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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Episode directors Howard Storm

Talk show

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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 …

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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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The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1962 · 64 episodes Season details

Oct. 1, 1962

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Season 2 Season 2 1963 · 258 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1963

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Season 3 Season 3 1964 · 257 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1964

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Season 4 Season 4 1965 · 258 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1965

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Season 5 Season 5 1966 · 256 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1966

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Season 6 Season 6 1967 · 252 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1967

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Season 7 Season 7 1968 · 258 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1968

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Season 8 Season 8 1969 · 85 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1969

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Season 9 Season 9 1970 · 71 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1970

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Season 10 Season 10 1971 · 90 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1971

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Season 11 Season 11 1972 · 100 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1972

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Season 12 Season 12 1973 · 103 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1973

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Season 13 Season 13 1974 · 101 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1974

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Season 14 Season 14 1975 · 175 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1975

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Season 15 Season 15 1976 · 260 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1976

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Season 16 Season 16 1977 · 110 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1977

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Season 17 Season 17 1978 · 95 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1978

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Season 18 Season 18 1979 · 71 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1979

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Season 19 Season 19 1980 · 197 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1980

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Season 20 Season 20 1981 · 178 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1981

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Season 21 Season 21 1982 · 38 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1982

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Season 22 Season 22 1983 · 26 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1983

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Season 23 Season 23 1984 · 37 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1984

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Season 24 Season 24 1985 · 64 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1985

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Season 25 Season 25 1986 · 30 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1986

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Season 26 Season 26 1987 · 50 episodes Season details

Jan. 5, 1987

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Season 27 Season 27 1988 · 132 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 1988

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Season 28 Season 28 1989 · 22 episodes Season details

Jan. 4, 1989

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Season 29 Season 29 1990 · 33 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1990

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Season 30 Season 30 1991 · 35 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 1991

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Season 31 Season 31 1992 · 74 episodes Season details

Jan. 1, 1992

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Special episodes

Specials 1987 · 3 episodes Season details

Jan. 10, 1987

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Cast

Johnny CarsonSelf - Host Ed McMahonSelf - Substitute Host & Announcer · Self - Announcer Doc SeverinsenSelf · Self - Announcer · Self - Bandleader Skitch HendersonSelf - Substitute Host & Bandleader · Self - Bandleader Bob HopeSelf Bob NewhartSelf · Self - Guest Host Della ReeseSelf · Self - Guest Hostess Orson BeanSelf · Self - Guest Host Tommy NewsomSelf · Self - Bandleader Jay LenoSelf · Self - Guest Host Shelley WintersSelf · Self - Guest Hostess Burt ReynoldsSelf · Self - Guest Host

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Joan RiversSelf · Self - Guest Host · Self - Guest Hostess Shecky GreeneSelf · Self - Guest Host Charles Nelson ReillySelf Joey BishopSelf - Guest Host · Self Steve LawrenceSelf · Self - Guest Host Don RicklesSelf · Self - Guest Host Milton DeluggSelf - Bandleader · Milton Delugg Teri GarrSelf George GobelSelf Tony BennettSelf - Guest Martin MullSelf - Guest Host · Self Don AdamsSelf Jack KlugmanSelf · Self - Guest Host John DavidsonSelf - Guest Host · Self Phyllis DillerSelf · Self - Guest Hostess Carl ReinerSelf - Guest Host · Self · Self - Guest Victor BuonoSelf Buck HenrySelf McLean StevensonSelf - Guest Host · Self Robert BlakeSelf Robert GouletSelf - Guest Host · Self Suzanne SomersSelf George SegalSelf · Self - Guest Host Buddy HackettSelf David BrennerSelf - Guest Host · Self Bill CosbySelf - Guest Host · Self Rich LittleSelf · Self - Guest Host Rodney DangerfieldSelf Joyce BrothersSelf Sammy Davis Jr.Self · Self - Guest Host David SteinbergSelf - Guest Host · Self Jerry LewisSelf - Guest Host · Self Jean MarshSelf Phyllis NewmanSelf - Guest Host · Self Alan KingSelf · Self - Guest Host Jack JonesSelf - Guest Host · Self Roy ClarkSelf · Self - Guest Host George CarlinSelf - Guest Host · Self Lola FalanaSelf - Guest Host · Self Orson WellesSelf · Self - Guest Host Norm CrosbySelf Tom SmothersSelf · Self - Guest Host George MaharisSelf Steve AllenSelf · Self - Guest Host Paul WilliamsSelf Dom DeLuiseSelf - Guest Host · Self · Self - Guest Johnny MathisSelf Robert KleinSelf - Guest Host · Self Bert ConvySelf - Guest Host · Self Buddy RichSelf Kaye BallardSelf Billy De WolfeSelf Pat BooneSelf - Guest Host · Self David LettermanSelf - Guest Host · Self Roger MooreSelf · Self - Guest Host Roger MillerSelf Earl HollimanSelf Joe WilliamsSelf Carol WayneSelf KreskinSelf Bob UeckerSelf Pete BarbuttiSelf George BurnsSelf Ernest BorgnineSelf Vikki CarrSelf · Self - Guest Hostess Sandy DuncanSelf - Guest Hostess · Self Betty WhiteSelf - Guest Host · Self - Guest · Self CharoSelf

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