Steve Allen talks "The Tonight Show"- EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG

A long-running late night program, The Tonight Show was the first, and for decades the most-watched, network talk program on television. Since 1954 NBC has aired a number of versions of the show which has, as of the mid-1990s, seen four principle hosts: Steve Allen (1954-57), Jack Paar (1957-62), Johnny Carson (1962-92), Jay Leno (1992-2009) and Conan O'Brien (2009-?).
In this his interview for the Archive of American Television, Steve Allen explains the genesis of the Tonight SHow, for which he was the original host, on NBC.
for the entire interview with Allen, visit http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/steve-allen
The two-part interview was conducted by Henry Colman on November 25 and December 15, 1997.

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