Classic Television - Late Night

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Original channel

NBC

Original run

October 1, 1962 – May 22, 1992

Starring

Johnny Carson

ANNOUNCER:

Ed McMahon

BANDLEADER:

Doc Severinsen (1967–1992)

Tommy Newsom (Substitute) (1968–1992)

Milton DeLugg (1966–1967)

Skitch Henderson (1962–1966)

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.