query: who has been the host of the tonight show

pos: The Tonight Show run: The Tonight Show The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show currently broadcast from the NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center in New York City, the show's original location (a tradition interrupted by decades of emanating from various studios in the Los Angeles region) and airing on NBC since 1954. The series has been hosted, in consecutive order, by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992, 4,531 episodes), Jay Leno (twice: 1992–2009 and again 2010–2014, 4,610 episodes total), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010, 146 episodes, 1 unaired), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present), and had several recurring guest hosts

pos: Late night television in the United States Kimmel Live!" and "Conan". Famous former hosts include Johnny Carson of "The Tonight Show", Jay Leno of "The Tonight Show" (who has taped more episodes than any other late night host), Arsenio Hall of "The Arsenio Hall Show", Tom Snyder of "Tomorrow", and "The Late Late Show", Steve Allen, the father of the late night talk show and founder of "Tonight" (now known as "The Tonight Show"), Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett, early competitors with Carson, and Jack Paar, the man who followed Steve Allen as host of the "Tonight Show" and who is responsible for setting the standards for

pos: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno March 2013, there were rumors that NBC would have Jimmy Fallon, who has been hosting "Late Night" since 2009 when he succeeded O'Brien, become the next host of "The Tonight Show" when Leno's current contract ends in 2014 and NBC would move the show back to New York for the first time in over 40 years. On May 13, 2013, during its fall "upfronts" presentation, NBC confirmed Fallon would take over as host of the "Tonight Show" beginning on February 17, 2014; Seth Meyers, in turn, would leave "Saturday Night Live" (where he was the anchor of "Weekend Update") and

pos: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 6, 2014 and on February 17, was succeeded by "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon, at which time the series returned to New York for the first time since 1972. Johnny Carson retired from "The Tonight Show" on May 22, 1992, and was replaced by Jay Leno. David Letterman wanted to move into the earlier time slot from his late night spot after "The Tonight Show", and he was also considered by many as the natural successor (despite Leno having been Carson's permanent guest host for several years). Carson always favored Letterman; notably Carson, who had been interviewed by Letterman, made

pos: David Tebet after he finished his eight years on CBS's "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show". Arguably, Tebet's most major accomplishment at his job was recruiting Johnny Carson to fill Jack Paar's position as host of "The Tonight Show". Paar departed from "The Tonight Show" in 1962. At that time Carson was host of the Goodson-Todman daytime game show "Who Do You Trust?". Tebet was watching the game show and saw Carson. Impressed with his hosting style, Tebet approached Carson who, reluctantly, agreed to host "The Tonight Show". However, Carson could not immediately start his new job as he still had

pos: Jay Leno as host amid controversy with David Letterman, who had been hosting "Late Night with David Letterman" since 1982 (aired after "The Tonight Show"), and whom many—including Carson himself—had expected to be Carson's successor. The story of this turbulent transition was later turned into a book and a movie. Leno continued to perform as a stand-up comedian throughout his tenure on "The Tonight Show". In 2004, Leno signed a contract extension with NBC which would keep him as host of "The Tonight Show" until 2009. Later in 2004, Conan O'Brien signed a contract with NBC under which O'Brien would become the

pos: The Tonight Show otherwise adhered to the talk show format introduced by Allen and honed further by Paar. Carson is the longest-serving host to date although not the host with the most episodes. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" aired for 30 seasons between October 1962 and May 1992. Leno, however, has the record of having hosted the greatest number of total televised episodes. Leno's record accounts for the fact that unlike Carson (who only produced new shows three days a week starting in the 1980s), Leno never used guest hosts on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (except Katie Couric, once) and

pos: The Tonight Show "Tonight" for several of its early years, as well as "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" and "The Jack Paar Show" due to the runaway popularity of its host, eventually settling permanently on "The Tonight Show" after Carson began his tenure in 1962 albeit with the host's name always included in the title. Beginning with Carson's debut episode, network programmers, advertisers, and the show's announcers would refer to the show by including the name of the host; for example, it is currently announced as "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". In 1957, the show briefly tried a more news-style format. It has

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" was filmed until 1972. The program airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT. The show opens with Fallon's topical monologue, then transitions into comedic sketches/games, concluding with a guest interview and musical performance. "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" attracted high ratings from its 2014 premiere. Many moments from the series have generated viral videos. The show has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two. On August 13, 2015, NBC announced that Fallon signed a contract to remain as host until at least 2021. "The Tonight Show" premiered on NBC in 1954 as

pos: Phil Keaggy television programs where he mentioned Phil Keaggy. A common variation says that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." This has since been proven to be untrue, as evidenced by the available audio from Hendrix's (only) appearance on The Tonight Show on July 10, 1969 with guest host Flip Wilson. No mention of Keaggy or Glass Harp is made. Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?"

pos: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien press statement saying that he would not continue as host of "The Tonight Show" if it was moved to any time after midnight to accommodate "The Jay Leno Show". He feared it would ruin the long and rich tradition of "The Tonight Show", which had been on after the late local newscasts from the beginning. After two weeks of negotiations, NBC announced that they had paid $45 million to buy out O'Brien's contract, ending both his tenure as host as well as his relationship with NBC after 22 years. Conan O'Brien's final "Tonight Show" was broadcast on January 22, 2010,

pos: Blackmail (Law & Order) who would host the NBC late night talk show, "The Tonight Show". Letterman, who was previously passed over for "The Tonight Show" in favor of Leno, said NBC was developing a new show called "Law & Order: Leno Victims Unit". A voiceover for the fictional show said, "There are two types of talk show hosts. Jay Leno, and those who have been victimized by Jay Leno. These are their stories." Blackmail (Law & Order) Blackmail is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the television series "Law & Order." It aired on NBC January 15, 2010. When Detectives Lupo

pos: Tonight Starring Jack Paar Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner. In July 1957, after the failure of "Tonight! America After Dark" (a news-oriented program first hosted by Jack Lescoulie and briefly by Al Collins), NBC reverted its late-night show, "Tonight", to a talk/variety show format as it had been during Steve Allen's tenure as host. Brought in to host the reformatted "Tonight" was Jack Paar; Paar was, at the time, working for CBS and hosting the network's "The Early Show", a morning show similar to

pos: Late Night with Conan O'Brien second incarnation of NBC's "Late Night" franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of "Late Night", moved to CBS to host "Late Show" opposite "The Tonight Show". In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave "Late Night" in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of "The Tonight Show". Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of "Late Night" on March 2, 2009. Upon Johnny Carson's retirement from "The Tonight Show" in 1992, executives at NBC announced that Carson's frequent guest-host Jay Leno would

