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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009, and resumed its second production on March 1, 2010, until its ending on February 6, 2014, after Conan O'Brien's short tenure. [1] This was the fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show series that began three days after Johnny Carson's tenure came to an end. This is a list of episodes for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that aired from May 25, 1992, to December 29, 1995. [2] [3]
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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1 | May 25, 1992 | Billy Crystal, Robert Krulwich | Shanice |
2 | May 26, 1992 | Tom Cruise, David Traylor, Kathy Najimy | Simply Red |
3 | May 27, 1992 | Emilio Estevez, Joe Pesci, Paula Poundstone | The Black Crowes |
4 | May 28, 1992 | Don Francisco, Sigourney Weaver | N/A |
5 | May 29, 1992 | Mel Gibson, Molly Ivins | Kathleen Battle |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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28 | July 1, 1992 | Geena Davis,Darren E. Burrows | N/A |
29 | July 2, 1992 | Stan Winston | Cowboy Junkies |
30 | July 3, 1992 | Melissa Etheridge,Larry Miller | N/A |
31 | July 6, 1992 | Cynthia Heimel,Grant Show | They Might Be Giants |
32 | July 7, 1992 | Joey Lawrence,John McLaughlin | Gipsy Kings |
33 | July 8, 1992 | Eddie Murphy,Paula Poundstone | En Vogue |
34 | July 9, 1992 | Kathleen Hall Jamieson,D. B. Sweeney | James Taylor |
35 | July 10, 1992 | Delfeayo Marsalis,Regina Taylor | N/A |
36 | July 13, 1992 | Ken Hakuta | Jodeci |
37 | July 14, 1992 | Richard Dean Anderson,Warren Hutcherson | Céline Dion |
38 | July 15, 1992 | Mary Chapin Carpenter | N/A |
39 | July 16, 1992 | Helen Hunt,Richard Jeni | Annie Lennox |
40 | July 22, 1992 | Irving R. Levine,Tommy Tune | Gang Starr |
41 | July 23, 1992 | Lily Tomlin,Rob Morrow | Oscar Castro-Neves,Toots Thielemans |
42 | July 24, 1992 | Anne-Marie Johnson,Howard Stern | Lyle Lovett |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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372 | October 1, 1993 | Valerie Bertinelli,Richard Gere | Meat Loaf |
373 | October 4, 1993 | Elle Macpherson,Pat Sajak | Midnight Oil |
374 | October 5, 1993 | Dennis Wolfberg | Barry Gibb |
375 | October 6, 1993 | Debbie Reynolds,Kelsey Grammer | Boyz II Men |
376 | October 7, 1993 | Hulk Hogan,Jeff Daniels | Shelby Lynne |
377 | October 8, 1993 | Jack Lemmon,Jim Varney | Bruce Hornsby |
378 | October 11, 1993 | Yan Birch,Andrew Shue | A.J. Croce,Paul Simon |
379 | October 12, 1993 | Reba McEntire,Patrick Stewart | N/A |
380 | October 13, 1993 | Danny Aiello,Rob Schneider | Robert Plant |
381 | October 14, 1993 | Emilio Estevez,Billy Dean,Susan Powter | N/A |
382 | October 15, 1993 | Reggie Jackson | Donna Summer |
383 | October 25, 1993 | Kathy Baker,Anthony Hopkins | Trisha Yearwood |
384 | October 26, 1993 | Bob Costas | Katey Sagal |
385 | October 27, 1993 | Sean Young,Blake Clark | Tim Finn |
386 | October 28, 1993 | Bruce Campbell,Paula Poundstone | Lea Salonga |
387 | October 29, 1993 | Chi McBride,Ann Richards | James |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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647 | December 1, 1994 | George Foreman | Natalie Cole |
648 | December 2, 1994 | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Neil Diamond |
649 | December 12, 1994 | Mara Wilson,Lily Tomlin | Seal |
650 | December 13, 1994 | Liam Neeson | Tom Jones |
651 | December 14, 1994 | Jennifer Aniston,Michael Keaton | Des'ree |
652 | December 15, 1994 | Julie Andrews,Louie Anderson | Bonnie Raitt |
653 | December 16, 1994 | Dennis Franz,Denny Garver,Edward Clinton | Julie Brown |
654 | December 19, 1994 | Paul Reiser | Garth Brooks |
655 | December 20, 1994 | A.J. Jamal,Melissa Etheridge | Juliette Lewis |
656 | December 21, 1994 | Al Gliniecki,Chi McBride,Susan Sarandon | N/A |
657 | December 22, 1994 | Eric Lloyd | Mel Tormé |
658 | December 23, 1994 | Frédérique Le Calvez,Jim Carrey | N/A |
659 | December 26, 1994 | Judge Reinhold | N/A |
660 | December 27, 1994 | Bill Maher,Lauren Bacall | Hootie &the Blowfish |
661 | December 28, 1994 | Courtney Thorne-Smith,Jeff Daniels | Brandy Norwood |
662 | December 29, 1994 | Jake Johannsen,Jean-Claude Van Damme,Noah Wyle | N/A |
663 | December 30, 1994 | Forest Whitaker,Terry Bradshaw | Al Green |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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3.253 | February 1, 1995 | George Seifert,Suzanne Somers | Dionne Farris |
