Carson Entertainment

Carson Entertainment Group (formerly Carson Productions) is a television production company established by Johnny Carson in 1980 to primarily produce The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1980 to 1992 and Late Night with David Letterman from 1982 to 1993.

In addition, Carson Productions also produced many specials with Carson among other TV shows, including Teachers Only from 1982-1983, Partners in Crime from 1984 to 1985, Amen from 1986 to 1991 and TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes (co-produced with Dick Clark Productions) from 1984 to 1993.

It also produced the films The Big Chill (1983) and Desert Bloom (1986).

In the years since Carson's retirement from television and following his death, the company's primary function has been to maintain Carson's legacy and license clips (including the sale of DVDs to consumers) of his time hosting The Tonight Show. At the start of 2016, entire episodes were licensed by Carson Entertainment to the Antenna TV network for nightly airing. Johnny Carson's nephew, Jeff Sotzing, currently manages Carson Entertainment Group content.

External links

Carson Productions at the Internet Movie Database
Official site

The Tonight Show

Tenures Allen's Paar's Carson's Leno's first O'Brien's Leno's second Fallon's

Hosts	Steve Allen (1954–57) Jack Paar (1957–1962) Johnny Carson (1962–1992) Jay Leno (1992–2009) Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) Jay Leno (2010–14) Jimmy Fallon (2014–present)

Announcers/sidekicks	Gene Rayburn Franklin Pangborn Hugh Downs Ed McMahon Edd Hall John Melendez Andy Richter Wally Wingert Steve Higgins

The Tonight Show Band	Leno era I (Marsalis/Eubanks) O'Brien era (Weinberg) Leno era II (Minor) Fallon era (Questlove)

Bandleaders	Skitch Henderson José Melis Milton DeLugg Doc Severinsen Branford Marsalis Kevin Eubanks Max Weinberg Rickey Minor Questlove

Episodes	Carson's tenure Leno's first tenure O'Brien's tenure Leno's second tenure Fallon's tenure

Taping locations	Hudson Theatre NBC Studios New York NBC Studios Burbank Universal Studios Hollywood

Prime-time spin-offs	The Steve Allen Show The Jack Paar Program The Jay Leno Show

Recurring sketches	Miss Miller Carnac the Magnificent Floyd R. Turbo Headlines Leno era sketches O'Brien era sketches Fallon era sketches

Production companies	Carson Productions Big Dog Productions Conaco Broadway Video

Related articles	1992 host conflict 2010 host and timeslot conflict Carson's Comedy Classics Late Night Sylvester L. Weaver, Jr. The Late Shift film The War for Late Night Johnny Carson: King of Late Night "Ew!" "Johnny's Theme" Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon Lip Sync Battle

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