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<html> <head> <title>The Tonight Show</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/tv/700/000044568/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> The Tonight Show TELEVISION PROGRAM Late night talk show, broadcast since 1954 on NBC. <ul> <li> <a href="/people/312/000026234/">Steve Allen</a> (1954-57) <li> <a href="/people/007/000025929/">Jack Paar</a> (1957-62) <li> <a href="/people/396/000022330/">Johnny Carson</a> (1962-92) <li> <a href="/people/394/000022328/">Jay Leno</a> (1992-2009) <li> <a href="/people/397/000022331/">Conan O'Brien</a> (2009-10 for six months) <li> <a href="/people/394/000022328/">Jay Leno</a> (2010-14) <li> <a href="/people/335/000026257/">Jimmy Fallon</a> (2014-) </ul> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000026234/">Steve Allen</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-2000</tt></td> <td>The Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/396/000022330/">Johnny Carson</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-2005</tt></td> <td>Longtime host of Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/384/000022318/">Dick Cavett</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Dick Cavett Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000022801/">Hugh Downs</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>20/20</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/570/000044438/">Kevin Eubanks</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Bandleader on The Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/335/000026257/">Jimmy Fallon</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1974</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/493/000092217/">Skitch Henderson</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-2005</tt></td> <td>Original Tonight Show bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/412/000022346/">Ernie Kovacs</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1962</tt></td> <td>Nairobi Trio</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000022328/">Jay Leno</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Apr-1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000025728/">Branford Marsalis</a></td> <td><center>Jazz Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1960</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saxophonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000159638/">Ross Mathews</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ross the Intern</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/419/000022353/">Ed McMahon</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-2009</tt></td> <td>The Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/397/000022331/">Conan O'Brien</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1963</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Briefly hosted The Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/007/000025929/">Jack Paar</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-2004</tt></td> <td>Second host of the Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000025154/">Andy Richter</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1966</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Formerly controlled the universe</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/514/000026436/">Mo Rocca</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1969</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Senior correspondent, The Daily Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/213/000023144/">Doc Severinsen</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Johnny Carson's musical sidekick</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/412/000024340/">David Steinberg</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Second City alumnus</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/398/000028314/">Stuttering John</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1965</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Howard Stern's celebrity interviewer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/330/000109003/">Carol Wayne</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1942</tt></td> <td 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