TV series

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957–1962 · 6 seasons

A relaxed, chatty late-night visit with a genial host, best enjoyed as background company rather than close attention.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Light, warm and satirical. Measured and fine in the background.
About: Celebrity, media, friendship
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: celebrity
media
friendship
Places: big city
workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Genres: talk
Starring: Jack Paar, Dick Haymes, George Gobel, Milton Berle, Arlene Dahl, Alice Faye, Lenny Kent, Cedric Hardwicke
Length: 6 seasons, 310 episodes, 105 min each
Network: NBC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English