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Genre | Late-night talk/Variety |
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Presented by | Johnny Carson |
Narrated by | Ed McMahon |
Theme music composer | Paul Anka |
Opening theme | "Johnny's Theme" |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 30 |
No. of episodes | 6,714 (list of episodes) |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 47–105 minutes |
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Network | NBC |
Release | October 1, 1962 May 22, 1992 | –
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Carson's Comedy Classics | |
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC, the third iteration of the Tonight Show franchise. The show debuted on October 1, 1962, and aired its final episode on May 22, 1992.[1] Ed McMahon served as Carson's sidekick and the show's announcer.
For its first decade, Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show was based at the RCA Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, with some episodes recorded at NBC Studios in Burbank, California; on May 1, 1972, the show moved to Burbank as its main venue with extended returns to New York for several weeks over the next 12 months. After May 1973, however, the show remained in Burbank exclusively until Carson's retirement.[2] The show's house band, the NBC Orchestra, was led by Skitch Henderson, until 1966 when Milton Delugg took over, who was succeeded by Doc Severinsen less than a year later.
The series has been ranked as one of the greatest TV shows of all time in polls from both 2002 and 2013.[3][4]
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