Browse all episodes of Tonight Starring Steve Allen

September 27, 1954

October 1, 1954

October 4, 1954

September 3, 1956

September 4, 1956

September 5, 1956

September 6, 1956

September 7, 1956

October 1, 1956

October 11, 1956

Guest host Ernie Kovacs; calypso musician Lord Burgess; comedic actor Joe E. Brown.

October 29, 1956

December 5, 1956

January 25, 1957

Jack Lescoulie introduces the new version of the Tonight Show, a magazine style format similar to the Today Show.  Earl Wilson interviews George Gobel & Joan Crawford. Hy Gardner interviews Edward G. Robinson and Dean Martin; Paul Coates visits an illegal poker house in L.A.; Vernon Scott interviews Jayne Mansfield; Irv Kupcinet visits an atomic lab in Illinois; Bob Considine interviews Dr. William Memminger in Topeka, Kansas.

January 28, 1957

September 10, 1956

September 11, 1956

Jazz pianist Barbara Carroll; a Mexican boys' choir.

September 12, 1956

Jazz saxophonist Bobby Dukoff; actor Chester Morris.

September 13, 1956

September 14, 1956

September 17, 1956

Guest host Tony Randall; comic Louis Nye; jazz trumpeter Red Allen & band perform.

September 18, 1956

September 19, 1956

Impressionist Jimmy Caesar; magician Kudabux.

September 20, 1956

September 21, 1956

February 18, 1957

July 26, 1957

June 24, 1957

Tonight Starring Steve Allen is a talk show hosted by Steve Allen. It was the first version of what eventually became known as The Tonight Show. Tonight was the first late-night talk show, as well as the first late night television series of any time to achieve long-term success. Allen's run as host of the show lasted for two and a half seasons, beginning in fall 1954 and ending with Allen's dismissal in January 1957.

During its run it originated from the Hudson Theatre in New York City.

All Episodes of Tonight Starring Steve Allen

Browse all episodes of Tonight Starring Steve Allen

Season 1

September 27, 1954

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1954

October 1, 1954

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1954

October 4, 1954

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1954