pos: Skitch Henderson and "The Today Show". Henderson served as the original bandleader for "The Tonight Show" with founding host Steve Allen (as well as for Allen's Sunday-night variety show), then came back to "Tonight" after the departure of host Jack Paar and his orchestra director José Melis. Henderson left "Tonight" again in 1966, during Johnny Carson's early years as host, and was replaced first by Milton DeLugg and then trumpeter Doc Severinsen, who headed the NBC orchestra until Carson's 1992 retirement. He also wrote "Baby Made a Change in Me" for the 1948 movie "On Our Merry Way". In 1946, Henderson formed

pos: Late-night talk show against Carson with a late night talk show, instead counterprogramming with a successful news magazine entitled "Nightline" beginning in 1980. Carson retired as host of "The Tonight Show" in 1992 following his 30th anniversary as host. This garnered major media attention and speculation on who would replace Carson. The two candidates were David Letterman (host of "Late Night" since 1982) and Jay Leno (Carson's regular guest host since 1987). Leno was eventually chosen, leading to Letterman leaving the network to launch a directly competitive late-night talk show, the "Late Show with David Letterman" on CBS in 1993. "The Tonight Show

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict conflict. 2010 Tonight Show conflict The 2010 "Tonight Show" conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving American television network NBC and two of its then-late-night talk show hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno. Leno, the host of long-running franchise "The Tonight Show" since 1992, and O'Brien, host of "Late Night" since 1993, were strong ratings leaders for the network for much of the decade. When O'Brien's contract neared its end and he was courted by other networks in 2001, NBC extended his contract and guaranteed him he would be the fifth host of "The Tonight Show". The network

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict 2010 Tonight Show conflict The 2010 "Tonight Show" conflict was a media and public relations conflict involving American television network NBC and two of its then-late-night talk show hosts, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno. Leno, the host of long-running franchise "The Tonight Show" since 1992, and O'Brien, host of "Late Night" since 1993, were strong ratings leaders for the network for much of the decade. When O'Brien's contract neared its end and he was courted by other networks in 2001, NBC extended his contract and guaranteed him he would be the fifth host of "The Tonight Show". The network neglected

pos: Late Show with David Letterman O'Brien's 2.9. The Letterman/Leno feud was revived in the wake of the 2010 "Tonight Show" conflict, which saw Letterman side with O'Brien. Despite the rivalry, Leno appeared in a "Late Show" promo with Letterman and Oprah Winfrey which aired on CBS during Super Bowl XLIV; it was Leno and Letterman's first joint appearance since Leno took over the "Tonight Show" in 1992. The feud between the hosts ended for good on February 6, 2014 with Leno's second and final retirement and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon, who succeeded Conan O'Brien in 2009, becoming the current host of the "Tonight Show"

pos: The Arsenio Hall Show audience, was finally canceled in 1988. This included WTXF-TV in Philadelphia, a station that Paramount acquired in 1991. In the summer of 1993, David Letterman, who had spent over 13 years at NBC and the previous 11 as the host of the popular post-"Tonight Show" program "Late Night", left the network due to his dissatisfaction with being passed over as host of "The Tonight Show" after the retirement of Johnny Carson in favor of Jay Leno the previous year. Letterman signed with CBS to do a late-night program which would compete head-to-head with "The Tonight Show", and which would also

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict learned from Dave and Conan, it's that hosting this show is a one-way ticket to "not" hosting "The Tonight Show"." Ironically, Jimmy Fallon was selected to replace the retiring Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show" in February 2014. The comedians who came out in defense of Leno were far fewer and tended to have a professional or personal relationship with the host. Speaking to "The Hollywood Reporter", Jerry Seinfeld rebuffed the idea that NBC deserved blame and chastised O'Brien for pointing fingers: "What did the network do to him?" Seinfeld asked. "I don't think anyone's preventing people from

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon "Tonight", hosted by Steve Allen. Jack Paar hosted the show from 1957 to 1962, but the show's longest-running and most famous host was Johnny Carson, who hosted the show for three decades and received six Emmys. Following Carson's 1992 retirement, "vast quantities of brainpower, money, and column inches were devoted to the issue of who was truly best suited to carry the franchise forward." NBC chose interim guest host Jay Leno, who took over the show that year. A pair of conflicts ensued over Leno's 22-year tenure, both revolving around the then-current hosts of "Late Night", the program directly following

pos: Tonight Starring Steve Allen with Jack Paar being brought in to host his own version of "The Tonight Show". Tonight Starring Steve Allen Tonight Starring Steve Allen is an American talk show hosted by Steve Allen. It was the first version of what eventually became known as "The Tonight Show". "Tonight" was the first late-night talk show, as well as the first late night television series of any time to achieve long-term success. Allen's run as host of the show lasted for two and a half seasons, beginning in fall 1954 and ending with Allen's departure in January 1957. During its run it originated

pos: KPTM network to join the new network as a charter affiliate. But doing so meant KPTM would have had to carry Fox's first and initially only offering, "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" opposite "The Tonight Show". At the time, "The Tonight Show" was hosted by Johnny Carson, a native of nearby Corning, Iowa who spent his youth in Norfolk, Nebraska and had begun his career at WOWT (channel 6; then WOW-TV) in the early 1950s. Carson and Rivers had been friends for decades until Rivers gave up her slot as permanent guest host on Carson's show to launch her own.

pos: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" had the show's highest overnight household rating for a Friday episode in the comedian's 17-year run as host of "Tonight", averaging an 8.8 rating in metered-market households. For at least six weeks following his return to "The Tonight Show", Leno's program beat Letterman in the overall ratings each night, though with a reduced lead in comparison to his first tenure. By mid-2010, "The Tonight Show" was receiving its lowest ratings since 1992, an average of 4 million total viewers, though he remained ahead of Letterman, who experienced a coinciding decline in ratings. In

pos: Khonani returned as host of "The Tonight Show" on March 1, 2010. In April 2010, O'Brien signed a deal with the cable network TBS to host a new late-night talk show. Lorne Michaels, who is the executive producer of "30 Rock" and who used to produce "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", was O'Brien's mentor. Michaels told "The Hollywood Reporter" in March 2010 that O'Brien would "prevail" from his departure of "The Tonight Show". In addition, O'Brien appeared as himself on "30 Rock"s first season episode "Tracy Does Conan" that was broadcast on December 6, 2006. Despite not appearing in the episode,

