The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Season 1981
39 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 1981 of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992) on NBC as a mid listed season (1981; 20 of 31) — 39 listed hours, 1981-01-01–1981-12-04 from “Jan. 1, 1981” (S1981E01) to “Dec 4, 1981” (S1981E242). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
- S1981E01 Jan. 1, 1981
- S1981E02 Jan 2, 1981
- S1981E03 Jan 6, 1981
- S1981E04 Jan 7, 1981
- S1981E05 Jan 8, 1981
- S1981E06 Jan 9, 1981
- S1981E07 Jan 13, 1981
- S1981E08 Jan 14, 1981
- S1981E09 Jan 15, 1981
- S1981E10 Jan. 16, 1981
- S1981E11 Jan. 26, 1981
- S1981E12 Jan. 27, 1981
- S1981E13 Jan. 28, 1981
- S1981E14 Jan. 29, 1981
- S1981E15 Jan. 30, 1981
- S1981E16 Feb. 2, 1981
- S1981E17 Feb. 3, 1981
- S1981E18 Feb. 4, 1981
- S1981E19 Feb. 5, 1981
- S1981E20 Feb. 6, 1981
- S1981E21 Feb. 10, 1981
- S1981E22 Feb 11, 1981
- S1981E23 Feb. 12, 1981
- S1981E24 Feb. 13, 1981
- S1981E25 Feb. 17, 1981
- S1981E32 Feb 26, 1981
- S1981E82 Jun 25, 1981
- S1981E85 June 30, 1981
- S1981E132 Jul 3, 1981
- S1981E164 Aug 18, 1981
- S1981E168 Aug 21, 1981
- S1981E185 Sep 16, 1981
- S1981E195 Sep 30, 1981
- S1981E196 Oct 1, 1981
- S1981E205 Oct 14, 1981
- S1981E219 Nov 3, 1981
- S1981E236 Nov. 26, 1981
- S1981E241 Dec 3, 1981
- S1981E242 Dec 4, 1981
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