The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Season 1972
23 listed hours · 1962–1992 · NBC
From the desk
How this season is filed
Johnny Carson owned NBC's 11:30 for nearly thirty years: monologue, desk, couch, and a golf swing as host craft. Ed McMahon and Doc Severinsen made the furniture feel like a national after-party. Watch it to see why every later late-night host still inherits or rebels against Burbank — the template for who gets the couch.
TV Flash files Season 1972 of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) on NBC as a mid listed season (1972; 11 of 31) — 23 listed hours, 1972-01-03–1972-12-15 from “Jan 3, 1972” (S1972E01) to “Dec 15, 1972” (S1972E250). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
- S1972E01 Jan 3, 1972
- S1972E13 Jan 19, 1972
- S1972E31 Sammy Davis Jr./Bette Davis
- S1972E40 Feb 25, 1972
- S1972E41 Feb 28, 1972
- S1972E44 Mar 10, 1972
- S1972E51 Mar 21, 1972
- S1972E60 Mar 24, 1972
- S1972E61 Mar 27, 1972
- S1972E67 Apr 4, 1972
- S1972E79 Apr 20, 1972
- S1972E90 May 5, 1972
- S1972E98 May 17, 1972
- S1972E132 Jul 4, 1972
- S1972E150 Jul 28, 1972
- S1972E170 Aug 25, 1972
- S1972E185 Sep 15, 1972
- S1972E202 Oct 18, 1972
- S1972E214 Oct 26, 1972
- S1972E215 Oct 27, 1972
- S1972E237 Nov 28, 1972
- S1972E239 Nov 30, 1972
- S1972E250 Dec 15, 1972
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