Episode 1
Episode 1
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Foster Brooks, Victor Buono, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Joan Embery
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV-PG31 seasons7.5 / 10
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 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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Episode 5
Episode 5
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buck Henry, Marsha Mason, Tony Randall
Episode 6
Episode 6
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, George Gobel, Karen Black
Episode 9
Episode 9
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Vincent Price, Rich Little, Sandy Duncan, Jack Klugman
Episode 15
Episode 15
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Norman Fell, Burt Mustin, Marilyn Horne
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Shecky Greene, Victoria Principal
Episode 20
Episode 20
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Steve Allen, Vincent Price, Suzanne Somers
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Sonny Bono, Bobbie Gentry
Episode 22
Episode 22
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Jack Albertson, Dinah Shore, Adlai Stevenson
Episode 23
Episode 23
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Anthony Newley, Aretha Franklin, George Gobel
Episode 27
Episode 27
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, George Carlin, Allen Garfield
Episode 29
Episode 29
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Roy Clark, Glen Campbell
Episode 35
Episode 35
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Madlyn Rhue, William Demarest, Petula Clark, Jack Jones
Episode 37
Episode 37
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Walter Slezak, Lily Tomlin, Jerry Van Dyke
Episode 41
Episode 41
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Sandy Duncan, Andy Griffith, Kip Addotta
Episode 44
Episode 44
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Rich Little, McLean Stevenson, Bob Hope, Vikki Carr, Kreskin, Cleavon Little
Episode 49
Episode 49
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Dick Shawn, Charo, Shecky Greene
Episode 50
Episode 50
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Dom DeLuise, John Davidson, Gena Rowlands
Episode 56
Episode 56
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buck Henry, Mac Davis, Peter Falk, Susan Blakely
Episode 60
Episode 60
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Johnny Mathis, Goldie Hawn
Episode 64
Episode 64
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Helen Reddy, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Glen Campbell
Episode 65
Episode 65
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Ronny Graham, Bob Newhart, Shirley MacLaine, Itzhak Perlman
Episode 73
Episode 73
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Joey Bishop, Jack Klugman, Jan Murray, Fred Travalena
Episode 74
Episode 74
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Joey Bishop, Stan Kann, George Foreman, Diane Ladd, Ed Shaunessy
Episode 78
Episode 78
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Phyllis Diller, Shecky Greene
Episode 80
Episode 80
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Judith Blegen, Fernando Lamas, Scatman Crothers
Episode 81
Episode 81
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Phyllis Newman, Earl Holliman, Carl Sagan
Episode 82
Episode 82
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Phyllis Diller, Shecky Greene
Episode 83
Episode 83
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Cleveland Amory, Barry Newman, Sharon Farrell, Stephanie Mills, Ted Ross
Episode 86
Episode 86
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Lola Falana, Buck Henry, Elizabeth Ashley, Mickey Newbury
Episode 93
Episode 93
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Guest stars Shari Lewis, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Foster Brooks, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Lloyd Bridges, Mel Tillis
Episode 95
Episode 95
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Goulet, Bert Convy, Candice Bergen
Episode 98
Episode 98
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Sandy Duncan, Della Reese, Kip Addotta, Peggy Lee, Carroll O'Connor, David Reuben
Episode 102
Episode 102
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Vikki Carr, Charlie Callas, Geoffrey Holder
Episode 105
Episode 105
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Sally Kellerman, Itzhak Perlman
Episode 115
Episode 115
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Norm Crosby, Robert Goulet, Kreskin, John Davidson, Sandy Duncan
Episode 117
Episode 117
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Della Reese, Joan Rivers, John Davidson, Robert Shaw
Episode 119
Episode 119
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Suzanne Somers, Jerry Lewis, Monti Rock III, Adrienne Barbeau, Peter Nero, Richard Crenna
Episode 120
Episode 120
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, George Maharis, Jerry Lewis, Monti Rock III, Adrienne Barbeau, Scatman Crothers
Episode 123
Episode 123
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Suzanne Somers, Dub Taylor, Jerry Lewis, Steve Martin, Leslie Uggams, Telly Savalas
Episode 124
Episode 124
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Brenda Vaccaro, David Horowitz, Kenny Rankin
Episode 125
Episode 125
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buddy Hackett, William Demarest, Jack Douglas, Minnie Riperton
Episode 127
Episode 127
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Della Reese, Earl Holliman, Nanette Fabray
Episode 130
Episode 130
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Don Adams, Roberta Flack, Bert Convy, Pelé
Episode 136
Episode 136
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Blake, Victor Buono, Debbie Reynolds
Episode 138
Episode 138
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Sonny Bono, Bob Hope, George Segal, Cher, Elliott Gould, Goldie Hawn
Episode 144
Episode 144
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Freddie Prinze
Episode 146
Episode 146
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buck Henry, David Brenner, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee
Episode 150
Episode 150
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Burt Reynolds, Glen Campbell, Freddy Fender, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith
