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- Steve Allen: 1954 to 1957. Steve Allen was the first host of "Tonight." His run on the show set the bar for nearly every talk show to come. He was a pioneer and his impact is still felt today.
- Jack Lescoulie and Al Collins: Six months in 1957. You've probably never heard of Jack Lescoulie and Al "Jazzbo" Collins and you're not the first. At least when it comes to talking about "The Tonight Show."
- Jack Paar: 1957 to 1962. Most consider Jack Paar the true "Tonight " successor to Steve Allen. Perhaps most famously, Paar abruptly quit "The Tonight Show" after NBC censored one of his monolog jokes.
- Johnny Carson: 1962 to 1992. Johnny Carson will be forever known as the king of late night television. His 30 years as host of "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" serves as an achievement—both in longevity and artistically—for current and future talk show hosts to aspire to.
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- Jack Paar. Host Jack Paar appears with Joey Bishop on The Tonight Show on December 21st 1962. Paar was a comedian, TV radio personality, and sometime actor, and he hosted The Tonight Show from 1957-1962.
- Johnny Carson. Tom Selleck during an interview with host Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on February 16th, 1984. Prior to taking on the role, Carson hosted a game show called Who Do You Trust?
- Jay Leno. Former Tonight Show host Steve Allen during an interview with host Jay Leno on September 27th, 1994. Standup comic Jay Leno was the last Tonight Show Host before Jimmy Fallon—and the only Host who did it twice.
- Conan O’Brien. Conan O'Brien hosts The Tonight Show on January 22nd, 2010. A former writer for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, Conan O’Brien took over the Tonight Show after hosting Late Night with Conan O’Brien from 1993-2009.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009. It resumed production on March 1, 2010, and ended on February 6, 2014. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise debuted on May 25, 1992, three days after Johnny Carson 's retirement as host of ...
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- 4,610 (list of episodes)
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Apr 2, 2014 · Jay Leno is an American comedian and television personality who hosted NBC's 'The Tonight Show' from 1992 to 2009 and 2010 to 2014.
Signature. James Douglas Muir Leno ( / ˈlɛnoʊ /; born April 28, 1950) [1] is an American television host, writer and comedian. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC 's The Tonight Show from 1992 until 2009 when Conan O'Brien took over as host. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, The Jay ...
- James Douglas Muir Leno
- April 28, 1950 (age 73), New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
- 1976–present
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: With Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Edd Hall, John Melendez. Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.
May 25, 2022 · From the time he started hosting The Tonight Show on May 25, 1992, to the time he handed the mic to Jimmy Fallon on February 6, 2014, Jay Leno hosted more than 4,600 episodes of the NBC late-night ...
