Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~60 min/episode
- Length
- 31 seasons · 3756 episodes
- Status
- Ended · complete
- Age rating
- TV-PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- talk show
- late-night show
The bill
- Artie Shaw
- Shelley Berman
- Bobby Darin
- Margaret O'Brien
- Mitch Miller
- Sebastian Cabot
- Susan Strasberg
- Sal Mineo
- Julie Newmar
- Melina Mercouri
- Rosemary Clooney
- Directed
- Howard Storm
- Created
- Sylvester Weaver, Steve Allen
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 96 ratings
- Network & studio
- NBC, NBC Productions, Carson Productions
If this stayed with you
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