The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

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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.

• Released: 1962-10-01
• Genres: Talk
• Seasons: 31, 3777 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: NBC
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 97 votes

Created by Steve Allen, Sylvester Weaver.

Top cast

• Johnny Carson as Self - Host

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Where to watch The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

• United States: stream on fuboTV; watch free on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV

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