pos: Cory Williams a video with the new name. In November 2006, Williams became the host of the first national TV show to spawn from video bloggers, called The FIZZ on DirecTV channel 101 in the United States. The show features other popular video bloggers such as TheWineKone, boh3m3, TheHill88. Williams was also named as one of the "Who's Who on YouTube" by G4TV's Attack of the Show on July 31, 2008, and also made a guest appearance on Tom Green's House Tonight on The Comedy Network in Canada. Williams has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and MTV Scarred. In

pos: The Tonight Show show host on CBS to join NBC) becoming the new solo host of the show. Under Paar, most of the NBC affiliates that had dropped the show during the ill-fated run of "Tonight! America After Dark" began airing the show once again. Paar's era began the practice of branding the series after the host, and as such the program, though officially still called "Tonight", was also marketed as "The Jack Paar Show". A combo band conducted by Paar's Army buddy pianist Jose Melis filled commercial breaks and backed musical entertainers. [See music and announcers below.] Paar also introduced the idea

pos: Natasha Leggero Natasha Leggero Natasha Leggero (born March 26, 1974) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She rose to fame after appearing as the host of "MTV's The 70s House" (2005), and for her tenure as a regular roundtable panelist on Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show "Chelsea Lately". Her comedy, characterized as observational, has been noted by critics for its use of satire as commentary on such themes as celebrity culture and class. Her stand-up television appearances include performances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", "Last Call with Carson Daly", "The Tonight Show

pos: Masturbation would touch his diaper to simulate masturbation. Prior to leaving "Late Night" to become host of "The Tonight Show", Conan O'Brien originally retired the character due to concerns about its appropriateness in an earlier time slot. The Masturbating Bear however made his "Tonight Show" debut during the final days of Conan O'Brien's tenure as host of the "Tonight Show". It was clear by then that Conan O'Brien was being removed from the show and he spent his last shows pushing the envelope with skits that typically would not be appropriate for the "Tonight Show", one of which was the Masturbating

pos: Jack Paar on Polly Bergen's short-lived NBC comedy/variety show, "The Polly Bergen Show". NBC asked Paar to succeed Steve Allen as host of "The Tonight Show" in July 1957. With Allen's success as the first host of The "Tonight Show", NBC gave him his own primetime variety hour in June 1956. Over the next seven months, Allen's "Tonight" duties were limited to three nights a week, with Ernie Kovacs filling in on Mondays and Tuesdays. With this heavy work load and his new show a success, Allen departed "Tonight" in January 1957. For the next six months, NBC renamed and replaced its

pos: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and 10:35 Central. Prior to Colbert's assumption of hosting duties, David Letterman had been host of "Late Show" for 22 years, dating to his arrival at CBS in 1993. CBS had not had a regular late-night talk show for most of its existence prior to that point, with only one attempt (the short-lived "Pat Sajak Show" in 1990) between 1972 and Letterman's arrival. Letterman, who joined CBS from NBC after ending his eleven-year run as host of "Late Night" and losing out on being Johnny Carson's successor on "The Tonight Show" to Jay Leno, was initially competitive with his show's

pos: Sylvester Weaver (executive) out would not necessarily threaten a program. Weaver created "Today" in 1952, followed by "Tonight Starring Steve Allen" (1954), "Home" (1954) with Arlene Francis and "Wide Wide World" (1955), hosted by Dave Garroway. There are those who dispute Weaver's credit for "The Tonight Show", including hosts Steve Allen and Jack Paar but, during a broadcast of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", both the host and his guest Dick Cavett stated that Weaver created both "Today" and "The Tonight Show". Years later, Paar said, "He didn't invent programs, but wrote great memos." He believed that broadcasting should educate as well

pos: Dick Cavett finished their soup. Intermittently since 1968, Cavett has been host of his own talk show, in various formats and on various television and radio networks: Cavett has been nominated for at least 10 Emmy Awards and has won three. In 1970, he co-hosted the Emmy Awards Show (from Carnegie Hall in New York) with Bill Cosby (from Century Plaza in Los Angeles). His most popular talk show was his ABC program, which ran from 1969 to 1974. From 1962 to 1992, "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" was arguably the most popular late night variety and talk show. Unlike many

pos: Merv Griffin "One in a Million" for ABC in 1967. Griffin scored a coup when "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar accidentally emerged onto the set of "Play Your Hunch" during a live broadcast, and Griffin got him to stay for a spontaneous interview. After Paar left "The Tonight Show", but before Johnny Carson took over (Carson was still hosting "Who Do You Trust?" for ABC), Griffin was one of the many guest hosts who presided over "Tonight" in the interim. Griffin was considered the most successful of the guest hosts, and was rewarded with his own daytime talk show on NBC in

pos: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno beat Leno in the May 2011 sweeps, with 4.4 million viewers. Series High Weekly Highs The show was telecast in Australia by The Comedy Channel before being discontinued in July 2010, shortly after Leno's reinstatement as the host of "The Tonight Show". The channel had been airing versions by the various presenters under the title "Late Night Legends". Currently, "The Tonight Show" is one of the only late-night television shows that cannot be viewed on Australian television. The only shows available are "Late Show with David Letterman" on Network Ten, "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on The Comedy Channel, "The

pos: Johnny Carson doubts about his new job, Carson became the host of "Tonight" (later becoming "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson") on October 1, 1962. After a difficult first year, he overcame his fears. While "Tonight" under its previous hosts had been successful, especially under Paar, Carson's version eventually did very well in the ratings. Billy Wilder said of Carson: McMahon followed Carson from "Who Do You Trust?" as his announcer and sidekick and Skitch Henderson was installed as the maestro of the NBC orchestra. McMahon's famous introduction, "Heeeeere's Johnny!!!" was followed by a brief monologue by Carson. This was often followed

