Posted on 08/12/2015 8:27:19 PM PDT by Smittie
Just when it seemed the late-night landscape couldn’t get more competitive, here comes Johnny Carson.
Tribune Media’s Antenna TV, the multicast digital channel devoted to vintage television shows, will run full-length episodes of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” nightly at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT starting Jan. 1.
Antenna TV has struck a multi-year deal with Carson Entertainment Group to license hundreds of hours of the NBC late-night institution. Antenna will run episodes that aired from 1972 through the end of Carson’s 30-year reign in in 1992. Because NBC owns the rights to “The Tonight Show” moniker, Antenna TV’s episodes will be billed simply as “Johnny Carson.”
“This is not a clip show. This is full episodes of Johnny Carson, the man that everyone in late-night agrees was the greatest host of all time, airing in real time as he did back in the day,” Sean Compton, Tribune’s president of strategic programming and acquisitions, told Variety. “Tuning in to ‘The Tonight Show’ is like taking a walk down Main Street in Disneyland. The minute you step in there, you feel good and you know it’s a place you want to stay. We cannot wait to bring this show to fans who remember Carson and to a new generation of viewers who have never had the chance to see Johnny in his prime.”
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Good grief - can’t think of the announcer’s/2nd banana’s name - -
Ed something - - - not Ames, he sings - - just dang -
“Heeeeerrrrrre’sss JOHNny!”
McMahon
Hot cross buns.
What do you get when you sit on a hot cross?
Abba Eban.
What is the sound made when Dolly Parton takes off her bra.
Dippity Do.
What do you get all over you when you dippity in a cow pasture.
Seconds before I saw your answer, his name popped into my head.
Annoying when the brain/memory is sluggish - -
Thanks for your response!
do we have this channel? Cable? Roku?
It was the funniest stand up routine I have ever seen. I almost died laughing that night.
I have been unable to find it anywhere.
Comcast - Digital 288
I love the Red Legs but they failed to sweep my Bosox in 1975. The Sox took 'em to 7 games...in what was arguably the best World Series ever.
This is broadcast her in the Los Angeles area so all I need is my over the air tv antenna. http://antennatv.tv
Not in my area sadly
Will it be on AT&T Uverse??!
Jay Leno was okay...Letterman was good for a season, but went south after CBS.
The rest of these kids are just posers. Not talkers.
Carson was the best. Gold standard.
I also like that he walked away from the job and tried (not always successfully) to keep his private life private. He wasn't always mugging for the camera.
Antenna TV is usually on one of the local channel’s secondary channel.
Some cable providers carry them, others don’t, but you can buy an antenna and pick it up.
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