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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28x01 Jay Leno (guest host), Flip Wilson, Mental Cruelty, Dwight Yoakam
03 October, 1989 8:00 am
28x05 Jay Leno (guest host), Stephanie Kramer, Dom Irrera, Patti D'Arbanville, Lorna Luft
10 October, 1989 8:00 am
28x09 Jay Leno (guest host), Rue McClanahan, Roy Blount, Jr., Clint Black
23 October, 1989 8:00 am
28x10 Jay Leno (guest host), Dennis Weaver, Ellen DeGeneres, Fred Roggin, The Funny Boys
24 October, 1989 8:00 am
28x11 Jay Leno (guest host), Valerie Bertinelli, Don Yesso, Cathy Guisewite
25 October, 1989 8:00 am
28x12 27th Anniversary Show - Bob Newhart, Jay Leno, Darryl Sivad
26 October, 1989 8:00 am
27th Anniversary Show
28x13 Jay Leno (guest host), Beau Bridges, John Mendoza, Olivia Newton-John
27 October, 1989 8:00 am
28x14 Jay Leno (guest host), Gregory Jefferson, Edie McClurg, Conway Twitty
31 October, 1989 8:00 am
Posters For New Movies
28x15 Jack Lemmon, Steven Wright
01 November, 1989 8:00 am
Extension Courses. Guests: Actor Jack Lemmon; comic Steven Wright.
28x16 Nellie McNeal, Roddy McDowall
02 November, 1989 8:00 am
Siegfried & Roy Audition; Suggestion Box
28x17 James Woods, Bill Maher, Busted Bowlers
03 November, 1989 8:00 am
Actor James Woods; comic Bill Maher; Busted Bowlers. You Are the Author
28x18 Jay Leno (guest host), James Belushi, Andrea Martin
07 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x19 Oprah Winfrey, Darryl Sivad, Diane Schuur
08 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x20 Charles Grodin, J.J. Wall, Calvin Trillin
09 November, 1989 8:00 am
With Actor Charles Grodin, Comedian / Writer J.J. Wall, Journalist Calvin Trillin
28x21 George Burns, Miriam Margolyes
10 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x22 Jay Leno (guest host), Mary Stuart Masterson, Thom Sharp, Michael Bolton
14 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x23 Bob Uecker, Rita Rudner, Joe Williams
15 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x24 Milton Berle, Etta James and The Roots Band
16 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x25 Super Dave Osborne, Richard Pryor, Poco
17 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x26 Jay Leno (guest host), Jeff Daniels, Nancy Giles, Andy Williams
21 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x27 Carol Siskind, Dolly Parton
22 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x28 Lea Johnson, Tom Wilson, Melissa Manchester
23 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x29 Nancy Reagan, Chevy Chase, Belinda Carlisle
24 November, 1989 8:00 am
28x30 Jay Leno (guest host), Ed Begley, Jr., Judy Collins
05 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x31 Jane Pauley, Joe Piscopo, King's Sisters
06 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x32 Paul Reiser, Argus Hamilton, Maggie Jakobson
07 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x33 Danny DeVito, Al Green
08 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x34 Jay Leno (guest host), Fred Savage, Kevin Pollak, Regina Belle
12 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x35 Buddy Hackett, Gary Morris
13 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x36 Michael Palin, Restless Heart
14 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x37 Bob Hope, Liv Ullmann, Kevin Meaney
15 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x38 Jay Leno (guest host), Phil Hartman, Joe Penny, Lou Rawls
26 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x39 James Stewart, Larry Miller, Gladys Farek
27 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x40 Dana Carvey, Sam Kinison, Pete Fountain
28 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x41 Tim Conway, Park Overall, Daniel Menendez
29 December, 1989 8:00 am
28x42 Jay Leno (guest host), Richard Chamberlin, John Mendoza, Craig T. Nelson
02 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x43 Tony Danza, Chuck Berry
03 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x44 Rita Rudner, K. T. Oslin
04 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x45 Bob Saget, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
05 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x46 Jay Leno (guest host), Denzel Washington, John Chancellor, Faith Ford, Richard Marx
09 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x47 Richard Benjamin, Larry Gatlin
10 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x48 Bill Black, Tony Randall, Diane Nichols, Kenny Rankin
11 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x49 Jay Leno (guest host), Charlton Heston, Roy Blount, Jr.
