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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18x01 David Letterman (guest host), Elizabeth Ashley
08 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x02 David Letterman (guest host), Martin Mull, Melissa Gilbert, Bill Russell
09 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x03 David Letterman (guest host), Elke Sommer, Joseph Wambaugh
10 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x04 Martin Mull (guest host), David Letterman, Robert Guillaume, Anne Lockhart, Kip Addota
11 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x05 Martin Mull (guest host), Fred Willard, Cher, Cleveland Amory
12 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x06 Bob Newhart (guest host), Shelley Winters, Dudley Moore, Teri Garr
15 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x07 Carol Burnett
17 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x08 Charlton Heston
18 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x09 Erik Estrada, Marsha Mason
19 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x10 David Letterman (guest host), Bill Cosby
22 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x11 David Letterman (guest host), Bob Uecker
23 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x12 David Letterman (guest host), Jay Leno, George Gobel
24 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x13 Bill Cosby (guest host), Larry Hagman
25 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x14 Bill Cosby (guest host), Fernando Lamas, Lindsay Wagner
26 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x15 Rich Little (guest host), Lawrence Welk, Jim Davis
29 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x16 James Woods
31 October, 1979 8:00 am
18x17 Joan Rivers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
01 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x18 Joan Embery, Bo Derek, Charles Nelson Reilly, Mickey Ziffren
02 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x19 David Brenner (guest host), Steve Martin, Art Carney
05 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x20 Bert Convy, Angie Dickinson
06 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x21 Robert Blake
07 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x22 Kate Jackson
08 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x23 Tim Conway
09 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x24 David Letterman (guest host), Betty White
12 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x25 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elizabeth Ashley, Pete Barbutti
13 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x26 Jean Marsh, Fernando Lamas
14 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x27 Buddy Hackett
15 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x28 Bob Hope, Raquel Welch, Bud Greenspan
16 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x29 David Steinberg (guest host), Burt Reynolds
19 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x30 Suzanne Pleshette, Buck Henry
20 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x31 Tony Randall, Buddy Rich, Kelly Monteith, Thomas Thompson
21 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x32 Arlene Golonka
22 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x33 George Carlin
23 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x34 Bill Cosby (guest host), Susan Saint James, Gallagher
26 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x35 Joe Namath, Johnny Yune
27 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x36 Charlie Callas, Calvin Trillin
28 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x37 David Steinberg, Dick Van Patten
29 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x38 Erma Bombeck, James Woods
30 November, 1979 8:00 am
18x39 Bill Cosby (guest host), Marilu Henner, James Earl Jones
03 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x40 David Letterman (guest host), Dr. Joyce Brothers, Mike Farrell
04 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x41 David Letterman (guest host), Teri Garr, George Plimpton
05 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x42 Richard Dawson (guest host), James Coco, Cleveland Amory
06 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x43 Richard Dawson (guest host), William Shatner, Lauren Tewes, Kip Addota, Helen Gurley Brown
07 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x44 Jack Klugman
10 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x45 Carl Reiner, Henry Winkler, Bob Hope
12 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x46 Steve Martin
13 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x47 Ricky Schroder, Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce)
14 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x48 Rich Little (guest host), Buddy Ebsen, Roy Rogers, Jose Molina
17 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x49 John Davidson, Joyce Van Patten, Charles Nelson Reilly, O.J. Simpson
19 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x50 Bruce Dern, David Letterman, Judith Blegen
20 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x51 Fred Astaire, Steve Landesberg, Richard Mitchell
21 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x52 John Davidson (guest host), Ron Howard, Betty White
25 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x53 John Davidson (guest host), Kreskin
26 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x54 John Davidson (guest host), Paul Williams, Orson Bean
27 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x55 John Davidson (guest host), Robert Guillaume, Dick Shawn, Dr. Lendon Smith
28 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x56 John Davidson (guest host), Dennis Weaver, Lynn Redgrave, Gil Gerard
31 December, 1979 8:00 am
18x57 Karl Malden, Teri Garr
02 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x58 George Burns, David Horowitz
03 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x59 Robert Blake, Martin Mull
04 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x60 Richard Dawson (guest host), Jack Klugman
07 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x61 Show #4430
01 January, 1970 9:00 am
18x62 Cloris Leachman, Sydney Goldsmith
09 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x63 Phyllis George, Mike Farrell, Sean Morey, Jerzy Kosinski
10 January, 1980 8:00 am
With Phyllis George; Mike Farrell; Sean Morey; Jerzy Kosinski.
