The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Season 17

E01 John Denver (guest host), John Ritter, Jay Leno, Ellen Burstyn 16 Oct 1978 E02 Show #4147 17 Oct 1978 E03 Gregory Peck, Martin Mull 18 Oct 1978 E04 Rob Reiner, Carol Wayne 19 Oct 1978 E05 Elizabeth Ashley, David Horowitz, Johnny Yune 20 Oct 1978 E06 David Brenner (guest host) 23 Oct 1978 E07 David Brenner (guest host) 24 Oct 1978 E08 David Brenner (guest host) 25 Oct 1978 E09 David Brenner (guest host) 26 Oct 1978 E10 David Brenner (guest host) 27 Oct 1978 E11 David Brenner (guest host), Bernadette Peters, McLean Stevenson, Pete Barbutti 30 Oct 1978 E14 Bess Armstrong 02 Nov 1978 E21 Don Rickles (guest host), Carroll O'Connor 13 Nov 1978 E24 Sylvester Stallone, Bobby Kelton 16 Nov 1978 E28 Susan Saint James, Fernando Lamas, Calvin Trillin 22 Nov 1978 E30 James Garner, Ellen Burstyn, David Letterman, Rod Dornsife 24 Nov 1978 E31 Don Rickles (guest host), Arte Johnson, Elke Sommer 27 Nov 1978 E32 Richard Benjamin, Martin Mull, Dr. Lendon Smith 28 Nov 1978 E34 Cindy Williams, Shecky Greene 30 Nov 1978 E38 Bill Cosby (guest host), Richard Pryor, Dr. Michael Fox 06 Dec 1978 E41 Bob Newhart (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Wayne Rogers, Pete Barbutti 11 Dec 1978 E47 Show #4192 19 Dec 1978 E48 Bruce Dern, Calvin Trillin 20 Dec 1978 E51 Patrick Duffy, Teri Garr, Vincent Price 25 Dec 1978 E56 Martin Mull (guest host), Steve Allen, Susan Sullivan, Abigail Van Buren, Pete Barbutti 01 Jan 1979 E60 Don Rickles (guest host), Ernest Borgnine, Rip Taylor 08 Jan 1979 E62 Angie Dickinson 11 Jan 1979 E63 Richard Pryor, Tim Conway, Dr. Lendon Smith 12 Jan 1979 E64 Harvey Korman (guest host), Tim Conway, Bonnie Franklin, Bob Uecker 15 Jan 1979 E70 Gabriel Kaplan (guest host), Richard Lewis, Terry Bradshaw 24 Jan 1979 E74 Rodney Dangerfield, Christopher Reeve, Susan Sarandon 31 Jan 1979 E75 Cloris Leachman, Marcel Marceau, Jimmy Grippo 01 Feb 1979 E76 Tony Randall, Steve Landesberg, David Horowitz 02 Feb 1979 E77 Don Rickles (guest host), Orson Bean 05 Feb 1979 E79 Michael Landon, Buck Henry 07 Feb 1979 E81 Betty White 09 Feb 1979 E90 David Letterman, George Peppard 22 Feb 1979 E91 Peter Ustinov, Kate Mulgrew, Tom Snyder 23 Feb 1979 E92 Martin Mull (guest host), Dennis Weaver, Rob Reiner 26 Feb 1979 E93 Joan Rivers, Sophia Loren 27 Feb 1979 E98 Rich Little (guest host), Cher, Elliott Gould, Gabriel Kaplan, Dr. Joyce Brothers 06 Mar 1979 E99 George Carlin (guest host), Beau Bridges 07 Mar 1979 E100 George Carlin (guest host) 08 Mar 1979 E101 John Davidson (guest host), Norm Crosby, Phil Donahue 09 Mar 1979 E102 George Hamilton, Victor Buono, Jack Klugman 19 Mar 1979 E104 Jack Lemmon, Shecky Greene, Richard Mitchell 22 Mar 1979 E107 Buddy Hackett 28 Mar 1979 E108 Jerry Brown, Jean Marsh, Charlie Callas, Erma Bombeck 29 Mar 1979 E109 Albert Brooks, Shelley Winters 30 Mar 1979 E110 Kermit the Frog Guest Host, Vincent Price, Bernadette Peters, Leo Sayer 02 Apr 1979 E111 Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Henry Heimlich, Richie Barathy 04 Apr 1979 E112 Joan Embery 05 Apr 1979 E119 George Carlin (guest host), Dudley Moore, Joseph Wambaugh, Johnny Yune 17 Apr 1979 E126 Rich Little (guest host), Dennis Weaver, Jerry Van Dyke 26 Apr 1979 E128 David Brenner (guest host), Sal Viscuso 30 Apr 1979 E129 Raquel Welch, Tony Bennett, James Galway 02 May 1979 E131 Betty White, Susan Sarandon 04 May 1979 E134 Chevy Chase, Gallagher, Barbara Bach, Ricky Schroder 09 May 1979 E140 Bert Convy, Victor Buono 17 May 1979 E143 Danny Thomas, Paul Dickson 22 May 1979 E145 Ali MacGraw 24 May 1979 E149 Jack Lemmon, Rodney Dangerfield 30 May 1979 E150 Sammy Davis, Jr., Jim Fowler, Victoria Principal 31 May 1979 E152 Beverly Sills (guest host) 04 Jun 1979 E157 Bill Cosby (guest host) 11 Jun 1979 E158 Show #4303 13 Jun 1979 E159 Show #4304 14 Jun 1979 E160 Steve Martin, Doug Henning, Bud Greenspan 15 Jun 1979 E162 Dick Cavett, David Sayh 20 Jun 1979 E171 Bill Cosby (guest host) 03 Jul 1979 E173 David Letterman (guest host), Peter Marshall 05 Jul 1979 E176 Don Rickles (guest host), Jack Klugman, Bernie Kopell 10 Jul 1979 E177 Bert Convy (guest host) 11 Jul 1979 E179 Show #4324 13 Jul 1979 E181 Dom DeLuise, Dudley Moore 18 Jul 1979 E185 Joan Embery, Albert Brooks 25 Jul 1979 E186 Christopher Reeve, Diahann Carroll, Tony Delia, Merie Earle 26 Jul 1979 E188 Bill Cosby (guest host) 30 Jul 1979 E189 James Mason, Rodney Dangerfield 01 Aug 1979 E190 David Steinberg 02 Aug 1979 E192 George Carlin (guest host) 06 Aug 1979 E206 Ricardo Montalban 05 Sep 1979 E212 Bob Hope, Sydney Goldsmith 14 Sep 1979 E217 Bill Cosby (guest host) 24 Sep 1979 E218 Larry Gatlin 26 Sep 1979 E219 Liberace 27 Sep 1979 E223 Richard Dawson (guest host), Orson Bean, Phyllis Diller, Kreskin 04 Oct 1979 E224 Richard Dawson (guest host), Earl Holliman 05 Oct 1979 E225 Unknown 11 Dec 1978 E227 Episode 227 14 Dec 1978 E231 Episode 231 21 Dec 1978 E232 Episode 232 22 Dec 1978 E233 Episode 233 25 Dec 1978 E234 Episode 234 26 Dec 1978 E237 Episode 237 29 Dec 1978