His frequent appearances on NBC's The Tonight Show spanned three emcees ( Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson ), from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Brooks led a new generation of self-reflective baby-boomer comics appearing on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

** Johnny Carson takes over as permanent host of NBC's Tonight Show, a post he would hold for 30 years.

The episodes were produced and directed by Frederick de Cordova ( who would go on to direct most episodes of NBC's " The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ").

* October 1 – Ernie Kovacs becomes the host for NBC's The Tonight Show on Mondays and Tuesdays.

ABC News president Roone Arledge felt the best way to compete against NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was to update Americans on the latest news from Iran.

Much like NBC's The Today Show and The Tonight Show, the title The Early Show was analogous to that of CBS's late-night talk show, The Late Show.

Schneider hosted the Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit ' 97 TV special, and the 2005 Teen Choice Awards, and is a frequent guest on NBC's late-night variety program The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

His appearances on NBC's The Tonight Show spanned three emcees ; Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson.

After the 15-month run of Broadway Open House, Weaver further developed his ideas on a local show over NBC's New York station starring Steve Allen, which eventually took to the network in 1954 as The Tonight Show.

As head of NBC's Entertainment Division, Tartikoff's successes included The Cosby Show, for which Tartikoff had pursued actor-comedian Bill Cosby to create a pilot after having been impressed by Cosby's stories when Cosby guest-hosted The Tonight Show.

He was a regular correspondent for NBC's The Tonight Show from 2004 to 2008, recently providing 2008 election coverage, as well as for MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Allen became a national celebrity and within the year he would become the first host of NBC's Tonight show.

Arquette was also a frequent guest on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, the short-lived The Dennis Day Show in the 1953-1954 season, and on The Jack Paar Show after Paar left The Tonight Show.

He debuted in 1997 on NBC's Late Night with Conan O ' Brien and also appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O ' Brien from time to time, as well as the short lived TV Funhouse, and TBS's Conan.

Graham made his national television debut on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, February 2, 2008 with a full band performance of " Best Days " which included a three-piece string section.

Deeley was a guest reporter on NBC's The Tonight Show.

Michael has been a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show, CNN, Travel Channel, NBC's " Worlds Greatest Magic " and more.

On 2 May 2007, 25 July 2007 and 29 October 2008, McManus appeared as a guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

The event received coverate on various television programs including NBC's The Tonight Show, ESPN's Pardon the Interruption and SportsCenter, and MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

Promotional touring for the album started on May 23, 2004 with a series major national television appearances, highlighted by performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 13, 2004 ; NBC's Today show as part of their outdoor Toyota Concert Series on July 16, 2004 and ABC's The View on July 19, 2004.

He has appeared on NBC's Today, PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and Entertainment Tonight, and has lectured throughout the United States and in Brazil, Canada, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Wales.

" The American Family Publishers sweepstakes traditionally used paid advertisements during NBC's The Tonight Show to announce its grand prize winners ( for many years, its celebrity spokesman was Ed McMahon ).

The program's host previously starred on NBC's Late Night with Conan O ' Brien for 16 years, then presented The Tonight Show for seven months until Jay Leno's return to his version of The Tonight Show due to the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.

He appeared on May 2, 1957, on NBC's comedy variety series, The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

He also appeared on NBC's anthology series, The Barbara Stanwyck Show.

Several months later, she appeared in the first episode, entitled " One Blonde Too Many ", of NBC's one-season The Tab Hunter Show, a sitcom starring the former teen idol as a bachelor cartoonist.

She was also a regular on NBC's Jimmy Durante Show.

Other appearances included interviews on CNN's Crossfire, NBC's The Today Show, and regular appearances on the Charlie Rose show.

In the 1970s and 80s, Ft. Lauderdale swimming champion Charkie Phillips revived water ballet on television with The Krofftettes in The Brady Bunch Hour ( 1976 – 77 ), NBC's The Big Show ( 1980 ), and then on screen with Miss Piggy in The Great Muppet Caper ( 1981 ).

Fox would expand to a full week's worth of programming in 1993, which included scheduling the breakout hit The Simpsons opposite NBC's The Cosby Show as one of Fox's initial Thursday night offerings in the fall of 1990 ( along with future hit Beverly Hills, 90210 ) after only a half-season of success on Sunday nights.

That same year, he guest starred on NBC's The Martha Raye Show, a comedy / variety show.

On 4 October 1956, Garson appeared with Reginald Gardiner as the first two guest stars in the series premiere of NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.

On November 21, 1957, she appeared on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford, a frequent entry in the " Top 20 " and featuring a musical group called " The Top Twenty.

When Fox moved The Simpsons to prime time on Thursdays against NBC's top-rated The Cosby Show, the writing staff decided to make Hibbert a parody of Bill Cosby's character Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

In 1951, The Doodles Weaver Show was NBC's summer replacement for Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows ; it was telecast from June to September with Weaver, his wife Lois, vocalist Marian Colby, and the comedy team of Dick Dana and Peanuts Mann.

About this time he also guest starred on NBC's comedy / variety show, The Martha Raye Show.

Later, as a guest on NBC's The Gisele MacKenzie Show, Karloff sang " Those Were the Good Old Days " from Damn Yankees, while Gisele MacKenzie performed the solo, " Give Me the Simple Life ".

The day after the final concert, he was interviewed on NBC's Today Show about the origins of his support for Amnesty International and he stated: " I've been a member of Amnesty and a support member for five years, due to an entertainment event called The Secret Policeman's Ball and before that I did not know about Amnesty, I did not know about its work, I did not know about torture in the world.

Durante also appeared on NBC's Club Oasis, another comedy / variety show broadcast in the 1957-1958 season, alternating first with The Polly Bergen Show.

* August 19, 1985-Letterman used a bullhorn to interrupt NBC's The Today Show outdoor primetime taping in the Rockefeller Center's lower plaza.

He went on to play piano for a Broadway show called The Magic Show in 1974, then became a member of the house band on NBC's popular Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) television program from 1975 to 1980 ( except for a brief departure in 1977 ).

On May 8, 1958, Ferrer guest starred on NBC's The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.