From 1950 to 1951 NBC aired Broadway Open House, a nightly variety show hosted primarily by comic Jerry Lester. It was unsuccessful … See more

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• Answer Man: Allen would come up with the answer to an unknown question, then read the question, which would invariably be the punchline to a … See more

The Tonight Show airs on E! Australia and ABC Comedy in Australia, CTV 2 in Canada, Sky Comedy in the UK, CNBC in Europe, See more

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Music during the show's introduction and commercial segues is supplied by The Tonight Show Band. This ensemble was a jazz big band until the end of Johnny Carson's tenure. Skitch Henderson was the bandleader during the Steve Allen and early Carson years, … See more

The Tonight Show began its broadcast at 11:15 p.m. ET, following an affiliate's 15-minute news broadcast. As more affiliates lengthened their local news programs to 30 minutes, the show began doing two openings, one for the affiliates that began at 11:15 and … See more

• List of The Tonight Show episodes
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• The Late Shift, a made-for-cable film about Leno and Letterman's vying for host duties on The Tonight Show See more