The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Season 1978
27 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 1978 of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) on NBC as a mid listed season (1978; 17 of 31) — 27 listed hours, 1978-01-02–1978-12-26 from “Jan. 2, 1978” (S1978E01) to “Dec 26, 1978” (S1978E257). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
- S1978E01 Jan. 2, 1978
- S1978E10 Jan 13, 1978
- S1978E15 Jan 20, 1978
- S1978E29 Feb 9, 1978
- S1978E35 Feb 17, 1978
- S1978E46 Mar 6, 1978
- S1978E69 Apr. 6, 1978
- S1978E79 Apr 20, 1978
- S1978E86 May 1, 1978
- S1978E95 May 12, 1978
- S1978E96 May 15, 1978
- S1978E105 May 26, 1978
- S1978E112 Jun 6, 1978
- S1978E133 Jul 5, 1978
- S1978E141 Jul 17, 1978
- S1978E188 Sep 20, 1978
- S1978E196 Oct 2, 1978
- S1978E206 Oct 16, 1978
- S1978E216 Oct 30, 1978
- S1978E219 Nov 2, 1978
- S1978E220 Nov 3, 1978
- S1978E226 Nov 13, 1978
- S1978E229 Nov. 16, 1978
- S1978E232 Nov 21, 1978
- S1978E237 Nov 27, 1978
- S1978E242 Dec 5, 1978
- S1978E257 Dec 26, 1978
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