List of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno episodes (1992–99)

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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–99 episodes)
Country of origin	United States
Release
Original network	NBC

This is a list of episodes for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that aired from 1992 to 1999.

1992

May

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
1	May 25, 1992	Billy Crystal, Robert Krulwich	Shanice
2	May 26, 1992	Mista Lawnge, David Traylor	Andreas Titus
3	May 27, 1992	Emilio Estevez, Joe Pesci, Paula Poundstone	The Black Crowes
4	May 28, 1992	Don Francisco, Sigourney Weaver	N/A

June

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	June 1, 1992	Willie Geist, Jean-Claude Van Damme	Blue Man Group
	June 2, 1992	Gabrielle Carteris, Christian Slater	Mr. Big
	June 3, 1992	Louie Anderson, Harrison Ford	Jon Secada
	June 4, 1992	Thora Birch, Anne Archer, Harrison Ford	N/A
	June 8, 1992	Spalding Gray	N/A
	June 11, 1992	Roy Hargrove, Lily Tomlin	N/A
	June 12, 1992	Kurt Russell, Nina Totenberg	Joe Public
	June 15, 1992	Beau Bridges, Jane Pratt	N/A
	June 16, 1992	Jason Alexander, Tom Cochrane	N/A
	June 18, 1992	Phil Donahue, Kelsey Grammer	Dr. John
	June 19, 1992	Charles Osgood	N/A
	June 24, 1992	Pam Stone	Black Sheep
	June 25, 1992	Ray Liotta, Kevin Nealon	Ottmar Liebert
	June 26, 1992	Helena Bonham Carter, John Chancellor	Toad the Wet Sprocket
	June 29, 1992	Tom Hanks, Brian Ross	Delbert McClinton
	June 30, 1992	Kathy Troccoli	N/A

July

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	July 2, 1992	Stan Winston	Cowboy Junkies
	July 3, 1992	Melissa Etheridge, Larry Miller	N/A
	July 6, 1992	Cynthia Heimel, Grant Show	They Might Be Giants
	July 7, 1992	Joseph Lawrence, John McLaughlin	Gipsy Kings
	July 8, 1992	Darren E. Burrows, Paula Poundstone, Geena Davis	N/A
	July 9, 1992	Kathleen Hall Jamieson, D. B. Sweeney	James Taylor
	July 10, 1992	Delfeayo Marsalis, Regina Taylor	N/A
	July 13, 1992	Ken Hakuta	Jodeci
	July 14, 1992	Richard Dean Anderson, Warren Hutcherson	Céline Dion
	July 15, 1992	Mary Chapin Carpenter	N/A
	July 16, 1992	Annie Lennox, Helen Hunt, Richard Jeni	N/A
	July 22, 1992	Irving R. Levine, Tommy Tune	Gang Starr
	July 24, 1992	Anne-Marie Johnson, Lyle Lovett, Lily Tomlin	N/A

August

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	August 10, 1992	Clint Eastwood	The B-52's
	August 11, 1992	Jamey Sheridan, Ted Wass	Neville Brothers
	August 12, 1992	Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Freddie Hubbard	Joe Cocker
	August 13, 1992	Oscar De La Hoya, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Steven Weber	The Fabulous Thunderbirds
	August 17, 1992	Wayne Cotter, Shirley Horn	N/A
	August 18, 1992	Ian McKellen, Larry Miller	Tevin Campbell
	August 19, 1992	Brandon Lee, Judit Polgár	Los Lobos
	August 20, 1992	TBA	Kate Jackson
	August 21, 1992	Bela Fleck, Ron Richards	The Fleckstones
	August 24, 1992	Powers Boothe, Kelly Coffield Park, Jill Shieman	N/A
	August 25, 1992	Eleanor Clift, Larry Miller, Sarah Jessica Parker	R. Kelly
	August 26, 1992	Brian Dennehy, David Lynch, Norm MacDonald	Michael Feinstein
	August 27, 1992	James Caan, Al Lubel	Cathy Moriarty
	August 28, 1992	Nicolas Cage, Bob Costas	Regina Taylor
	August 31, 1992	Herb Alpert, Norman D. Golden II, Janine Turner	Paul Rodriguez

