| Pre-Carson host of "The Tonight Show" |
LA Times Daily |
05 Oct 2025 |
| Jack of old talk TV |
Premier Sunday |
21 Sep 2025 |
| Jack of early talk TV |
Premier Sunday |
03 Aug 2025 |
| Five before Fallon |
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| "The Tonight Show" host for five years |
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| Early "Tonight Show" host Jack |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Jack who was the second host of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Early latenight host |
LA Times Daily |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Jack who hosted "The Morning Show" and "The Tonight Show" |
New York Times |
04 Dec 2024 |
| Jack of "The Tonight Show" |
Commuter |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Eddie ___, former BBC broadcaster who hosted Radio 4's PM (4) |
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| Pioneering latenight |
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LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Former host Jack |
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TV |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Former "Tonight Show" host Jack |
Universal |
02 Dec 2023 |
| Jack of early talk TV |
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| Jack of early talk TV |
LA Times Daily |
26 Nov 2023 |
| Jack ___, former host of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Jack ___, comedian who hosted "The Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962 |
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| Early TV host Jack |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Jack of old TV |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2022 |
| Predecessor of Carson |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Jack of 1950s TV |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2022 |
| Late-night TV pioneer Jack |
The Washington Post |
09 May 2022 |
| Late-night TV pioneer Jack |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2022 |
| Jack ___, former host of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Host before Carson |
The Washington Post |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Host before Carson |
LA Times Daily |
02 Mar 2022 |
| Carson's TV predecessor Jack |
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| Late-night TV pioneer |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Late-night TV pioneer |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2021 |
| Host before Carson |
The Washington Post |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Host before Carson |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Jack who pioneered late-night talk |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2021 |
| Early “Tonight Show” host Jack |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Carson forerunner |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Carson forerunner |
The Washington Post |
13 Jan 2021 |
| Jack who once hosted 'The Tonight Show' |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Jack of early talk TV |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Dec 2020 |
| Talk show legend Jack |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Jack who preceded Carson on late-night TV |
LA Times Daily |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Jack who preceded Carson on late-night TV |
The Washington Post |
26 Oct 2020 |
| Carson's predecessor |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Early TV host Jack |
Jonesin |
09 Jun 2020 |
| Jack with jokes |
The Washington Post Sunday |
29 Dec 2019 |
| Forerunner of Carson and Fallon |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2019 |
| Former TV host Jack ___ of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Jack, who replaced Allen on "The Tonight Show" |
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| Carson's predecessor |
The Washington Post Sunday |
18 Aug 2019 |
| Talk show pioneer Jack |
The Washington Post Sunday |
28 Jul 2019 |
| Early late-night host Jack ___ |
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| One of Fallon's forerunners |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Jul 2019 |
| Former 'Tonight Show' host Jack |
Jonesin |
02 Jul 2019 |
| Early talk show host Jack |
New York Times |
13 May 2019 |
| Former TV host whose name is a homophone of a golf score |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 May 2019 |
| Carson predecessor |
The Washington Post |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Carson predecessor |
LA Times Daily |
17 Apr 2019 |
| Old host Jack ___ of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Jack ___, host of the old "Tonight Show" |
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| 1950s-'60s TV emcee Jack |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Jack ___, old host of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Late-night great Jack |
Universal |
10 Feb 2019 |
| 'Tonight Show' host from 1957 to 1962 |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jan 2019 |
| Late night pioneer Jack |
Universal |
15 Jan 2019 |
| 1950s-'60s TV emcee Jack |
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| "Tonight Show" host from 1957 to 1962 |
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| Carson predecessor |
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| Late night pioneer Jack |
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| One of Fallon's forerunners |
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| Late-night great Jack |
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| Early talk show host Jack |
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| Jack up late at night, years ago |
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| Jack ___, American talk show host and author |
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| Early late-night TV host |
LA Times Daily |
05 Dec 2018 |
| Early late-night TV host |
The Washington Post |
05 Dec 2018 |
| Jack of early talk TV |
Premier Sunday |
21 Oct 2018 |
| Carson's predecessor on 'The Tonight Show' |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2018 |
| He finished hosting 'The Tonight Show' 12 years before Fallon was born |
The Washington Post |
13 Jul 2018 |
| He finished hosting "The Tonight Show" 12 years before Fallon was born |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jul 2018 |
| Old host Jack ___ of "The Tonight Show" |