18x64 David Steinberg
11 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x65 Martin Mull (guest host), Bea Arthur, Billy Crystal
14 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x66 Joe Namath, Stephanie Faracy
15 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x67 Tony Randall, Joe Namath
16 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x68 Bert Convy, Tom Snyder, James Woods
17 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x69 Bob Hope, Angie Dickinson, Bud Greenspan
18 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x70 Kenny Rogers (guest host), Sandy Duncan, Gallagher, Bob Hope
21 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x71 David Letterman (guest host), Vince Ferragamo, Wayne Rogers
22 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x72 David Letterman (guest host)
23 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x73 David Letterman (guest host), Ralph Nader
24 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x74 George Carlin (guest host), Bernadette Peters, Ricky Schroder
25 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x75 Bill Cosby (guest host), Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Gobel
28 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x76 Show #4445
29 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x77 Candice Bergen
30 January, 1980 8:00 am
18x78 Michael Landon, Jim Fowler, Dr. Paul Ehrlich
31 January, 1980 8:00 am
With Actor Michael Landon, Television Host Jim Fowler, and Biologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich
18x79 Bob Hope, Teri Garr
01 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x80 Bill Cosby (guest host), Valerie Harper
04 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x81 McLean Stevenson
05 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x82 Rodney Dangerfield
06 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x83 Lucille Ball, Kelly Monteith
07 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x84 Bob Hope, Marsha Mason
08 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x85 Rich Little (guest host), Dick Shawn, Natalie Wood
11 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x86 Patrick Duffy, Red Buttons, Ann Reinking, William F. Buckley
12 February, 1980 8:00 am
With Actor Patrick Duffy, Actor Red Buttons, Actress Ann Reinking, and Author William F. Buckley
18x87 Steve Martin, Lynn Redgrave, Bob Newhart
13 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x88 Doug Henning, Phil Donahue
14 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x89 Beau Bridges, Calvin Trillin
15 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x90 Roy Clark (guest host), Suzanne Somers, Kreskin
18 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x91 Alan King, George Segal
19 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x92 Dom DeLuise, Lauren Hutton, Johnny Yune
20 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x93 Loni Anderson, Steve Landesberg
21 February, 1980 8:00 am
Steve Landesberg, Loni Anderson, Engelbert Humperdinck
18x94 Dean Martin, Florence Henderson
22 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x95 David Letterman (guest host), John Ritter, Irving Wallace
25 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x96 Sydney Goldsmith, David Horowitz
26 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x97 David Steinberg, Oliver Reed, Jim Stafford, Anita O'Day
27 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x98 Robert Blake, Charlie Callas
28 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x99 Joan Embery, Helen Shaver, Jerry Weissman
29 February, 1980 8:00 am
18x100 David Brenner (guest host)
03 March, 1980 8:00 am
18x101 David Brenner (guest host)
04 March, 1980 8:00 am
18x102 David Brenner (guest host)
05 March, 1980 8:00 am
18x103 David Brenner (guest host)
06 March, 1980 8:00 am
18x104 David Brenner (guest host), Bob Hope, Ricardo Montalban
07 March, 1980 8:00 am
18x105 Martin Mull (guest host), Rob Reiner, Betty White, Joseph Wambaugh
17 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x106 Show #4475
19 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x107 Suzanne Somers, Billy Crystal
20 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x108 Bert Convy, Jean Marsh, Erma Bombeck
21 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x109 Rich Little (guest host), Kip Addota
24 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x110 Henry Fonda, Fernando Lamas
26 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x111 Show #4480
27 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x112 William Holden, Steve Lawrence, Carl Reiner, Clark Terry
28 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x113 David Letterman (guest host)
31 March, 1980 9:00 am
18x114 Teri Garr
02 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x115 Joan Rivers, Dick Van Patten, Stephanie Faracy, Byron Allen
03 April, 1980 9:00 am
Comedian Joan Rivers; actor Dick Van Patten; Stephanie Faracy; comic Byron Allen.