12 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x50 Jay Leno (guest host), Andie MacDowell, Marsha Warfield, Michael Moore
16 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x51 Baxter Black, The Roches
17 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x52 Joan Embery, Art Donovan, Ron Silver
18 January, 1990 8:00 am
Actor Ron Silver; Art Donovan; animal expert Joan Embery.
28x53 Michael Landon, Jimmy Brogan, Roger Reese
19 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x54 Jay Leno (guest host), Sandy Duncan, Michael Gross, Fred Roggin, Poco
22 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x55 Jay Leno (guest host), Steve Kelly, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
23 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x56 Jay Leno (guest host), Shelley Winters, Mr. Wizard, Hoyt Axton
24 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x57 Jay Leno (guest host), Jack Palance, Paul Shaffer
25 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x58 Jay Leno (guest host), Joanna Kerns, Charles Grodin, Bonnie Raitt
26 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x59 Jay Leno (guest host), Connie Chung, Dennis Hopper, Highway 101
30 January, 1990 8:00 am
28x60 Martin Short, Cathy Ladman, Bonnie Hunt
31 January, 1990 8:00 am
Actor Bonnie Hunt; actor Cathy Ladman; actor and comedian Martin Short.
28x61 Stephanie Yu, Kenneth Branagh, Cathy Guisewite
01 February, 1990 8:00 am
With Actress Stephanie Yu, Actor Kenneth Branagh, and Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
28x62 Carl Reiner, Jennifer Grey
02 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x63 Jay Leno (guest host), Jason Bateman, Linda Hopkins
06 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x65 Harry Anderson, Bobby Slayton, Eugene Fodor
08 February, 1990 8:00 am
Actor Harry Anderson; actor Bobby Slayton; Eugene Fodor.
28x66 Beau Bridges, Rita Rudner, Melissa Manchester
09 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x67 Jay Leno (guest host), Carol Kane, Dom Irrera, Stephen Baldwin, Laurie Anderson
13 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x68 John Larroquette, Dr. Robert Ballard, Jack Jones
14 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x69 Super Dave Osborne, Stephanie Mills
15 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x70 Bob Hope, Magic Johnson, Joe Williams
16 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x71 Jay Leno (guest host), Bea Arthur, Paula Poundstone, Al Jarreau
20 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x72 Bob Newhart, Buster Douglas, Bo Diddley
21 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x73 Jessie Hairston, Aaron Neville, Linda Ronstadt
22 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x74 Dabney Coleman, Kenneth Branagh, Restless Heart
23 February, 1990 8:00 am
28x75 Jay Leno (guest host), Jeff Foxworthy, Crispin Glover, Natalie Cole
06 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x76 Renee Hall, Burt Reynolds, Ray Price
07 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x77 Victoria Jackson, Calvin Trillin, The Temptations
08 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x78 Meredith Vieira, Ofra Haza
09 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x80 Jonathan Winters, Randy Travis
14 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x81 Hassie & Lassie, Smokey Robinson
15 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x82 Jeff Cesario, Lee Trevino
16 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x83 Jay Leno (guest host), Valerie Harper, Rain Pryor, Mario Joyner
20 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x84 George Preston, Don McLean
21 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x85 Larry Miller, Lyle Lovett
22 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x86 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Park Overall, Sara Hickman
23 March, 1990 8:00 am
28x87 Jay Leno (guest host), Marsha Warfield, Jimmy Aleck, Roy Blount, Jr., Regina Belle
26 March, 1990 9:00 am
28x88 Jay Leno (guest host), Jean Stapleton, Starlight Express
27 March, 1990 9:00 am
28x89 Jay Leno (guest host), Carol Burnett, Martin Mull, Edie McClurg
28 March, 1990 9:00 am
28x90 Jay Leno (guest host), Dana Carvey, Wayne Cotter, Dana Delany
29 March, 1990 9:00 am
28x91 Jay Leno (guest host), Roger Moore, Sam Donaldson
30 March, 1990 9:00 am
28x92 Jay Leno (guest host), Rutger Hauer, Bob Costas, They Might Be Giants
03 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x93 Dudley Moore, Kevin Pollak, Shawn Colvin
04 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x94 Bryan Williams, Lily Tomlin, Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir
05 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x95 Bob Hope, Jeff Dunham, B.B. King
06 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x96 Jay Leno (guest host), Carol Siskind, Robert Hays, Mike Binder
10 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x97 Richard Lewis, Ray Charles
11 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x98 Paula Poundstone, Art Donovan, Milt Hinton
12 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x99 Paul Reiser, Mary Peyton-Meyer, Johnny Clegg & Savuka
13 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x100 Jay Leno (guest host), Billy Crystal, Dave Thomas, Michel'le
16 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x101 Jay Leno (guest host), Dweezil Zappa, Jerry Seinfeld, Judith Hoag
17 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x102 Jay Leno (guest host), Christine Lahti, Crystal Bernard, Huber Marionettes
18 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x103 Jay Leno (guest host), Alan Thicke, Fred Roggin, Julia Foreham
19 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x104 Jay Leno (guest host), Valerie Bertinelli, Paul Reiser, The Desert Rose Band
20 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x106 Sonny Bono, Alexie Sultanov
25 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x107 Tim Conway, Clint Black
26 April, 1990 8:00 am
28x108 Robert Klein, Kevin Spacey, Mary Peyton Meyer
27 April, 1990 8:00 am
Comic Robert Klein; actor Kevin Spacey; journalist Mary Peyton Meyer.
