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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 4
Episode 4
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Guest stars Don Rickles, John Byner, Buddy Rich, Cathy Rich
Episode 6
Episode 6
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Phyllis Newman, Buck Henry, John Wayne, James Hampton
Episode 11
Episode 11
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Blake, Marsha Mason, Burt Mustin, Marty Liquori
Episode 13
Episode 13
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Freddie Prinze, Richard Dreyfuss, Anne Murray
Episode 16
Episode 16
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Lola Falana, Orson Welles, Billy Crystal
Episode 19
Episode 19
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Jack Albertson, James Coco, Della Reese, Charley Pride
Episode 21
Episode 21
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Bernadette Peters, Rod McKuen, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Debralee Scott
Episode 23
Episode 23
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Ginger Rogers, Pat Boone, Chris Sarandon
Episode 27
Episode 27
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Telly Savalas, Florence Henderson, Slim Pickens
Episode 31
Episode 31
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Roy Clark, Burt Reynolds, Oliver Reed, Ward Kimball
Episode 40
Episode 40
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, William Demarest, Lynda Carter, Paul Williams
Episode 41
Episode 41
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Della Reese, Charlie Callas, Peter Falk
Episode 43
Episode 43
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence, Janis Ian, Wayne Rogers
Episode 45
Episode 45
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Guest stars John Byner, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Welles, Susan Clark
Episode 46
Episode 46
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Guest stars Don Rickles, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Blake, Bob Hope, Desi Arnaz, Larry Weiss
Episode 47
Episode 47
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bing Crosby, Burt Mustin, Marvin Hamlisch, Ray Bolger
Episode 54
Episode 54
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Walter Matthau, Rob Reiner, Cindy Williams
Episode 56
Episode 56
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Charles Nelson Reilly, Walter Slezak, Keith Carradine, Joan Collins
Episode 61
Episode 61
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, George Gobel, Orson Welles, Arthur Ashe
Episode 62
Episode 62
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Rodney Dangerfield, Rex Reed, Jean Marsh
Episode 65
Episode 65
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buck Henry, Pat Boone, Goldie Hawn
Episode 67
Episode 67
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Carol Wayne, Mike Connors
Episode 72
Episode 72
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Welles, Debbie Reynolds, Chris Evert
Episode 73
Episode 73
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Paul Williams, George Gobel, Flip Wilson, Orson Welles
Episode 74
Episode 74
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Guest stars Shelley Winters, John Byner, Buddy Rich, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen
Episode 79
Episode 79
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, John Davidson, Kip Addotta, Shirley Jones
Episode 81
Episode 81
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Stan Kann, Pat Boone, Larry Adler
Episode 82
Episode 82
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Robert Goulet, Stephanie Edwards, Will Geer, Julius Sumner Miller
Episode 88
Episode 88
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Don Rickles, Jack Klugman, Bernadette Peters, James Brolin
Episode 90
Episode 90
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Hoyt Axton, Ethel Merman
Episode 91
Episode 91
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, David Brenner, Stockard Channing
Episode 92
Episode 92
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Welles, Sally Kellerman
Episode 94
Episode 94
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Della Reese, Buddy Hackett, Ronny Graham, Jim Bailey, Ruth Gordon
Episode 95
Episode 95
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buck Henry, Paul Williams, James Stewart, Barbara Howar
Episode 104
Episode 104
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Steve Lawrence, James Hampton, Henny Youngman, Elsa Lanchester
Episode 105
Episode 105
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bud Greenspan, Ed Bluestone, Jonathan Winters, Ellen Corby
Episode 107
Episode 107
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bobbie Gentry, Orson Bean, Max Baer Jr.
