Coming to Antenna TV January 1, 2016


Full episodes from 1972 to 1992, simply titled "Johnny Carson," will air every night. I can't wait!

Johnny Carson Returns: Antenna TV to Air Full 'Tonight Show' Episodes
12 August 2015 6:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news ยป

Just when it seemed the late-night landscape couldn't get more competitive, here comes Johnny Carson.

Tribune Media's Antenna TV, the multicast digital channel devoted to vintage television shows, will run full-length episodes of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" nightly at 11 p.m. Et/8 p.m. Pt starting Jan. 1.

Antenna TV has struck a multi-year deal with Carson Entertainment Group to license hundreds of hours of the NBC late-night institution. Antenna will run episodes that aired from 1972 through the end of Carson's 30-year reign in in 1992. Because NBC owns the rights to "The Tonight Show" moniker, Antenna TV's episodes will be billed simply as "Johnny Carson."

"This is not a clip show. These are full episodes of Johnny Carson, the man that everyone in late-night agrees was the greatest host of all time, airing in real time as he did back in the day," ...


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Mag, Darling, you're being a bore.

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Does anyone know if they might occasionally play an episode when Johnny Carson had the night off? I'd like to see some of the guest hosts. Jay Leno, Letterman, Gary Shandling, David Brenner, Joan Rivers, or even Kermit the Frog.

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Too bad Comcast in my area just dropped Antenna-TV, just before the much anticipated Carson Shows? Whaaaa!

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Closest signal is 55 miles away. I'm using a digital box & rabbit ears next to door wall.... but still no channel coming thru :( I feel like Mr Bean trying to move antenna out the door standing on one foot!

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I have an HD Samsung TV, RCA converter box & standard rabbit ears w/un-movable UHF ring attached. Thanks for all the great hints, I'll try again.

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tydyed-79076
You are very kind, thanks again & enjoy the shows.

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