28x109 Jay Leno (guest host), Armand Assante, Clive James, Jane Goodall
01 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x110 Dabney Coleman, Yakov Smirnoff
02 May, 1990 8:00 am
Actor Dabney Coleman; comedian Yakov Smirnoff.
28x111 Richard Jeni, Daniel Menendez
03 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x112 Judge Reinhold, Rondell Sheridan, Rita Rudner
04 May, 1990 8:00 am
Actor Judge Reinhold; actor Rondell Sheridan; actress Rita Rudner.
28x113 Jay Leno (guest host), Teri Garr, Eva Marie Saint, Keenen Ivory Wayans
08 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x114 Tony Randall, Lara Flynn Boyle, Andy Koffman & His Frogs
09 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x115 John Larroquette, Mark Schiff, Kurt Thomas
10 May, 1990 8:00 am
Actor John Larroquette; actor Mark Schiff; actor Kurt Thomas.
28x116 Joe Piscopo, Dirty Dozen Brass Band
11 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x117 Jay Leno (guest host), Keith Carradine, Blake Clark, Diana Bellamy
15 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x118 George Foreman, Sarah Brightman
16 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x119 Dr. Henry Merritt Stenhouse, Barbara Hershey, Jeff Cesario
17 May, 1990 8:00 am
With Dr. Henry Merritt Stenhouse, Actress Barbara Hershey, Actor Jeff Cesario
28x120 Bob Hope, Al Green
18 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x121 Jay Leno (guest host), George Carlin, Fran Drescher, Dominick Dunne
29 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x122 Jerry Seinfeld, Dizzy Gillespie
30 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x123 David Brenner, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1990 National Acrobatic Champions
31 May, 1990 8:00 am
28x124 Buddy Hackett, Teresa Ganzel, Dave Thomas
01 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x125 Jay Leno (guest host), Larry Miller, John Chancellor, Joe Cocker
05 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x126 Tony Bennett, A. Whitney Brown, Judith Hoag
06 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x127 Jay Leno (guest host), Cathy Guisewite, Edie McClurg, Stevie Ray Vaughan
07 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x128 Patrika Darbo
08 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x129 Jay Leno (guest host), Bill Cosby, Luther Vandross
12 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x130 Bob Newhart, Peter Jennings, David Byrne
13 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x131 Garry Shandling, Barry Manilow
14 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x132 Super Dave Osborne, Kirk Douglas
15 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x133 Jay Leno (guest host), Harry Hamlin, Sharon Stone, Julia Child, Lenny Kravitz
18 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x136 Jay Leno (guest host), Deborah Norville, Thom Sharp, Peter Weller
21 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x137 Jay Leno (guest host), Bill Murray, Alan King, Leon Redbone
22 June, 1990 8:00 am
28x138 Jay Leno (guest host), Tony Randall, Wil Shriner, Faith Ford, Freda Payne
02 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x139 Jay Leno (guest host), Peter Scolari, Rita Rudner, Lauren Tom, Basia
03 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x140 Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Embery, Fred Roggin
04 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x141 Jay Leno (guest host), Tom Cruise, Phil Hartman, Helen Hayes, Barry White
05 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x142 Jay Leno (guest host), Larry King, Jeff Daniels, Tom Dreesen
06 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x143 Jay Leno (guest host), Charlie Korsmo, Martin Mull, Bill Maher, Lyle Lovett
10 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x144 Dana Carvey, Anthony Griffin
11 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x145 George Segal, King's Sisters
12 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x146 Bob Saget, Laura Branigan
13 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x147 Jay Leno (guest host), Patrick Swayze, Randy Quaid, Jeff Foxworthy, Reba McEntire
17 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x148 Mike Dugan, Monica Selles, Dionne Warwick
18 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x149 Cathy Ladman, Tom Wilson, Pointer Sisters
19 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x150 Maggie Gill, Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold
20 July, 1990 8:00 am
Comedian Roseanne Barr; Actor Tom Arnold; Maggie Gill.
