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The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has been broadcast on NBC since 1954. The program has been hosted by six comedians: Steve Allen (1954–1957), Jack Paar (1957–1962), Johnny Carson (1962–1992), Jay Leno (1992–2009 and 2010–2014), Conan O'Brien (2009–2010), and Jimmy Fallon (2014–present).
The debut episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon averaged a 3.8 rating in adults 18–49, the most coveted demographic, and 11.31 million viewers overall according to Nielsen; [109] the program's first week averaged 8.49 million viewers, making it the franchise's most-watched week in 20 years. [110]
NBC and The Tonight Show were first in late-night viewership for most of the 1990s and 2000s. [3]On May 25, 1991, Johnny Carson, host of NBC's The Tonight Show for nearly thirty years, announced his retirement and exited the program a year later. [4]
[6] [7] Additionally, although not counted separately, the Super Bowl XXVII halftime show in 1993 was considered at the most watched television broadcast of all time with 133.4 million viewers; [8] this figure would later be surpassed in 2025 by the end of the second quarter and subsequent halftime show of Super Bowl LIX, with 135.7 and 133.5 ...
By the week ending August 7, repeats of The Late Show were also beating O'Brien, albeit with the thinnest of margins—the repeats got a 2.1/6 household rating and 2.95 million total viewers, vs. The Tonight Show's 2.0/5 rating and 2.94 million viewers; both were beaten that week by Nightline's 3.25 million. [32]
As the show celebrates 50 years in 2025, ... The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and 30 Rock. Michael Tullberg - Getty Images ... As the longest-running SNL cast member, viewers have been ...
Thirty years ago, on May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson sat in front of that colorful Tonight Show curtain and bid farewell to a show — and an entire late-night industry — that he made ...
By mid-2010, The Tonight Show was receiving its lowest ratings since 1992, an average of 4 million total viewers, though he remained ahead of Letterman, who experienced a coinciding decline in ratings. [61] In September 2010, The Tonight Show posted its lowest numbers on record, [62] with Leno averaging 3.8 million viewers. This was a 12% ...