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict now, or wait for five years and then give it to Jimmy Fallon?" O'Brien himself referenced the affair with a joke that complimented President Obama on job creation: "Since [Obama] was first elected, the number of popes has doubled, and the number of "Tonight Show" hosts has tripled." The ceremony had also opened with a pre-recorded sketch that featured Kevin Spacey as his "House of Cards" character Frank Underwood, who at one point expresses sympathy toward O'Brien for "that backstabbing Leno." Later that year, O'Brien was chosen to host "Carson on TCM", a series that re-aired classic interviews from "The

pos: The Tonight Show Band February 2010, Leno returned as host, bringing back Kevin Eubanks, who took a more limited role. Eubanks announced his departure from the show in February 2010; his last show was May 28, 2010. On June 7, 2010, Rickey Minor became the bandleader. He wrote the theme song, which had been changed for the third time in one year (including Conan O'Brien's version). Minor said he was approached by approximately 75 artists, including Smokey Robinson, Nancy Wilson, Steve Vai, Arturo Sandoval, Bret Michaels, Snoop Dogg, and Shania Twain. When Jimmy Fallon became the host in 2014, and the show returned to

pos: Johnny Carson "Today". Originating in 1954 with host Steve Allen, "Tonight" was somewhat experimental at the time, as the only previous network late-night program was NBC's "Broadway Open House" which starred Jerry Lester and Dagmar. "Tonight" was successful, and when Allen moved on to primetime comedy-variety shows in 1956, Jack Paar replaced him as host of "Tonight". Paar left the show in 1962. Carson's success on ABC's "Who Do You Trust?" led NBC to invite him to take over "Tonight" a few months before Paar's departure. Carson declined the offer because he feared the difficulty of interviewing celebrities for 105 minutes each

pos: Donald Ashworth Donald Ashworth Donald William Ashworth (born March 16, 1931) is a musician who was a member of "The Tonight Show Band" for thirty years before retiring in 1995. Ashworth played woodwind instruments with the group starting from Johnny Carson's first week as host of "The Tonight Show" in October 1962 (when the band was referred to generically as "The NBC Orchestra") until his final show on May 22, 1992. For its first 10 years, Carson's "Tonight Show" was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, Ashworth moved from New York City to Southern

pos: 2010 Tonight Show conflict received US$45 million to walk away from the network, with his final "Tonight Show" airing January 22, 2010; Leno was reinstated as host that March, while after a contractual seven-month ban on appearing on television, O'Brien moved to TBS to host "Conan". The controversy surrounding the scheduling move and the reinstatement of Leno was described by media outlets as "embarrassing" for the network and a "public relations disaster". On May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson, host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for nearly 30 years, retired from the program at the age of 66. The network signed Jay Leno, Carson's "permanent

pos: Guest host Show" during Johnny Carson's 30-year reign as host from 1962 to 1992. Toward the end of his tenure, Carson was granted more personal time off, and substitute hosts would be seen on the air more often. "Permanent guest host" is an oxymoron that likely originated on "The Tonight Show". Some guest hosts of "The Tonight Show" have gone on to host talk shows of their own. Jay Leno went on to succeed Johnny Carson; Joan Rivers went on to host "The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers" on Fox; and David Brenner hosted the short-lived "Nightlife" in the late-1980s. Richard Belzer

pos: Fox Broadcasting Company stalwart "The Tonight Show" – whose then-host Johnny Carson, upset over her becoming his late-night competitor, banned Rivers (a frequent "Tonight" guest and substitute host) from appearing on his show (Rivers would not appear on "Tonight" again until February 2014, seven months before her death, when Jimmy Fallon took over as its host). By early 1987, Rivers (and her then-husband Edgar Rosenberg, the show's original executive producer) quit "The Late Show" after disagreements with the network over the show's creative direction; the program then began to be hosted by a succession of guest hosts. After that point, some stations that

pos: Jay Leno Jay Leno James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (; born April 28, 1950) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and television host. After doing stand-up comedy for years, he became the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" from 1992-2009. Beginning in September 2009, Leno started a primetime talk show, titled "The Jay Leno Show", which aired weeknights at 10:00pm ET, also on NBC. After "The Jay Leno Show" was canceled in January 2010 amid a host controversy, Leno returned to host "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on March 1, 2010. He hosted his last episode of

pos: The Tonight Show Friday nights through the 1965 season. Johnny Carson (1925–2005) was chosen as Paar's successor. Carson was host at the time of the weekday afternoon quiz show "Who Do You Trust?" on the newest and then lowest-rated radio and television network, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC, which, as the "Blue Network," had been separated from NBC in 1943 owing to government pressure). Because Carson was under contract through September to ABC and producer Don Fedderson (who held him to his contract until the day it expired), he could not take over as host until October 1, 1962. The months between Paar

pos: Tonight Starring Jack Paar NBC's "The Today Show", before he agreed to jump networks and take over "Tonight". Under Paar, most of the NBC affiliates which had dropped the show during the ill-fated run of "America After Dark" (or who had never picked it up) began airing the show once again. Paar's era began the practice of branding the series after the host, and as such the program, though officially still called "Tonight", was marketed as "The Jack Paar Show". A combo band conducted by Paar's Army buddy pianist José Melis filled commercial breaks and backed musical entertainers. When Paar was on vacation, the

pos: Television in the United States week, exploded in popularity in turn of the millennium (with shows such as "Survivor", "Big Brother", "The Amazing Race", "American Idol", "America's Next Top Model", "Dancing with the Stars", "The Bachelor" and its spin-off "The Bachelorette", "So You Think You Can Dance" and "The Voice"). The most successful talk show has been "The Tonight Show", particularly during the 30-year run of third host Johnny Carson. "Tonight" ushered in a multi-decade period of dominance by one network – NBC – in American late-night programming and paved the way for many similar programs combining comedy and celebrity interviews, such as "The Merv

pos: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009, to January 22, 2010, as part of NBC's long-running "Tonight Show" franchise. O'Brien previously hosted NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", which followed "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" for 16 years, until his brief succession over Leno. Many members of the "Late Night" cast and crew made the transition to "The Tonight Show". The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O'Brien's "Late Night", served as the house band under the

pos: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Carson, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Jay Leno." The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009, to January 22, 2010, as part of NBC's long-running "Tonight Show" franchise. O'Brien previously hosted NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", which followed "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" for 16 years, until his brief succession over Leno. Many members of the "Late Night" cast and crew made the transition to "The Tonight Show". The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O'Brien's "Late

pos: Late night television in the United States is a major part of the show, and the band leader and host often exchange playful banter during the monologue and comedy segments; the band leader has thus taken over the part of being the host's sidekick, which in the past was played by an announcer or designated co-host (such as Ed McMahon and Andy Richter). Of the current late night talk show band leaders who play this role, Paul Shaffer is well known for being a straight man to David Letterman. However, on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien", Max Weinberg rarely spoke during the show, and his interactions

pos: Tonight Starring Jack Paar Tonight Starring Jack Paar Tonight Starring Jack Paar (in later seasons The Jack Paar Tonight Show) is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the "Tonight Show" franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B (formerly the home of Milton Berle's "Texaco Star Theater" series) inside the RCA Building (now called the Comcast Building) in New York City. The same studio would also host early episodes of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" and "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon".

