The Best Late Night Talk Shows of All Time
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.
- October 1, 1962
Actors: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Skitch Henderson
- September 13, 1993
Actors: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Joel Godard
- January 3, 2005
Actors: Craig Ferguson, Shadoe Stevens, Josh Robert Thompson
- February 2, 1982
Actors: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Jerry Seinfeld
- August 30, 1993
Actors: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter
- November 8, 2010
Actors: Conan O'Brien, Ginnifer Goodwin, Andy Richter
- June 1, 2009
Actors: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Jerry Vivino
- October 17, 2005
Actors: Stephen Colbert, Jay Katsir, Jon Stewart
- March 4, 1968
Actors: Leigh French
- February 22, 2007
Actors: Graham Norton
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
September 8, 2015Actors: Stephen Colbert, Jonathan Batiste, Stay Human
- April 27, 2014
Actors: John Oliver, David Kaye, Noel MacNeal
Actors: Jon Stewart, Howard Feller
- January 27, 2003
Actors: Jimmy Kimmel, Cleto Escobedo III, Dicky Barrett
- January 3, 1989
Actors: Bill Murray, Arsenio Hall, Burton Richardson, Michael Wolff
- September 28, 2015
Actors: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Hasan Minhaj, John Oliver, Stephen Colbert
- January 9, 1995
Actors: Tom Snyder, Kate Mulgrew, David Letterman
- May 25, 1992
Actors: Jay Leno, Kevin Eubanks, Edd Hall
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The Dennis Miller Show
1992NBC- February 24, 2014
Actors: Seth Meyers
- February 17, 2014
Actors: Jimmy Fallon
- April 12, 1999
Actors: Craig Kilborn, Kip Madsen, Jay Phillips
- May 20, 2012
Actors: Hannibal Buress, Tom Kane, Gary Anthony Williams, Eric André, Jermaine Fowler
- 2004
Actors: Dennis Miller
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