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| Host of radio's 'The $64 Question' |
Wall Street Journal |
23 May 2018 |
| Former NBC host |
The Washington Post Sunday |
13 May 2018 |
| "Tonight Starring Jack ___ " (talk show) |
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| Jack of old talk TV |
Premier Sunday |
18 Mar 2018 |
| Forerunner of Carson and Leno |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Late-night host before Carson |
USA Today |
03 Jan 2018 |
| Carson's predecessor on "The Tonight Show" |
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| Host of radio's "The $64 Question" |
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| Late-night host before Carson |
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| Early late-night TV host |
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| He finished hosting "The Tonight Show" 12 years before Fallon was born |
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| Jack ___, American comedian who hosted "The Tonight Show" after Steve Allen |
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| Allen's replacement on 'The Tonight Show' |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Talk show pioneer Jack |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Oct 2017 |
| 1950s-'60s "The Tonight Show" host Jack |
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| One of Fallon's predecessors |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Sep 2017 |
| Jack ___, of late night TV |
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| Early late-night host |
The Washington Post |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Early late-night host |
LA Times Daily |
07 Sep 2017 |
| Taking the place (of) |
New York Times |
31 Aug 2017 |
| Jack of the old 'Tonight Show' |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2017 |
| Jack who wrote 'I Kid You Not' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
03 Feb 2017 |
| Early late-night host |
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| Allen's replacement on "The Tonight Show" |
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| Jack up at night, once |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Dec 2016 |
| Early TV host Jack |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2016 |
| Carson's predecessor on 'The Tonight Show' |
The Washington Post |
15 Oct 2016 |
| Former host of 'The Tonight Show' |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Carson's TV predecessor |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2016 |
| Jack of old talk TV |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2016 |
| Late-night TV pioneer |
USA Today |
09 Jun 2016 |
| Host after Allen |
LA Times Daily |
20 May 2016 |
| Jack of early talk TV |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2016 |
| Early name in late TV |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2016 |
| He preceded Carson as host of 'The Tonight Show' |
The Washington Post |
22 Jan 2016 |
| Late-night host before Carson |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2016 |
| Pioneering late-night host |
The Washington Post |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Late-night host before Carson |
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| Late-night TV pioneer |
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| Jack of old talk TV |
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| Carson's TV predecessor |
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| Carson forerunner |
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| Host after Allen |
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| Jack in the box, once? |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Jack of early late-night TV |
Premier Sunday |
15 Nov 2015 |
| Jack of early TV |
Premier Sunday |
25 Oct 2015 |
| Host noted for a 1960 on-air resignation |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2015 |
| Allen contemporary |
LA Times Daily |
07 Aug 2015 |
| Talk pioneer |
LA Times Daily |
21 Jun 2015 |
| Allen's successor |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2015 |
| TV pioneer Jack |
Premier Sunday |
10 May 2015 |
| Carson's predecessor |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2015 |
| One of Fallon's forerunners |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Mar 2015 |
| Allen's successor on late-night TV |
New York Times |
11 Jan 2015 |
| Allen's successor |
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| Host noted for a 1960 on-air resignation |
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| Talk pioneer |
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| TV host with the catchphrase "I kid you not" |
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| Former "Tonight Show" host Jack |
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| One of Leno's forerunners |
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| "I kid you not" speaker |
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| Carson's predecessor |
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| Jack who pioneered late-night talk |
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| Talk show host who wrote "My Saber Is Bent" |
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| Jack who preceded Carson |
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| Second before Leno |
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| Late-show host Jack |
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| Allen successor |
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| TV talk pioneer |
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| Talk pioneer |
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| Talk show host who wrote "My Saber Is Bent" |
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| "My Saber Is Bent" author Jack |
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| Pioneer of late-night talk shows |
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| Subject of the PBS documentary "Smart Television" |
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| Carson's predecessor |
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| "I Kid You Not" author |
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| He kidded you not |
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| Carson's late-night predecessor |
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| One-time host of "The Tonight Show" |
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