28x151 Jay Leno (guest host), Jack Palance, Patty Loveless
24 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x152 Michael Oliver, John Goodman, Joe Williams
25 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x153 Liv Ullman, J.J. Wall, Patrika Darbo
26 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x154 Cathy Guisewite, Brian Haley, David Horowitz
27 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x155 Jay Leno (guest host), Brian Dennehy, Park Overall, Lou Gramm
31 July, 1990 8:00 am
28x156 Don Rickles, The Allman Brothers Band
01 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x157 Maria Shriver, Michael McDonald
02 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x158 David Brenner, Art Donovan, Al Green
03 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x159 Jay Leno (guest host), Kirk Douglas, Willy T. Ribbs, Taylor Danne
06 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x160 Jay Leno (guest host), Jon Voight, Kevin Pollak, Steven R. Kutcher, Howard Hewitt
07 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x161 Jay Leno (guest host), Mel Gibson, Harley Jane Kozak, David Alan Grier
08 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x163 Jay Leno (guest host), Henry Winkler, Kevin Nealon, Sarah Jessica Parker
10 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x164 Jay Leno (guest host), Steve Martin, James Belushi, James Ingram
14 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x165 Harry Anderson, Joel Murray
15 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x166 Denise Wells, David Steinberg
16 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x167 Patrick Swayze, Oleta Adams
17 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x168 Jay Leno (guest host), Emilio Estevez, Phil Hartman, Lauren Tom
17 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x169 Richard Lewis, Brooke Adams, The Leningrad Swing Jazz Band
22 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x170 Kid Inventors, Natalie Cole
23 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x171 Tony Randall, Mark Pitta, George Foreman
24 August, 1990 8:00 am
28x172 Jay Leno (guest host), Shirley MacLaine, David Lynch, Richard Libertini, Paul Young
04 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x173 Charles Grodin, B.B. King, Amy Yasbeck
05 September, 1990 8:00 am
Johnny does Carnac the Magnificent; Actor Charles Grodin plugs his new film "Taking Care of Business"; musician BB King plays and sings "Let the Good Times Roll", "Peace to the World" and then chats with Johnny about recording his new album "Live at San Quentin"; actor Amy Yasbeck plugs her new film "Problem Child".
28x174 Zachary Lavoy, Charles Dutton, K.T. Oslin
06 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x175 Jeff Dunham, Etta James & The Roots Band, The Passing Zone
07 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x176 Jay Leno (guest host), Candice Bergen, Charlie Schlatter, George Miller
11 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x177 Patrick Duffy, Kevin Meaney, Kid Creole & The Coconuts
12 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x178 Martin Mull, Anne DeSalvo
13 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x179 Bob Hope, Park Overall, Pete Sampras
14 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x180 Jay Leno (guest host), Burt Reynolds, Robert Easton, Wynton Marsalis
17 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x181 Jay Leno (guest host), Shelley Long, Keenen Ivory Wayans, The Time
18 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x182 Jay Leno (guest host), Carol Burnett, Will Smith, Regis Philbin
19 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x183 Jay Leno (guest host), Christine Lathi, Ed Begley, Jr., Dinah Manoff
20 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x184 Jay Leno (guest host), Phil Collins, Jimmy Smits, Celine Dion
21 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x185 Jay Leno, Betty White, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
25 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x186 Garry Shandling, Victoria Williams
26 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x187 28th Anniversary Show
27 September, 1990 8:00 am
28x188 Jay Leno (guest host), Fred Savage, Matthew Modine
28 September, 1990 8:00 am
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