Johnny carson tonight show

American late-night talk show

For the entire Tonight Show franchise, see The Tonight Show. For the – CBS variety show hosted by Carson, see The Johnny Carson Show.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC.

The show was the third installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Johnny Carson, it aired from October 1, to May 22, , replacing Tonight Starring Jack Paar and was replaced by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.^[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, , 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 , however, the show remained in Burbank exclusively until Ca