Episode 108
Episode 108
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Steve Allen, Zero Mostel, Michael Landon
Episode 111
Episode 111
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Betty White, Bob Newhart
Episode 112
Episode 112
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Rich Little, Anthony Newley, Bob Newhart
Episode 117
Episode 117
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, McLean Stevenson, Phyllis Diller, Rip Taylor, Bernadette Peters
Episode 122
Episode 122
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Jack Albertson, Orson Bean, Ashley Montagu, Abbe Lane
Episode 123
Episode 123
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Freddie Prinze, Richard Pryor, Cindy Williams, Brett Somers
Episode 124
Episode 124
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Jim Fowler, Lee Marvin, Neil Sedaka
Episode 130
Episode 130
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, John Davidson, Sandy Duncan, Kip Addotta, Peter Falk
Episode 132
Episode 132
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Della Reese, Rob Reiner, Robert Klein, Penny Marshall
Episode 133
Episode 133
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, David Steinberg, Ren Woods, Ted Ross, Orson Welles, Betty Garrett
Episode 137
Episode 137
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Guest stars Roger Miller, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Buck Henry, Joan Rivers, Ralph Keyes
Episode 142
Episode 142
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Lola Falana, Orson Welles, Norman Fell, Eugene Fodor
Episode 149
Episode 149
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Guest stars Tony Bennett, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Carl Sagan
Episode 151
Episode 151
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Blake, Burt Reynolds, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Episode 155
Episode 155
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Guest stars Della Reese, Roy Clark, Robert Conrad, Phil Harris, Freddy Fender
Episode 162
Episode 162
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Suzanne Somers, Larry Storch, Diahann Carroll, Joey Bishop, Rod McKuen
Episode 172
Episode 172
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Tom Smothers, Al Green, Flip Wilson, Abe Vigoda
Episode 173
Episode 173
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Nanette Fabray, James Darren, Will Geer
Episode 174
Episode 174
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Rich Little, Dub Taylor, Debbie Reynolds, Shecky Greene, Loretta Lynn
Episode 176
Episode 176
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Goulet, Rip Taylor, John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Debralee Scott, David Brenner
Episode 183
Episode 183
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Guest stars Joyce Brothers, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Jean Marsh, James Hampton, Fernando Lamas
Episode 188
Episode 188
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Desi Arnaz, Geoffrey Holder, Shelley Winters, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Howard Teichmann
Episode 191
Episode 191
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Orson Welles, Carol Lawrence, Kay Lenz
Episode 193
Episode 193
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Steve Allen, Norm Crosby, Abbe Lane, Shecky Greene
Episode 196
Episode 196
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Marilyn Horne
Episode 198
Episode 198
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Bill Cosby, Wayne Newton, Lola Falana
Episode 205
Episode 205
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Suzanne Somers, Pat Boone, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Don Meredith
Episode 206
Episode 206
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Guest stars Shelley Winters, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Lou Rawls, David Brenner, Gladys Knight, Jack Cassidy
Episode 212
Episode 212
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Earl Holliman, Stan Kann, David Brenner, Rita Moreno, Stephanie Edwards, Johnny Tillotson
Episode 215
Episode 215
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Robert Blake, Orson Welles, Kelly Garrett
Episode 216
Episode 216
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Jim Fowler, David Horowitz, Steve Martin
Episode 217
Episode 217
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Guest stars Shelley Winters, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bench
Episode 218
Episode 218
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Joan Rivers, Sam Levenson, Nancy Walker
Episode 220
Episode 220
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Bean, Larry Kert, Lee Marvin
Episode 223
Episode 223
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Judith Blegen, Johnny Mathis, Sean Connery
Episode 233
Episode 233
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Guest stars Sander Vanocur, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Brett Somers, Carazini, Jack Klugman
Episode 235
Episode 235
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Vincent Price, Robert Goulet, Joan Rivers, Roddy McDowall, Twiggy
Episode 238
Episode 238
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, George Burns, Rodney Dangerfield, Michael Constantine, Shana Alexander
Episode 240
Episode 240
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Mickey Rooney, Orson Welles, Tom Sullivan, Susan Flannery, Pat Henry
Episode 242
Episode 242
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Norm Crosby, Dick Martin, Bob Newhart
Episode 243
Episode 243
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Charles Nelson Reilly, Orson Bean, Julie Budd
Episode 246
Episode 246
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Bob Hope, Charlton Heston, Ren Woods, David Horowitz
Episode 247
Episode 247
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Guest stars Don Rickles, Anthony Newley, Doc Severinsen, Tommy Newsom, Bob Uecker, Bob Newhart, Joseph Wambaugh
Episode 255
Episode 255
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Norm Crosby, Cleveland Amory, John Davidson, Kip Addotta, Kenny Rogers, Cindy Williams
Episode 256
Episode 256
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Shecky Greene, Mel Tillis, Steve Allen
Episode 259
Episode 259
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Guest stars Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Orson Welles, Norman Fell, Engelbert Humperdinck, Kelly Lange
Episode information updated Jul 25, 2026
More about The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Cast
Johnny CarsonSelf - Host
Tony BennettSelf - Guest
Shelley WintersSelf - Guest
Ed McMahonSelf - Announcer
Robert BlakeSelf
Victor BuonoSelf
Charles Nelson ReillySelf
Buck HenrySelfCredits
- Created by
- Steve Allen, Sylvester Weaver
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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