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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • TV series
  • 1962
  • TV-PG
  • 31 seasons
  • 3,777 episodes

Created by Steve Allen and Sylvester Weaver

7.6

TMDB audience rating
7.6 out of 10 from 99 votes

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Overview

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.

Roughly 3777h to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 3,777 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 60 minutes.

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Trailer

Play trailer: Dean Martin 12/12/75 hilarious on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson 1975

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Series cast and crew

  • Johnny Carson

    Johnny CarsonSelf - Host
    3,780 episodes

  • Ed McMahon

    Ed McMahonSelf - Substitute Host & Announcer
    1,600 episodes

  • Doc Severinsen

    Doc SeverinsenSelf - Bandleader
    1,354 episodes

  • Skitch Henderson

    Skitch HendersonSelf - Substitute Host & Bandleader
    192 episodes

  • Bob Hope

    Bob HopeSelf
    135 episodes

  • Bob Newhart

    Bob NewhartSelf
    126 episodes

  • Della Reese

    Della ReeseSelf - Guest Hostess
    94 episodes

  • Orson Bean

    Orson BeanSelf
    90 episodes

  • Tommy NewsomSelf - Bandleader
    82 episodes

  • Jay Leno

    Jay Leno
    76 episodes

  • Shelley Winters

    Shelley WintersSelf - Guest Hostess
    60 episodes

  • Burt Reynolds

    Burt ReynoldsSelf
    60 episodes

  • Charles Nelson Reilly

    Charles Nelson ReillySelf
    59 episodes

  • Joan Rivers

    Joan RiversSelf - Guest Hostess
    59 episodes

  • Shecky Greene

    Shecky GreeneSelf - Guest Host
    58 episodes

  • Joey Bishop

    Joey BishopSelf
    53 episodes

  • Steve Lawrence

    Steve LawrenceSelf
    53 episodes

  • Don Rickles

    Don RicklesSelf
    52 episodes

Created by
Steve Allen and Sylvester Weaver
Network
NBC

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