List RulesVote up your favorite talk shows to ever hold a late-night spot.
What are the best late night talk shows you always stay up to watch? This list compiles the names of the greatest late night talk shows in the history of television. Everyone knows that each host is different for every franchise; take the Tonight Show franchise, for instance. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is a very different show from The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Additionally, we all know that each show by the same host is different too; The Jon Stewart Show on MTV is vastly different from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central (owned by MTV), not to mention The Daily Show with Trevor Noah or even with Craig Kilborn.
Screw soap operas -- "late night talk" is the most drama-filled genre in all of television. Read a book by Bill Carter to hear the secrets behind the greatest late night talk shows (and the worst) ever aired. Even with a rich history that dates back to Steve Allen, there is always breaking news on the late night talk show front. Conan births Pete Holmes, Fallon usurps Leno, and Seth Meyers usurps Fallon. But will Kimmel usurp Letterman? And if you love these shows, check out the current late-night lineup.
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291133Actors: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Joel Godard
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Actors: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Skitch Henderson
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207107Actors: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Jerry Seinfeld
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197102Actors: Craig Ferguson, Shadoe Stevens, Josh Robert Thompson
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17098Actors: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter
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169112Conan
2010Actors: Conan O'Brien, Ginnifer Goodwin, Andy Richter
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12174Actors: Graham Norton
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137104Actors: John Oliver, David Kaye, Noel MacNeal
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144114The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015Actors: Stephen Colbert, Jonathan Batiste, Stay Human
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151128Actors: Stephen Colbert, Jay Katsir, Jon Stewart
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12292Actors: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Jerry Vivino
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131139Actors: Jimmy Kimmel, Cleto Escobedo III, Dicky Barrett
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117123The Daily Show
1996Actors: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Hasan Minhaj, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert
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4223Actors: Leigh French
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75102Actors: Seth Meyers
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105152Actors: Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Steve Higgins
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81123Actors: James Corden, Reggie Watts
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5779Actors: Jon Stewart, Howard Feller
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64117Actors: Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Edd Hall
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5493Actors: Bill Maher, Arianna Huffington, Andrew Sullivan
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4172Actors: Bill Murray, Arsenio Hall, Burton Richardson, Michael Wolff
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3057Actors: Tom Snyder, Kate Mulgrew, David Letterman
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4591The Dennis Miller Show
1992NBC25
54114Actors: Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Steve Higgins