette, Bob Uecker
06 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x208 Erma Bombeck
07 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x209 Kenny Rogers (guest host)
10 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x210 Charles Nelson Reilly
12 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x211 Angie Dickinson, Buck Henry, Stephane Grappelli
13 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x212 Bob Hope, Sydney Goldsmith
14 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x213 David Letterman (guest host)
17 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x214 Henny Youngman
19 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x215 Michael Landon, Dinah Shore
20 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x216 Don Rickles, Robert Blake
21 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x217 Bill Cosby (guest host)
24 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x218 Larry Gatlin
26 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x219 Liberace
27 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x220 David Steinberg, Calvin Trillin
28 September, 1979 8:00 am
17x221 17th Anniversary Show - Ed Ames, Dom Deluise, Sally Field, Steve Martin, Burt Reynolds
01 October, 1979 8:00 am
17x222 Dr. Michael Fox
03 October, 1979 8:00 am
17x223 Richard Dawson (guest host), Orson Bean, Phyllis Diller, Kreskin
04 October, 1979 8:00 am
17x224 Richard Dawson (guest host), Earl Holliman
05 October, 1979 8:00 am
17x225 Unknown
01 January, 1970 9:00 am
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