Capp's increasingly controversial remarks at his campus speeches and during TV appearances cost him his semi-regular spot on the Tonight Show.

I'm sure you'd be the first to attest, Conan, that when it comes to the tough calls, NBC usually gets ' em right ," Costas said, alluding at the end to O ' Brien's involvement in the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.

Seven weeks after his attack, Grammer told Entertainment Tonight that, although at the time his spokesman described the attack as mild, it was in fact more severe, almost leading to his death, as his heart had stopped.

Also in 1948, Wynonie Harris ' remake of Roy Brown's 1947 recording " Good Rockin ' Tonight " hit the charts in the # 2 spot, following band leader Sonny Thompson's " Long Gone " at # 1.

One is that his early 1970s interview on the TVB show Enjoy Yourself Tonight cleared the busy streets of Hong Kong as everyone was watching the interview at home.

* Tonight at Noon ( 2010 )

Several songs, including " There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight " and one by his first wife Jean Acker, entitled " We will meet at the end of the trail ", became best sellers.

In 1991 Collins also appeared in Noël Coward's Tonight at 8: 30 and played eight different women in a series of one act plays written by Coward, including an elderly Victorian spinster.

The film is based on Noël Coward's one-act play Still Life ( 1936 ), one of ten short plays in the cycle Tonight at 8: 30, designed for Gertrude Lawrence and Coward himself to be performed in various combinations as triple bills.

* Love Me Tonight at Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy: A Tribute

Many claim that the first wave originated in Seattle at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium on October 31, 1981, at the prompting of Dave Hunter ( Husky band trumpet player ) and Robb Weller ( later Entertainment Tonight co-host, and then a television producer ).

Starting in September 1991, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was pushed back from 11: 30 p. m. to 11: 35 p. m., with Letterman starting at 12: 35 a. m., at the request of NBC affiliates who wanted more advertising time for their profitable late newscasts.

On April 25, 1993, Lorne Michaels chose Conan O ' Brien, who was a writer for The Simpsons at the time and a former writer for Michaels at Saturday Night Live, to fill Letterman's old seat directly after The Tonight Show.

Paul Shaffer's " World's Most Dangerous Band " became " The CBS Orchestra ", a not-so-subtle jab at NBC regarding the show's new home, and a play on the NBC Orchestra of the long running The Tonight Show.

After a dip to second place, Rather regained the top spot in 1985 until 1989 when he ceded the ratings peak to rival Peter Jennings at ABC's World News Tonight.

( a lesser-known set of reference books whose phonetically funny name helped both Laugh-In and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson to poke fun at NBC censors )

Phil Collins played " Against All Odds " and " In the Air Tonight " at both Wembley and JFK, but only the London performance of the former and the Philadelphia performance of the latter were included on the DVD.

Shortly thereafter, Arledge reformatted the network's evening newscast with many of the splashy graphics he had developed at Wide World of Sports, and created World News Tonight.

Another early addition to the show was Chris Berman, who joined ESPN a month after its debut and became a fixture at SportsCenter until the early 1990s, when his main efforts became focused on the network's NFL coverage and Baseball Tonight ; however, Berman remains a frequent contributor to the Sunday night 11 p. m. edition.

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He guest-starred in episode 8 of the 1996 variety show Muppets Tonight.

On December 8, 2006, Douglas appeared on Entertainment Tonight, where the entire staff wished him a happy 90th birthday the night before.

On September 8, 2010, McLachlan performed and sang " Forgiveness " from her 2010 album Laws of Illusion on a semi-final show of America's Got Talent ; she did so again on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, two days later.

These included six Top Ten R & B hits, four of which crossed over to the pop Top Forty: " Cry to Me " (# 5 R & B ), " Just Out of Reach ( Of My Two Open Arms )" (# 7 R & B, # 24 pop ), " Got to Get You Off of My Mind " (# 1 R & B, # 22 pop ), " You ’ re Good for Me " (# 8 R & B ), " Tonight ’ s the Night " (# 2 R & B, # 28 pop ) and " If You Need Me " (# 2 R & B, # 37 pop ).

On June 8, 2012, Kool & the Gang performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In 1944 – 45, the 30-minute Tonight at Hoagy's aired on Mutual Sunday nights at 8: 30 pm ( Pacific time ), sponsored by Safeway supermarkets.

The album's first single, " Tonight It's You ", reached No. 8 on the Billboard's Top Rock Tracks chart and the video received heavy rotation on MTV.

ET beginning on January 8, 2013, putting the show in direct competition with The Tonight Show, the Late Show with David Letterman, The Colbert Report and Conan.

To promote the new single, the Goo Goo Dolls performed " Before It's Too Late " at both The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on June 8, 2007, and again at The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on June 22, 2007.

On March 8, 2008, Trapt released " Who's Going Home With You Tonight?

" The final telecast of the first incarnation 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.

