The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson tv show photo

This show was a late-night talk show under the "Tonight Show" franchise from 1962 to 1992.The King, CEO and night watchman of TV comedy, Johnny Carson reigned as Host for nearly 30 years. Every current late-night comedy host learned from him: how to win over audiences, establish a show's pace, charm or confront guests.

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30x120 Show #4531 Aired: May. 22, 1992

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The show had 30 seasons and 1340 episodes air between 1962 and 1992.

Series Info

Type:
News/Talk Show
Premiered:
Oct. 01, 1962
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Aired:
1962 - 1992
To-Date:
30 Seasons
1340 Episodes
Network
NBC TV Network
AKA:
The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
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  • Johnny Carson hosted the Photoplay Magazine Gold Medal Awards on the Tonight Show, and later that night there was a party for the winners - including John Wayne - at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
  • This program was originally broadcast in color. The scavenger clip, however, is in black and white.
  • To the right of Johnny Carson's desk were the controls to a weather machine that made the back drop rain, snow or cast a bolt of lightning.