Episode 154
Episode 154
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Petula Clark, Dick Martin, Suzanne Pleshette, Bob Newhart
Episode 155
Episode 155
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Karen Valentine, Ernest Borgnine, John Davidson, George Foreman
Episode 156
Episode 156
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Burt Reynolds, Freddy Fender, Don Meredith, Linda Redfearn
Episode 158
Episode 158
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Della Reese, David Brenner, John Davidson
Episode 161
Episode 161
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Della Reese, John Davidson, Steve Landesberg, Neil Sedaka
Episode 164
Episode 164
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, James Whitmore, Joey Bishop, Stan Kann, Linda Hopkins, Ruth Buzzi
Episode 166
Episode 166
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Suzanne Somers, Victor Buono, Joey Bishop, Bobby Goldsboro
Episode 167
Episode 167
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Joey Bishop, Scatman Crothers, Carl Gottlieb
Episode 170
Episode 170
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bill Cosby, Phyllis Diller, Judy Collins, Isaac Hayes, Russell Howell
Episode 173
Episode 173
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Earl Holliman, Michael Landon
Episode 174
Episode 174
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Rich Little, Buck Henry, George Burns
Episode 177
Episode 177
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Guest stars Shelley Winters, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bert Convy, Rodney Dangerfield
Episode 178
Episode 178
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Sandy Duncan, Barry Newman, Dom DeLuise, Don Adams
Episode 180
Episode 180
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Carl Reiner, Pat Boone, Jean Marsh, Sally Quinn
Episode 181
Episode 181
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Angie Dickinson, Florence Henderson, David Borowicz
Episode 192
Episode 192
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Guest stars Shelley Winters, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Oliver Reed
Episode 193
Episode 193
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Sandy Duncan, Barry Newman, Dom DeLuise, Don Adams
Episode 199
Episode 199
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Danny Thomas, Joey Bishop, London Lee, Andy Griffith, Harry Lorayne
Episode 200
Episode 200
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Judith Blegen, Robert Goulet, Joey Bishop, Stan Kann
Episode 203
Episode 203
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor
Episode 205
Episode 205
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Adrienne Barbeau, Pat Boone, Don Rickles, Bing Crosby, John Wayne
Episode 207
Episode 207
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Ernest Borgnine, Charo, Don Rickles
Episode 208
Episode 208
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Victor Buono, Phyllis Diller, Charo, Robert Goulet, Leo Durocher
Episode 210
Episode 210
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Guest stars Tony Bennett, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Fred Astaire, Trish Stewart, Bill Evans
Episode 211
Episode 211
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Lola Falana, Bob Hope, Albert Brooks
Episode 212
Episode 212
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, David Niven, Candice Bergen
Episode 216
Episode 216
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bert Convy, Michael Caine, Lee Grant, Jay Presson Allen
Episode 218
Episode 218
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Della Reese, Muhammad Ali, Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille
Episode 223
Episode 223
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Suzanne Somers, Kreskin, John Davidson, Peter Marshall
Episode 224
Episode 224
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Joan Embery, Orson Bean, Lynda Carter, Charlie Callas
Episode 226
Episode 226
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Earl Holliman, John Davidson, Beverly Sills, James Hampton
Episode 231
Episode 231
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buddy Hackett, Roy Clark, Steve Lawrence
Episode 236
Episode 236
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Charles Nelson Reilly, Dick Shawn, Fernando Lamas, Anne Murray
Episode 238
Episode 238
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Norm Crosby, Karen Valentine, Angie Dickinson, Roy Clark, Andy Griffith, Barbara Fairchild
Episode 242
Episode 242
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, David Brenner, Tommy Newsom, Burt Mustin, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Gallagher
Episode 247
Episode 247
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Buck Henry, Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Carol Wayne
Episode 248
Episode 248
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Guest stars Mel Brooks, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds, Lauren Hutton
Episode 250
Episode 250
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Guest stars Roger Miller, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Ronny Graham, Charlie Callas, Billy Crystal, Jean Marsh, Michael McGiveney
Episode 253
Episode 253
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Norm Crosby, Robert Goulet, John Davidson, Doug Henning, Barbara Eden
Episode 254
Episode 254
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Victor Buono, John Davidson, Florence Henderson
Episode 259
Episode 259
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Orson Bean, Joan Rivers, Scatman Crothers
Episode information updated Sep 17, 2026
More about The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Cast
Johnny CarsonSelf - Host
Tony BennettSelf - Guest
Shelley WintersSelf - Guest Hostess
Ed McMahonSelf - Substitute Host & Announcer
Victor BuonoSelf
Charles Nelson ReillySelf
Buck HenrySelf
Bob HopeSelfCredits
- Created by
- Steve Allen, Sylvester Weaver
- Written by
- Pat McCormick
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Talk Show
- Episodes
- 3,756
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
NBCUnited States
NBC ProductionsUnited States- Carson ProductionsUnited States
Themes
late-night showtalk show
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