January 23, 1971-May 8, 1971. Hour-long variety show hosted by Pearl Bailey.  

Dupe Of Number 4176.                         

September 11, 1972-May 7, 1973. Hour-long variety show hosted by comedian Bill Cosby and featuring Lola Falana, Foster Brooks, Oscar deGruy, and Susan Tolsky.                          

October 1, 1962-May 22, 1992. Johnny Carson, host of NBC's network late-night "Tonight Show" reigned for 30 unprecedented years...five times the combined tenure of Steve Allen, and Jack Paar. Carson was impervious to competition, including efforts to dethrone him by Les Crane, Joey Bishop, Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett, Jack Paar, Pat Sajak, Joan Rivers, and Arsenio Hall. Sadly, very few complete "Tonight Show" broadcasts survive during Johnny Carson's first ten years of broadcasting. Around 1965, through the early 1970's, oldest tapes were first erased systematically by orders from myopic NBC executives, to be recycled for purposes of saving money. Ironically, in many cases, these older master tapes were too brittle, and portended probable drop-outs for re-use after being erased. Subsequently blank after being erased, these older questionable master 2" Quad tapes were either sparingly used or never used again for recording new programming and eventually were discarded. Saving thousands of dollars at the time (wiping master tapes for potential re-use) resulted in losing millions of dollars by NBC in today's marketplace, and more importantly wiping thousands of historic TONIGHT SHOW broadcasts, which contain precious personal anecdotes from political, show business, and sports icons of the past.
  
  

Guests: Fernando Lamas, Ike and Tina Turner, Monti Rock 111, Cloris Leachman.

NOTE: This specific TONIGHT SHOW may only contain an opening monologue by Johnny Carson. 
Other content, as listed, will have to be monitored and confirmed upon your order request. 
                                                                                    

February 2, 1973-May 1, 1981. Network television's first regularly scheduled attempt at late-late night programming.
450 broadcasts in the nine year series run.

Ike & Tina Turner are hosts. Guests include Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, the Electric Light Orchestra, Jose Feliciano, Mandrill, Todd Rundgren, and David Essex.  

 --Ike and Tina Turner (hosts) - "City Girl Country Boy," "With a Little Help from My Friends," "Proud Mary" & "I Smell Trouble" --Electric Light Orchestra - "Showdown" & "Bluebird Is Dead" --David Essex - "Rock On" & "Streetfight" --Jose Feliciano - "I Like What You Give" & "Blame It On the Sun" --Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids - "Dancin' on a Saturday Night" & "Muleskinner Blues" --Mandrill - "Git It All" --Todd Rundgren - "Couldn't I Just Tell You?" & "The Dream Goes On Forever"