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV began airing the show seven days a week beginning January 1, 2016. Currently, sixty-minute episodes (from September 1980-May 1992) air Monday through Friday nights, and ninety-minute episodes (from 1972-September 12, 1980) Saturday and Sunday nights. Jack Paar had often asked Carson to guest-host "Tonight" in its earliest years and repeatedly claimed he had been responsible for NBC's selection of Carson in 1962 as his replacement. Steve Allen also utilized guest hosts, including Carson and Ernie Kovacs, particularly after he began hosting "The Steve Allen Show" in prime time in 1956 and needed to reduce his workload on "Tonight". "The

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Saturdays and Sundays from 9 pm CET in a 45-minute format. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running "Tonight Show" franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. "The Tonight Show" is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from

pos: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon, on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running "Tonight Show" franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. "The Tonight Show" is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, New York City. This was where

pos: The Burbank Studios Burbank studios as Leno's "Tonight Show" had, though from Studio 11. From March 1, 2010 to February 6, 2014, Leno's second run as host of "The Tonight Show" taped at Studio 11. "The Tonight Show" moved back to New York City in 2014 when Jimmy Fallon replaced Leno as host, marking the end of the 42-year era in which the show had taped from Southern California. The Burbank facility was one of the few television-specific studio facilities in Hollywood that offered tours to the general public until they ceased July 6, 2012. On March 13, 2014, Lawrence O'Donnell announced that

pos: The War for Late Night for Late Night" chronicles the 2010 conflict surrounding the American late-night talk show "The Tonight Show" involving Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno. Carter gives biographical description of other late-night television personalities, including David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Craig Ferguson, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. As host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", O'Brien decided to remain with NBC after attempts by ABC and Fox to attract him to their networksas NBC executives had told O'Brien that he would become host of "The Tonight Show" after Leno's retirement. While hosting "The Tonight Show" and analyzing ratings results, O'Brien told his

pos: The Jay Leno Show Bomb of All Time." Leno resumed his duties as host of "The Tonight Show" on March 1, 2010, in a final stint that lasted until his February 2014 succession by Jimmy Fallon. NBC announced in 2004 that Jay Leno would leave "The Tonight Show" in 2009, with Conan O'Brien as his replacement. Leno—who wanted to avoid an acrimonious transition like what he experienced when he inherited "Tonight" from Johnny Carson—said at the announcement, "You can do these things until they carry you out on a stretcher, or you can get out when you’re still doing good." He began to regret

pos: Tonight Starring Jack Paar nights a week. Over the course of its run, Paar was given more time off so that most Mondays featured a guest host, and all Friday shows were "Best Of Paar" repeats, giving Paar only three nights of material to fill. To fulfill the rest of his NBC contract after leaving "Tonight", Paar hosted a prime-time variety series, "The Jack Paar Program" and aired weekly, on Friday nights, through 1965. As for "Tonight", Johnny Carson was chosen as Paar's successor. At the time, Carson was host of the weekday afternoon quiz show "Who Do You Trust?" on ABC. Because Carson

pos: Jay Leno spring 2014, with Jimmy Fallon as his designated successor. Leno sang the "Tonight"'s parody of "Tonight Show" with Fallon. Leno's final show as the host of the Tonight Show was on February 6, 2014 with his final guest Billy Crystal and musical guest Garth Brooks, along with a few surprise guests, including Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Jim Parsons, Sheryl Crow, Chris Paul, Carol Burnett, and Oprah Winfrey. Leno has maintained an active schedule as a touring stand-up comedian appearing in, on average, 200 live performances a year in venues across the United States and Canada as well as charity events

pos: Josh Groban Chili Peppers bassist Flea, at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Groban has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" six times, as well as on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Larry King Live", "The Rosie O'Donnell Show", "Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!", "Comedy Bang! Bang!", "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "20/20", "Today", Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Super Bowl XXXVIII, and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!". He has also been a guest co-host on "Live with Kelly" many times from 2011 to 2016, and was a finalist to permanently replace Regis Philbin. In a 2012 interview, Groban said: Groban plays

neg: The Tonight Show that he'd accepted it, noting that he wanted to avoid repeating the hard feelings that had somehow developed with Letterman, and called O'Brien "certainly the most deserving person for the job" in the wake of his (Leno's) eventual departure. Five years later, what was to have been the final episode of "The Tonight Show" with Leno as host aired on Friday, May 29, 2009. Not wanting Leno, who remained number one in the ratings, to move to a competing network, NBC signed the host to a new contract to host a new prime-time talk show beginning in September 2009, entitled

neg: Kerri Pomarolli has 29 appearances on The Tonight Show between 2000-2012, toured with everyone from Sherri Shephard from The View to Candace Cameron Bure, Jim Carey to Carol Channing. She has been the host and emcee for The CA Women's Conference with such stars are Marcia Cross, Tippy Hedren and Fran Drescher. She hosted the GMA Dove Awards in 2006 at the Grand Ole Opry. She hosted her own show "Laugh Break" on MOMTV and was a co host for MOMTV at the Golden Globe Awards 2009. She has also appeared on Good Morning America, ShowBiz Tonight, CNN, Lifetime TV, and the

neg: Late-night talk show she was nowhere on the list despite the fact that she had been "The Tonight Show"'s permanent guest host since 1983. In 1986, Joan Rivers joined the brand new Fox network, where she would host her own late night talk show, "The Late Show" which competed directly against "The Tonight Show". Clint Holmes served as Rivers' announcer while Mark Hudson served as bandleader. Carson was incensed that Rivers did not consult him beforehand and never spoke to Rivers again. Brenner also left "Tonight" in 1986, although he did so amicably, to launch a syndicated 30 minute late night talk show

neg: Tucker Carlson "Fighting for Our Children's Minds". In March 2013, it was announced that Carlson would co-host the weekend editions of "Fox & Friends;" he had been a contributor and frequent guest host on the program. He replaced Dave Briggs, who left the news channel to join the NBC Sports Network in January 2013. Beginning in April, Carlson officially joined co-hosts Alisyn Camerota and Clayton Morris on Saturday and Sunday mornings. On November 14, 2016, Carlson started hosting "Tucker Carlson Tonight" on Fox News. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was created to replace the show "On the Record". The show debuted as "the network's