In September 2010, The Tonight Show posted its lowest numbers on record, with Leno averaging 3. 8 million viewers.

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On January 8, 2010, OK Go appeared on The Tonight Show with Conan O ' Brien and performed a song from the album, " This Too Shall Pass ".

He returned to the works of Noël Coward in the BBC version of Tonight at 8: 30 appearing as Jasper in the Family Album playlet.

He had a number of Billboard Top 30 hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including " Daddy's Home " (# 9 ), " That's How Love Goes ", " Let's Be Young Tonight ", " Bass Odyssey ", " Feel the Fire ", " Let Me Tickle Your Fancy " ( featuring Devo on backing vocals ) (# 18 ), " Let's Get Serious " (# 9, also one of his only two UK hits, peaking at # 8 ), " Dynamite " (# 15 ), " Do What You Do " (# 13 ), and " I Think It's Love " (# 16 ).

This results from the recent addition of The Insider at 7: 30 ( replacing Frasier reruns ) and Entertainment Tonight Canada at 8: 00, both following the original ET at 7: 00.

He had been timed to be able to solve it within 25 seconds ; Fischer demonstrated this on November 8, 1972 on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Tonight at 8. 30 is a cycle of ten one-act plays by Noël Coward.

The pregame show held before the game featured country music singer Hank Williams, Jr., who performed his theme song for Monday Night Football, which was based on his single " All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight ".

Hanks is one of several celebrities who frequently participates in planned comedy bits on Conan O ' Brien's talk shows, including Late Night, The Tonight Show, and Conan while a guest.

During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Dickinson stated that her agent Monique Pilar of Elite Model Management asked her, " Janice, who do you think you are, Superman?

The hardworking Rodgers later regretted these relatively fallow years, but he and Hart did write a number of classic songs and film scores while out west, including Love Me Tonight ( 1932 ) ( directed by Rouben Mamoulian, who would later direct Rodgers ' Oklahoma!

In addition, many of the frequent panelists on the early episodes were not regulars later in the series, including Klugman, Arlene Francis, Bert Convy and Steve Allen, who was host of The Tonight Show when Rayburn served as announcer.

* Rufus Hussey-The Beanshooter Man who appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Some of the Italian groups who had national chart hits included Dion and the Belmonts in 1958 with " I Wonder Why ", The Capris with " There's A Moon Out Tonight " in 1960, The Demensions, The Elegants, The Mystics, The Duprees, Vito & the Salutations, The Gaylords, Johnny Maestro, and The Del-Satins.

David " Stringbean " Akeman, country music star who was born and raised in AnnvilleFreddie LangdonRandy Hays ( guitar player in the Keith Whitley Band ) Woody Brooks ( has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ) Andrew N. Johnson, Prohibition Party's 1944 nominee for vice president of the United States

Letterman, who had hoped to get the hosting job of The Tonight Show following Johnny Carson's retirement, moved to CBS in 1993, when the job was given to Jay Leno.

On June 1, 2009, Conan O ' Brien ( who had succeeded Letterman as host of Late Night in 1993 ) took over as host of The Tonight Show — an event Letterman referenced in his own show's Top Ten List on that night — and Letterman's " feud " with Leno temporarily ceased.

Lassally, who had served as an executive producer for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, was invited back to Late Show in January 2005 as a guest to discuss the recent death of Carson.

By 1992, however, the Evening News had fallen to third place, where it remained until Bob Schieffer, who acted as the interim anchor between Rather and Katie Couric, saw the Evening News rise to # 2 ahead of ABC World News Tonight in the wake of the death of Peter Jennings but remaining behind NBC Nightly News.

Tiny Tim was later married on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson to Victoria Budinger, who was known as Miss Vicki.

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 ").

* Wendi Nix, ESPN analyst who appears on ESPN's Baseball Tonight show

* Marjorie Johnson-A popular " Blue Ribbon Baker " who has won over 2, 500 fair ribbons and appeared on multiple talk shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

On the strength of his record sales, he made numerous national TV appearances, including on Arthur Godfrey radio show, The Merv Griffin Show, The Mike Douglas Show ( which he co-hosted for a week ), The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, and The Kraft Music Hall ; he also performed in Las Vegas and did concerts around the U. S. Bryant, who still lives in Pickens, continues to write and record music.

In 1959 he starred in Tonight With Belafonte, a nationally televised special that featured Odetta, who sang " Water Boy " and who performed a duet with Belafonte of '" There's a Hole in My Bucket " that hit the national charts in 1961.

It was during this time that Noel wrote " Talk Tonight " as a " thank you " for the girl he stayed with, who " talked him from off the ledge ".

Johnson composed many hit tunes including the theme song of the Roaring Twenties, " Charleston " and " If I Could be With You One Hour Tonight " and remained the acknowledged king of New York jazz pianists until he was dethroned c. 1933 by the recently arrived Art Tatum, who is widely acknowledged by jazz critics as the most technically proficient jazz pianist of all time.