“You had to build a house on a legacy show. I mean, I did The Tonight Show for the first time in 1982. That’s so crazy. With Johnny Carson,” Barrymore said, adding that she was only seven ...

Letterman began his late night TV career at NBC, where he hosted the groundbreaking “Late Night With David Letterman” from ...

Tonight Show audiences were treated to a familiar face in late-night television—Paul Shaffer. The longtime Late Show with David Letterman musical director, who led Letterman's band from 1982 to ...

The Tonight Show debuted in 1954 as Tonight and was hosted by Steve Allen until 1957. Jack Parr took over until 1962, followed by Johnny Carson until his retirement in 1992.

where he hosted the groundbreaking “Late Night With David Letterman” from 1982 to 1993. The show followed Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show.” When Carson announced in 1991 that he would ...