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict "Conan", however, which aired the same night as Leno's final "Tonight Show", O'Brien referenced Leno in his monologue by alluding to NBC's position as the American broadcaster of the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying: NBC has the Olympics. It's a big deal. NBC will finally get to show somebody who is okay with passing the torch. (pause for laughter and applause) I allowed myself one, but it was a good one. Though NBC had made a considerable effort to scrub any references to O'Brien's brief tenure as "The Tonight Show" host both on-air and online, with one former blogger for NBC

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict almost 25 years on the air, has enjoyed one of the longest runs of any late night television host. In conjunction with his 25th anniversary as a late-night host, it was announced that O'Brien, TBS and NBC had come to an arrangement that would allow the entirety of O'Brien’s late night archive (with the exception of musical performances, which posed insurmountable licensing issues), totaling over four thousand episodes, to become available in January 2019 via a state-of-the-art web site dubbed "Conan 25". The launch marks the first time O'Brien's NBC programs have been made legally available since "The Tonight Show"

neg: Baseball Tonight Baseball Tonight Baseball Tonight is a program that airs on ESPN. The show, which recapitulates the day's Major League Baseball action, has been on the air since 1990. Its namesake program also airs on ESPN Radio at various times of the day during the baseball season, with Marc Kestecher as host. "Baseball Tonight" is also the title of a daily podcast hosted by Buster Olney with frequent appearances by Jayson Stark, Tim Kurkjian, Karl Ravech, and Jerry Crasnick. As of April 27, 2017, all airings of the program, other than its Sunday airing, have been replaced by MLB Network's Intentional

neg: Thea Andrews Tonight" (ET) that is where she continued to work until October 2009. She was also a regular substitute host for the show as well. She also was the weekend host of "ET". Since joining "Entertainment Tonight" in November 2006, Andrews has interviewed many of the industry's most newsworthy celebrities, including Will Smith, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, Russell Crowe, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Anne Hathaway, Kirk Douglas, Marie Osmond, and Ellen DeGeneres. Andrews has also been featured as herself on the daytime drama "The Young and the Restless" and has played herself several times on

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict host well after the extension, to which the executives agreed. While Leno handled the news professionally (to Zucker's relief), he soon headed to "Tonight Show" producer Debbie Vickers' office to let her know he felt as if he had just been fired. NBC's announcement of the renewal inevitably led to press speculation on O'Brien's fate; to that end, O'Brien and his team went with the charade, peppering interviews with unclear, vague statements on his future. On September 27, 2004, O'Brien officially signed on to become the next host of "The Tonight Show"; NBC allowed the first comment aside from the

neg: Tonight with Craig Doyle Tonight with Craig Doyle Tonight with Craig Doyle is a talk show hosted by Craig Doyle that was broadcast on RTÉ One for one series in 2010. The show featured guest interviews, audience participation and live music. "Tonight with Craig Doyle" was broadcast every Saturday night during the spring season directly after the . Following Pat Kenny's stepping down as host of "The Late Late Show" in 2009, RTÉ announced that Ryan Tubridy, host of his own Saturday night chat show, would be Kenny's replacement. "Tubridy Tonight" had aired since 2004 and had regularly drawn an audience of up to

neg: Europe Tonight an update on the U.S. markets which came live from the NASDAQ MarketSite. Wadhwa no longer acted as co-host of "Europe Tonight", but remained a contributor to the show. Anna Martin joined Johnson as co-host of the programme in January 2008, having previously been the show's regular reporter. The show's timeslot was brought forward by an hour to 7pm CET from 4 February 2008. "Europe Tonight" did not return after the 2009 Christmas holiday season. Europe Tonight Europe Tonight was an evening television business news programme which was broadcast on CNBC Europe from 2004 to 2009. The programme was most

neg: Baseball Tonight was expressed by Heath Bell: In late 2012, mobile game company SkyZone Entertainment and TheAppsGames released ESPN Going Going Gone, an arcade style home run derby game for both Android and iOS. The game features an intro and voice over by ESPN's Dan Shulman and ESPN trademark. Baseball Tonight Baseball Tonight is a program that airs on ESPN. The show, which recapitulates the day's Major League Baseball action, has been on the air since 1990. Its namesake program also airs on ESPN Radio at various times of the day during the baseball season, with Marc Kestecher as host. "Baseball Tonight"

neg: Premiere (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon) never host "The Tonight Show". After this, Robert De Niro emerged from behind the curtain, laid $100 down on Fallon's desk, and promptly exited. (De Niro was Fallon's first guest on "Late Night" in 2009.) De Niro wasn't the only person to settle the bet: One by one, a line of celebrities followed him to Fallon's desk to give Jimmy their $100, including Tina Fey, Joe Namath, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (who can be heard thanking Fallon for bringing "Tonight" back to the Big Apple), Mariah Carey, Tracy Morgan, Joan Rivers (a former guest host on Johnny

neg: Late-night talk show prime time. The first show to air in a late night time slot itself, "Broadway Open House", aired on NBC in 1950 and ended a year later after host Jerry Lester left the show, infuriated at being upstaged by his sidekick Virginia "Dagmar" Lewis. (As it was, there were also not yet enough television sets in the United States to make television broadcasting in late-night viable; Lester himself was a last-minute replacement host for up-and-coming 26-year-old comic Don Hornsby, who caught polio and died less than a week before the show began.) The first version of "The Tonight Show", "Tonight

neg: Saturday Disney 2009, the show celebrated its 1,000th episode. The episode was filmed on location at Disneyland to celebrate. A week prior to this, footage of every previous host who had been on the show was aired, looking back at the show's then 19-year history. Former presenter Shae Brewster hosted her final episode on 27 July 2013, becoming the longest serving host in the history of the program. She presented the show for three months short of eleven years, first joining in 2002. The final episodes of "Saturday Disney" were filmed on 26 August 2016. TV Tonight later reported that the show

neg: The World Tonight 4 schedule for over four decades, 2013 figures showed "The World Tonight" has retained 1.75m listeners, representing 17.8% of the national radio audience at 10pm. In the 1968 science fiction film "", "The World Tonight" is depicted as a television news programme on channel "BBC-12". During the programme, a reporter named Martin Amer (played by actor Mike Lovell) interviews the crew of "Discovery-1" on a voyage to Jupiter. The overall host of the show, who leads into the interview segment, is played by Kenneth Kendall. Ritula Shah, the main presenter, usually presents Monday - Wednesday. Since 2012 the programme has

neg: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (often abridged as Last Week Tonight) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show premiered on Sunday, April 27, 2014, on HBO. "Last Week Tonight" shares some similarities with Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" (where Oliver was previously featured as a correspondent and fill-in host), as it takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events, but on a weekly basis. Oliver has stated that he has "full creative freedom, including free rein to criticize corporations". His

neg: The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Show" also failed to win the Emmy for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, losing to "The Daily Show". A short clip (less than one second in length) of O'Brien appeared in an early promo for Fallon's "Tonight Show", which portrayed Fallon as the latest custodian of a 60-year-old franchise and featured all "Tonight" hosts of the past, most prominently Carson and Leno. In interviews, Fallon has included O'Brien when referring to "Tonight" history, noting himself as the sixth host in succession (counting Leno only once, and not counting the hosts during the show's brief incarnation as a newsmagazine in