18x116 Tony Randall
04 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x117 David Letterman (guest host), Don Rickles, Bob Uecker
07 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x118 Suzanne Pleshette
09 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x119 Jack Klugman, David Letterman
10 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x120 Liza Minnelli, Angie Dickinson, George Miller, Nedra Volz
11 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x121 Bob Newhart (guest host), Richard Benjamin, Betty White
14 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x122 Bob Newhart (guest host), Walter Matthau, Charles Nelson Reilly
15 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x123 George Carlin (guest host), Valerie Harper, Phyllis Diller
16 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x124 George Carlin (guest host)
17 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x125 George Carlin (guest host)
18 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x126 Richard Dawson (guest host)
21 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x127 Richard Dawson (guest host)
22 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x128 Richard Dawson (guest host)
23 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x129 Richard Dawson (guest host), Bernadette Peters, Dr. Joyce Brothers
24 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x130 Bert Convy (guest host), Harvey Korman
25 April, 1980 9:00 am
18x131 Joan Rivers (guest host), Judd Hirsch
28 April, 1980 8:00 am
18x132 Charlton Heston, Dorothy Stratton, Bobby Kelton, Wally Mohrman
30 April, 1980 8:00 am
Actor Charlton Heston; model Dorothy Stratten; comedian Bobby Kelton; Wally Mohrman.
18x133 Shelley Winters
01 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x134 Michael Landon, Dr. Lendon Smith
02 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x135 Bill Cosby (guest host), Norm Crosby
05 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x136 James Garner
06 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x137 James Coburn
07 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x138 David Steinberg, Peter Strauss
08 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x139 Robert Blake, Madeline Kahn
09 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x140 Bert Convy (guest host)
12 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x141 Omar Sharif, Sharon Gless, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
13 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x142 James Stewart, Don Adams
14 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x143 Bill Cosby, Howard Hesseman
15 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x144 Sammy Davis, Jr., Mariette Hartley, Merie Earle
16 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x145 Richard Benjamin (guest host), Fernando Lamas, Teri Garr, Johnny Yune
19 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x146 Charles Nelson Reilly, Pete Barbutti, Victor Buono, Tom Brokaw
20 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x147 Cloris Leachman
21 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x148 Dinah Shore
22 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x149 Calvin Trillin
23 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x150 Martin Mull (guest host), Betty White, George Gobel
26 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x151 Bob Hope
27 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x152 Dick Enberg, Joan Embery, Richard Benjamin, Red Buttons
28 May, 1980 8:00 am
Announcer Dick Enberg; animal expert Joan Embery; actor Red Buttons; actor Richard Benjamin.
18x153 David Brinkley
29 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x154 Dr. Carl Sagan
30 May, 1980 8:00 am
18x155 David Letterman (guest host), Florence Henderson
02 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x156 David Letterman (guest host), Dick Shawn, Robert Mandan, Erich Segal
03 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x157 David Steinberg (guest host)
04 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x158 Joan Rivers (guest host), Mike Connors
05 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x159 Joan Rivers (guest host), Barbara Walters, Milton Berle, Dick Van Patten
06 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x160 George Carlin (guest host), Orson Bean, Peter Fonda, Peter Benchley
09 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x161 Bob Newhart (guest host), Paul Williams, Sydney Goldsmith
16 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x162 Carl Reiner, Peter Ustinov, Steve Martin
18 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x163 Suzanne Pleshette, David Steinberg
19 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x164 Buddy Hackett, Martin Mull
20 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x165 Burt Reynolds (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dom DeLuise
23 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x166 Lee Marvin, Buck Henry, Kenny Rogers, Kim Carnes
25 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x167 Elizabeth Ashley, Neil Simon, Bob Uecker
26 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x168 Robert Klein, Teri Garr
27 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x169 Rich Little (guest host), Cleveland Amory
30 June, 1980 8:00 am
18x170 Bill Cosby (guest host), Steve Martin, Richard Benjamin, Kreskin
07 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x171 Robert Klein (guest host), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, June Havoc, Pat Paulsen
21 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x172 Dyan Cannon, Rodney Dangerfield, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Jim Fowler
23 July, 1980 8:00 am
With Actress Dyan Cannon; comedian Rodney Dangerfield; journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave; zoologist Jim Fowler.
