The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957)

Comedy · Family · Talk-Show

Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.

IMDb rating

8.3 (343 votes)

Episode average

9.3 +1.0 vs IMDb

Seasons

2

Language

EN

Type

TV series

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