Plot Synopsis

Funnyman Conan O'Brien hosts this collection of classic Johnny Carson interviews from three decades of THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON. On one day of the week for an entire month -- Mondays in July 2013 and Tuesdays in March 2014 -- Turner Classic Movies presented five or six 12-minute episodes, with Carson gabbing with these Hollywood greats (with the month/year the interview originally aired):
July 1: Drew Barrymore (7/1982); Kirk Douglas (8/1988); Mary Tyler Moore (11/1978); Neil Simon (6/1980); George Burns (11/1989).
July 8: Doris Day (1/1976); Charlton Heston (3/1976); Chevy Chase (12/1986); Steve Martin (6/1979); Tony Curtis (1/1973).
July 15: Shelley Winters (9/1975); Ronald Reagan (3/1975); Robin Williams (10/1981); Jonathan Winters (12/1988); Michael Caine (1983).
July 22: Mel Brooks (9/1983); Dom Deluise (4/1976); Bette Davis (2/1983); Burt Reynolds (2/1972); Fred Astaire (12/1979).
July 29: Henry Fonda (3/1980); Elizabeth Taylor (2/1992); Susan Sarandon (5/1974); William Holden (12/1976); Goldie Hawn (10/1980).
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CARSON ON TCM returned for a second season on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, with Conan O'Brien again hosting the new installments. Moving to Tuesdays, Season 2 of CARSON ON TCM featured these classic interviews (with the month/year the interview originally aired):
March 4: James Stewart (7/1976); Jack Lemmon (1/1979); Sally Field (2/1979); Diane Keaton (12/1972); Angie Dickinson (7/1980); Sammy Davis Jr. (12/1972).
March 11: Bob Hope (10/1978); Bing Crosby (3/1976); Tony Randall (9/1974); Truman Capote (11/1972); Gregory Peck (7/1976); Lauren Bacall (1/1980).
March 18: Lucille Ball (4/1977); Carol Burnett (8/1979); Candice Bergen (3/1984); Don Adams (5/1980); Jack Benny (7/1973); Red Skelton (12/1983).
March 25: Julie Andrews (11/1982); Dudley Moore (5/1979); Sean Connery (12/1975); Sylvester Stallone (12/1976); Arnold Schwarzenegger (5/1982); George C. Scott (11/1987); Gene Kelly (11/1975).