September

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	September 1, 1992	Rutger Hauer, Miriam Margolyes	Fu-Schnickens
	September 2, 1992	Edward Furlong, Jean Smart	Jon Secada
	September 3, 1992	Jennifer Grey, James Woods	David Sanborn
	September 4, 1992	Andrew Shue, Lily Tomlin	N/A
	September 7, 1992	Dana Carvey, Joanna Cassidy	Sophie B. Hawkins
	September 8, 1992	Mary Tyler Moore, Peter Riegert	N/A
	September 9, 1992	Henry Cho, Patrick Duffy, Dermot Mulroney	Waylon Jennings
	September 10, 1992	Tim Daly, Russell Malone, Jack Valenti	Dirty Dozen Brass Band
	September 11, 1992	Tom Dreesen, Matthew Modine	The Robert Cray Band
	September 14, 1992	Mark Curry, Brian Kelly	Joan Armatrading
	September 15, 1992	Kyle Chandler, Michael Fishman, Jerry Seinfeld	David Byrne
	September 16, 1992	Jake Johannsen, Juliette Lewis	Vince Gill
	September 17, 1992	Morris Chestnut, Linda Ronstadt, Martin Short	Nils Lofgren
	September 18, 1992	Amy Locane, Paul Provenza, Fred Savage	Wynton Marsalis
	September 21, 1992	Scott Bakula, Paul Reiser, Kristoff St. John	Blue Man Group
	September 22, 1992	Roger Kabler, Tom Selleck	Garth Brooks
	September 23, 1992	Will Smith, Steven Weber	The Cages
	September 24, 1992	Billy Crystal, Kathryn Harrold, Linda Hopkins	Albert Collins
	September 25, 1992	Julianne Phillips, Ron Richards, Madeleine Stowe	The Rembrandts
	September 28, 1992	Judith Ivey, Angélique Kidjo, Jason Priestley, Dennis Wolfberg	Steve Wariner
	September 29, 1992	Faye Dunaway, Kadeem Hardison, Ed Koch, Ce Ce Peniston	Geri Allen
	September 30, 1992	Dustin Hoffman, Graham Parker, Fred Stoller	Robben Ford

October

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	October 1, 1992	Larry Carlton, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon	Michael Bolton
	October 2, 1992	Lindsey Buckingham, Wendy Liebman, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.	N/A
	October 5, 1992	Emilio Estevez, John Leguizamo	Collin Raye
	October 6, 1992	Anthony Griffith, Tom Skerritt	Michael Penn
	October 7, 1992	Tim Robbins, Margaret Smith, Malcolm-Jamal Warner	Tony Bennett
	October 9, 1992	Cindy Crawford, Eddie Daniels, Kimberly McCullough, Tim Russert, Jack Scalia, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Turrentine, Keenen Ivory Wayans	Gloria Estefan, Morrissey
	October 12, 1992	Neil Patrick Harris, Charlie Hill, Edie McClurg	Phil Campbell
	October 13, 1992	Richard Dean Anderson, Pat Metheny, Margaret Smith, Quentin Tarantino	Antonio Hart
	October 14, 1992	Jason Alexander, Brett Leake, Tabitha Soren	John P. Hammond, John Lee Hooker
	October 15, 1992	Kirk Douglas, Ben Stiller	George Strait
	October 16, 1992	Al Franken, Steven Seagal	N/A
	October 20, 1992	Michael Chiklis, Goldie Hawn	BeBe Winans, CeCe Winans
	October 21, 1992	Mel Gibson, Molly Ivins	Kathleen Battle
	October 22, 1992	Eddie Murphy, Paula Poundstone	En Vogue
	October 23, 1992	Everette Harp, Anne-Marie Johnson, Howard Stern	Lyle Lovett
	October 26, 1992	Walter Beasley, Blair Brown, Alan King, Jann Wenner	N/A
	October 27, 1992	John McCririck, Kelly Coffield Park	Steel Pulse
	October 28, 1992	John Bloom, Chuck Martin,	Robert Palmer
	October 29, 1992	Dudley Moore, P. J. O'Rourke	Roxette
	October 30, 1992	Kirstie Alley, Stevie Ray Fromstein	Morris Day