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict guest host", to become the program's fourth host upon Carson's exit. Carson clearly held the view the position should be given to David Letterman, host of his own program, "Late Night", which had directly followed Carson's "Tonight Show" for ten years. NBC tried to appease both stars, but Letterman left the network in a very public conflict that resulted in the creation of his own competing show on CBS, which began in 1993. "Late Show with David Letterman", "the first truly substantial competing franchise to "Tonight"", regularly won in the Nielsen ratings against Leno for two years, "proving for the

neg: Eddie McGuire football commentator for Fox Footy. He also has his own show on the channel, "Eddie McGuire Tonight", which is broadcast on Wednesday nights, as well as being a columnist for the "Herald Sun". He has worked as a sports journalist, sports broadcaster and game show host. McGuire is the host of the Nine Network's "The Footy Show", and the Australian version of game shows "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and "1 vs. 100". He is a former CEO of the Nine Network, resigning on 30 June 2007. He returned to commentating Friday night football in August 2007 when he

neg: Chris Jacobs (television host) for eight years before being tapped to co-host "Overhaulin'" in 2004. After the show went on hiatus in 2008, he co-presented "The Insider" with Lara Spencer from 2009-11. On March 5, 2011, it was announced that he had been named a correspondent for "Entertainment Tonight". He left "ET" in early 2013 after "Overhaulin'" returned for a sixth season on Velocity in the fall of 2012. From 2013, when Jacobs left "Entertainment Tonight", he became a weekend presenter for the NFL Network and has hosted several live events for Discovery networks, including "Skywire Live", "Skyscraper Live", "Chopper Live", "Gold Rush Live",

neg: Arsenio Hall appeared on "The Arsenio Hall Show" more times than any other comedian. Lopez requested Hall be a co-host on "Lopez Tonight" (November 25, 2009) since he regarded Hall as his inspiration and the first "late night party show host". Hall has filled-in as guest host for NBC's "Access Hollywood Live" (2011) and CNN's evening talk/interview program "Piers Morgan Tonight" in 2012. In 2012, Hall was a contestant on the fifth edition of "The Celebrity Apprentice", which began airing February 19, 2012. Hall represented his charity, the Magic Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing economic and social equality by engaging

neg: The Tonight Show was replaced by Ed Herlihy. Groucho Marx introduced Carson as the new host on October 1, 1962. Ed McMahon was Carson's announcer. "The Tonight Show" orchestra was, for Carson's first four years, still led by Skitch Henderson. After a brief stint by Milton DeLugg, beginning in 1967 the "NBC Orchestra" was then headed by trumpeter Doc Severinsen who had played in the band during the Henderson era. [See "Music and Announcers" below.] For all but a few months of its first decade on the air, Carson's "Tonight Show" was based in New York City. In 1972, the show moved to

neg: Jane Velez-Mitchell with Jane Velez-Mitchell) replacing Glenn Beck, who moved to Fox News Channel. She is often seen commenting on high-profile cases for CNN, TruTV, E! and other national cable TV shows. Velez-Mitchell frequently guest hosts for Nancy Grace on her Headline News show. Velez-Mitchell reported for the nationally syndicated show "Celebrity Justice" (produced by corporate sibling Telepictures). She also appears as a substitute host on HLN's "Showbiz Tonight". In October 2014, HLN's "Jane Velez-Mitchell" show was cancelled. Born to a Puerto Rican mother and an Irish American father, Velez-Mitchell has been on the forefront of many headline news stories for decades.

neg: Caroline Morahan programmes, including "The Panel", "The Restaurant", "The Late Late Show", "Tubridy Tonight", "Xposé", "The Den", and "The Health Squad". A guest appearance on "The Podge and Rodge Show" led to the role of host. She has appeared as the female lead in the Irish musical, "I, Keano". In 2009, she moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue acting career in Hollywood. Morahan has been voted Ireland's Best Dressed Woman and Ireland's Sexiest Woman. In 2009, she was voted Sexiest TV Presenter in a poll by entertainment.ie. Caroline Morahan Caroline Morahan is an Irish actress and television host. In 2015, She

neg: Tubridy Tonight had regular viewing figures of 450,000, however, the show also regularly fell victim to so-called "Saturday Night Syndrome", with "The Late Late Show", broadcast on Friday nights, frequently featuring supposedly better guests. In 2009 "Tubridy Tonight" came to an end when RTÉ announced that Tubridy would succeed Pat Kenny as host of "The Late Late Show" for the following series, with the presenter describing "Tubridy Tonight" as "quite the odyssey". Upon Gay Byrne's retirement from "The Late Late Show" in 1999, RTÉ announced that Pat Kenny, host of his own Saturday night chat show, would be Byrne's replacement. "Kenny Live"

neg: The Late Late Show (U.S. talk show) Late" spot to Garry Shandling, a former permanent guest host of "The Tonight Show" but Shandling turned the offer down in favour of "The Larry Sanders Show" (NBC had previously approached Shandling about succeeding Letterman on "Late Night" but he had also declined that offer). He also offered the slot to "Later" host Bob Costas who also declined. Letterman then insisted on Snyder despite CBS wanting a younger host with a comedy background and a more traditional late night talk variety format. In 1998, the network reportedly reasserted its desire for a host who could attract a younger demographic and

neg: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon his assessment of the evening, but noted the older fanbase used to Leno may not latch on as quickly. "Indeed, Fallon comes across as eager to please almost to a fault, and he treated his "Tonight Show" launch very much like a guy auditioning to be accepted into homes," said Brian Lowry of "Variety", who considered the premiere episode a demonstration in Fallon's strengths and weaknesses. The first season of the show was deemed "wildly successful." "Entertainment Weekly" summarized the show's inaugural year: "In his first year as host of "The Tonight Show", [Fallon] turned the revered late-night franchise into