18x173 Charlton Heston, Charlie Callas
24 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x174 Robert Blake, Steve Landesberg
25 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x175 Bert Convy (guest host), Orson Bean
28 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x176 Angie Dickinson, Charles Nelson Reilly
30 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x177 Bruce Dern
31 July, 1980 8:00 am
18x178 Sammy Davis, Jr., Shelley Winters
01 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x179 Bill Cosby (guest host), Charles Grodin
04 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x180 Tony Randall
06 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x181 Dick Cavett, Margot Kidder
07 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x182 Ann-Margret, David Horowitz, George Miller
08 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x183 Joan Rivers (guest host), Bernadette Peters, George Gobel, Dr. Wayne Dyer
25 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x184 George Segal, Elizabeth Ashley, Conrad Janis, Katherine Crumbley
27 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x185 David Steinberg, Sy Kramer
28 August, 1980 8:00 am
18x186 Joan Rivers (guest host), James Coco, Phyllis Diller, Frank Abagnale
01 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x187 Mayor Tom Bradley, Robert Klein
03 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x188 Gabriel Kaplan, Mr. Rogers
04 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x189 Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, David Bowie
05 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x190 David Steinberg (guest host), Dick Shawn, Mary Kay Place
08 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x191 Joan Embery, Joe Namath
10 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x192 Charles Nelson Reilly, Argus Hamilton
11 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x193 Robert Blake, Erma Bombeck, George Wallace, Jeff Greenfield
12 September, 1980 8:00 am
Robert Blake chats with Johnny about his new film "Second-Hand Hearts", humor writer Erma Bombeck shows slides from her trip to Kenya, comedian George Wallace does stand up and political author Jeff Greenfield discusses the upcoming presidential debate.
18x194 David Brenner
16 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x195 Michael Landon
17 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x196 Tim Conway
18 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x197 James Garner, Suzanne Somers
19 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x198 Robert Klein (guest host), Gary Coleman, Christopher Reeve
22 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x199 Walter Matthau, Martin Mull
23 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x200 Ron Lieske and his pig Ed, Crystal Gayle
24 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x201 Charlie Callas
25 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x202 Steve Martin, Dr. Carl Sagan
26 September, 1980 8:00 am
Steve Martin, The MIghty Carson Art Players
18x203 Don Rickles
29 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x204 David Brenner (guest host), Marty Feldman
30 September, 1980 8:00 am
18x205 David Brenner (guest host), Erin Gray
01 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x206 David Brenner (guest host), George Burns, Bob Uecker
02 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x207 David Brenner (guest host), Eric Idle, John Cleese
03 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x208 Bill Cosby (guest host), Wayne Rogers
06 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x209 Bill Cosby (guest host), Howard Hesseman, Rip Taylor, Diahann Carroll
07 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x210 David Steinberg (guest host), James Woods
08 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x211 Robert Klein (guest host), Steve Allen
09 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x212 Gabriel Kaplan (guest host), Vicki Lawrence, Fred Travalena
10 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x213 Dom DeLuise, Brooke Shields
14 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x214 Goldie Hawn
15 October, 1980 8:00 am
18x215 Buddy Hackett, Dr. Morris Goldberg
16 October, 1980 8:00 am
With Actor Buddy Hackett, and Dentist Dr. Morris Goldberg
18x216 David Steinberg
17 October, 1980 8:00 am
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