3.254 | February 2, 1995 | John Pankow,Robert Factor,Whoopi Goldberg | Travis Tritt |
3.255 | February 3, 1995 | Alexandra Wentworth,Oprah Winfrey | Joni Mitchell |
3.256 | February 6, 1995 | Brett Butler,Lindsay Regala | Vince Gill |
3.257 | February 7, 1995 | Charlotte Leibel,Tom Arnold | N/A |
3.258 | February 8, 1995 | David Hyde Pierce,Jimmy Carter,Nito Larioza | N/A |
3.259 | February 9, 1995 | Cheryl Tiegs,Will Smith | Harry Connick,Jr. |
3.260 | February 10, 1995 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Don Rickles | Tom Jones |
3.261 | February 13, 1995 | Alexandra Wentworth,Barry Goldwater,Shelley Long | N/A |
3.262 | February 14, 1995 | Bucky and Vinnie,Phil Hartman | Take 6 |
3.263 | February 15, 1995 | Bob Costas,Daniela Peštová,Wayne Cotter | N/A |
3.264 | February 16, 1995 | Jeffrey Tambor,Sally Field | Mary J. Blige |
3.265 | February 17, 1995 | Bob Uecker,Mara Wilson | Joe Cocker |
3.266 | February 20, 1995 | Kelsey Grammer,Patsy Kensit | The Moody Blues |
3.267 | February 21, 1995 | David Hasselhoff,Margaret White | N/A |
3.268 | February 22, 1995 | Uma Thurman,Victoria Jackson | Laurie Anderson |
3.269 | February 23, 1995 | Magic Johnson | Willie Nelson |
3.270 | February 24, 1995 | Harry Hamlin,Mike Myers | Tori Amos |
3.271 | February 27, 1995 | Jennifer Tilly,Ted Danson | N/A |
3.272 | February 28, 1995 | Roseanne Barr | All-4-One |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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4.21 | October 2, 1995 | Harry Wu | Bette Midler | |
4.22 | October 3, 1995 | Joey Lawrence,The Wilsons | N/A | |
Lawyers | ||||
4.23 | October 4, 1995 | Frank Thomas,Marissa Patterson,Regis Philbin | N/A | |
4.24 | October 5, 1995 | Angie Everhart,Eriq La Salle | Randy Newman | |
4.25 | October 6, 1995 | David Caruso,Steve Guttenberg | Robert Cray | |
4.26 | October 9, 1995 | Mark Curry,Jamie Lee Curtis | Tim McGraw | |
4.27 | October 10, 1995 | Paula Poundstone,Robert Duvall | Chris Isaak | |
4.1028 | October 11, 1995 | Dana Carvey,Haley Joel Osment,Michael Pasternak | Tears for Fears | |
The Night OJ Was to Be Interviewed on NBC | ||||
4.28 | October 12, 1995 | John Travolta,Parker Posey | Jimmy Buffett | |
4.29 | October 13, 1995 | Conan O'Brien,Mark Schiff | Boy George | |
4.30 | October 23, 1995 | Rita Wilson,Patrick Swayze | Simply Red | |
4.31 | October 24, 1995 | Dean Cain,Dom Irrera,Joe Theismann | N/A | |
4.32 | October 25, 1995 | Lori Loughlin,Riddick Bowe,Rodney Dangerfield | N/A | |
4.33 | October 26, 1995 | Julianna Margulies | k.d. lang | |
4.34 | October 27, 1995 | Kadeem Hardison,Tiffani Thiessen | David Bowie | |
4.35 | October 30, 1995 | Debbie Allen,Roseanne Barr | N/A | |
4.37 | October 31, 1995 | Dennis Franz,Ivana Trump | N/A |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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4.56 | December 1, 1995 | Gene Siskel,Howard Stern,Janine Lindemulder,Nikki Tyler,Roger Ebert | N/A |
4.57 | December 4, 1995 | Andie MacDowell,Cal Ripken Jr. | Reba McEntire |
4.58 | December 5, 1995 | Emma Thompson,John Waters | Patti LaBelle |
4.59 | December 6, 1995 | Greg Kinnear,James Paul Roeske II,Rondell Sheridan | N/A |
4.60 | December 7, 1995 | Jon Cryer,Martin Short | k.d. lang,Lyle Lovett,Randy Newman |
4.61 | December 8, 1995 | Eric Esch,Teri Hatcher | Lenny Kravitz |
4.62 | December 11, 1995 | Kevin Bacon | John Hiatt |
4.63 | December 12, 1995 | Jennifer Beals,Sinbad | Jino Mitchell |
4.64 | December 13, 1995 | Don Rickles | Meat Loaf,Rot the Terrible Band |
4.65 | December 14, 1995 | Lea Thompson | Luther Vandross |
4.66 | December 15, 1995 | Mike Myers,Blake Clark | N/A |
4.67 | December 18, 1995 | David Alan Grier,John Larroquette | Mannheim Steamroller |
4.68 | December 19, 1995 | Brian Williams,Luke Tarsitano | N/A |
4.69 | December 20, 1995 | Art Donovan,Jake Johannsen | N/A |
4.70 | December 21, 1995 | Ellen Cleghorne,Matthew Modine | Mel Tormé |
4.71 | December 22, 1995 | Ashley Judd,Terry Bradshaw | N/A |
4.72 | December 25, 1995 | Frédérique Le Calvez | N/A |
4.73 | December 26, 1995 | Harrison Ford | Jewel Kilcher |
4.74 | December 27, 1995 | Robert Downey Jr. | Martina McBride |
4.75 | December 28, 1995 | Carl LaBove,Jean-Claude Van Damme | N/A |
4.76 | December 29, 1995 | Gary Barnett,Gena Lee Nolin | Donna Summer |
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