neg: In Melbourne Tonight as a Monday night variety show. Featured on the show were the comedic stylings of Steven Jacobs, Denise Drysdale, Ann-Maree Biggar and Julia Morris, who was best known for presenting "The Morris Report", a comedic take on the news events of the previous week. The show ran until 27 November 1998. In Melbourne Tonight In Melbourne Tonight, also known as ""IMT"", was a highly popular nightly Logie award-winning variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 6 May 1957 to 1970. Graham Kennedy was the show's main host and star attraction but other presenters were often called on to present

neg: Don Lane with visiting entertainers and musical numbers often performed by Lane with the Tonight Show Orchestra. The announcer for the show was Mike Walsh, who later went on to host his own successful variety show. Due to technical restrictions, Lane's tonight show was only broadcast throughout New South Wales, just as "In Melbourne Tonight"(IMT) was restricted to Victoria. Work on a coaxial cable linking Melbourne with Sydney had begun in June 1959 and was completed on 5 February 1963. On 7 July 1965, Lane appeared on a then-innovative live split-screen link with Graham Kennedy via the cable. Lane and Kennedy sang

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict because they did not want him to go to a competitor, but neither did they want to match what the competitors were offering. Garlin accused Leno of undermining O'Brien's incipient "Tonight Show" by taking the 10 pm slot. Garlin stated that while Leno had been nice to him over the years, the host displayed "no character" by taking the timeslot back. Garlin vowed never to appear on Leno's "Tonight Show" thereafter. In an essay for the "Wall Street Journal", Nathan Rabin wrote that Leno had "raced past the reviled likes of Dane Cook and Carlos Mencia on the list of

neg: On the Record (U.S. TV program) 2016 by a new Fox News show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight", hosted by former "Fox and Friends" Weekend host, Tucker Carlson, which on January 9, 2017, has since been moved to the 9pm time slot following the departure of Megyn Kelly from Fox News Channel to NBC News, thus ending her FNC show, "The Kelly File". On January 5, 2017, competing cable news network, MSNBC announced that Van Susteren would begin hosting a new show on January 9, 2017 for the network entitled, "For the Record with Greta", which aired weekdays at 6pm EST. While host Greta Van Susteren a lawyer

neg: The Tonight Show This is a moot point, however, since the network never consulted a "Tonight Show" host about the choice of his successor: Paar was not consulted about Carson and Leno was not consulted about O'Brien or Fallon. Letterman, having had his heart set on the earlier time slot in spite of Leno's ratings success as recurring substitute host, left NBC (on Carson's advice) and joined rival network CBS. Their new program and entry into the late-night television universe, "Late Show with David Letterman", airing in the same slot, competed head to head against "The Tonight Show" with Leno in the host's

neg: 2010 Tonight Show conflict live late-night viewing and for a Friday night. The final episode scored a 7.0 household rating and a 4.4 rating in the 18–49 demo. Not only did O'Brien's final show beat all late night competition, it outscored all prime time shows in the 18–49 demo from that night and the night before. The network confirmed that Leno would officially resume as host of "The Tonight Show" on March 1, and NBC aired reruns from O'Brien's time as host until the network began airing the Olympics on February 15. Leno's first "Tonight Show" back pulled in 6.6 million viewers, and his

neg: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson the program. Rivers appeared for a full-length interview segment on March 27, 2014. The program of July 26, 1984, with guest host Joan Rivers, was the first MTS stereo broadcast in U.S. television history, though not the first television broadcast with stereophonic sound. Only NBC's flagship local station in New York City, WNBC, had stereo broadcast capability at that time. NBC transmitted "The Tonight Show" in stereo sporadically through 1984 and on a regular basis beginning in 1985. According to Skeptical activist James Randi Carson invited Uri Geller, who claimed paranormal powers, onto the Tonight Show specifically to disprove the

neg: Tomorrow Tonight (TV series) Tomorrow Tonight (TV series) Tomorrow Tonight is an Australian comedy, panel discussion television show hosted by Charlie Pickering and Annabel Crabb. The show features a panel of experts and comedians who discuss a hypothetical news story from tomorrow's headlines. Together they try to solve the world's problems before they even happen. The show airs several segments throughout the episode to create a hypothetical or fake news story, and in the process raises moral dilemmas that are fictional yet convincing. The hypothetical news story is shown to three guest panellists and permanent panellist Annabel Crabb. The host (Charlie Pickering) holds a

neg: Entertainment Tonight Canada Entertainment Tonight Canada Entertainment Tonight Canada (branded as ET Canada) is a Canadian entertainment news television series, using the same format as the American entertainment newsmagazine "Entertainment Tonight". "ET Canada" airs back-to-back with the American version on most of Global's stations. "ET Canada" is hosted by longtime Global Toronto entertainment host Cheryl Hickey. Reporters associated with the program include Roz Weston, Sangita Patel, and Matte Babel. The show was nominated for a Gemini Award in the best general interest series category in 2006. The show has also added three spin-off shows and an annual special. "ET Canada: Behind the Scenes"

neg: Leeza Gibbons would both join "Entertainment Tonight", with Gibbons as a reporter and co-anchor of the program's weekend edition. Concurrently hosted, "Leeza" was her own NBC/syndicated talk show, which ran from June 1993 to September 2000. The show originated as "John & Leeza from Hollywood", a talk show with former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host John Tesh. Tesh was dropped from the show after seven months, and Gibbons hosted solo for the remainder of the series. From 2001–2003, Gibbons was the host and managing editor of the television show "Extra". In 2011, she pulled down double duty (again) as the host of the PBS

neg: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show was shot in aspect ratio. During the last year with Leno as host, "The Tonight Show" cost about $1.7 million a week to produce. With 45 weeks of annual production, that amounted to about $76.5 million, excluding the salaries for Leno and the show's "top producers." In that same period, the show had been generating an estimated $30–$40 million a year in profit, down from the $150 million a year the franchise once made." The show follows

neg: Tubridy Tonight of "Tubridy Tonight" going on air, 38 per cent of adults preferred Tubridy on television, compared with 40 per cent opting for his main rival, Pat Kenny, with whom the show competed for guests. "Tubridy Tonight" and its host also won praise from the former host of "The Late Late Show", Gay Byrne. This led to some ponderings as to why Tubridy was left with substandard "dull" guests that did not befit his talent. Some guests opted to be interviewed by Tubridy instead of by Kenny on "The Late Late Show". Competition between the two shows was analogous to similar