November

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	November 2, 1992	John McLaughlin, Neil Simon	Kenny Loggins
	November 4, 1992	Riddick Bowe, Marilu Henner, Al Jarreau, Paula Poundstone,	N/A
	November 5, 1992	Dennis Drew, Steven Gustafson, Dan O'Connor	Madeline Long
	November 6, 1992	Rita Rudner	Vince Gill
	November 9, 1992	The Brady Bunch cast, Mark Harmon, Ed Koch	Mary J. Blige
	November 10, 1992	James Belushi, Gene Hackman, Holly Robinson Peete	N/A
	November 11, 1992	Catherine Deneuve, Geechy Guy, Burt Reynolds	Ephraim Lewis
	November 12, 1992	Max Alexander, Andy García	Billy Dean
	November 13, 1992	Phil Donahue, Elle Macpherson	Patti LaBelle
	November 16, 1992	Marlee Matlin, John Sununu	Sounds of Blackness
	November 17, 1992	John Goodman, Julian Joseph	Liza Minnelli
	November 18, 1992	George Carlin, Ricky Van Shelton	James Cotton
	November 19, 1992	Jack Palance, Jason Priestley, Steven Wright	N/A
	November 20, 1992	Virginia Madsen	Harry Connick Jr.
	November 23, 1992	Michael Caine	Russell Malone
	November 24, 1992	Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Woods	Arc Angels
	November 25, 1992	Kristoff St. John	Richard Marx
	November 26, 1992	Bob Bakker, Kelsey Grammer	Sarah Chang
	November 27, 1992	Bob Hope, Darlene Love, Michael Tucker	Ronnie Spector

December

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	December 2, 1992	Charlie Haden, John Larroquette, Ben Stiller, Quartet West	Michael W. Smith
	December 3, 1992	Judge Reinhold, Maria Sansone	Leon Redbone
	December 4, 1992	Bill Cosby, Carol Leifer	Kevon Edmonds
	December 7, 1992	Patricia Heaton, Mario Joyner	Neil Diamond
	December 8, 1992	Billy Connolly, George Forman	Céline Dion
	December 9, 1992	Demi Moore, Ted Shackelford	Clint Black
	December 10, 1992	Charles Brown, Mel Gibson, Patrick Stewart	Bonnie Raitt
	December 11, 1992	Anthony Edwards, Lee Roy Parnell	k.d. lang
	December 14, 1992	Joan Cusack, Jeremy Irons	Randy Travis
	December 15, 1992	Katie Couric, Paula Poundstone, William Safire	N/A
	December 16, 1992	Martin Lawrence, Kevin Pollak, Pam Stone	EMF
	December 17, 1992	Sheila Kelley, Barry Manilow	Bobby Lyle
	December 18, 1992	Charles S. Dutton, Bill Engvall	Amy Grant
	December 21, 1992	Barry Levinson, Peg Phillips	Jeff Healey
	December 22, 1992	Kenneth Branagh, John Corbett	Tevin Campbell
	December 23, 1992	Shirley Caesar, Robin Williams	Paul Jones
	December 28, 1992	Phil Hartman, Elijah Wood	John Wesley Harding
	December 29, 1992	Shirley MacLaine	Me Phi Me
	December 30, 1992	Garry Shandling, Christy Turlington	Tom Cochrane
	December 31, 1992	Phil Hartman, Barry Humphries, Cathy Ladman	N/A
"Welcome 1993" special

1993

January

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	January 4, 1993	Kathy Baker	Joe Satriani
	January 5, 1993	Rob Lowe, G.E. Smith	N/A
	January 6, 1993	Jack Lemmon, Mary McDonnell	Kenny G
	January 7, 1993	Spike Lee, Dennis Wolfberg	N/A
	January 8, 1993	Carol Burnett, Itzhak Perlman	Meat Loaf
	January 11, 1993	Tom Arnold, Halle Berry	Charles & Eddie
	January 12, 1993	Peter Horton, Larry Miller	Tori Amos
	January 13, 1993	Craig T. Nelson, Arturo Sandoval, Marisa Tomei	Faith No More
	January 14, 1993	Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Guttenberg, Mariel Hemingway	Gary Lakes
	January 19, 1993	Ryan Alosio, Jack Coen, Penelope Ann Miller, Chris O'Donnell, Dolly Parton	John Cale
	January 20, 1993	Cirque du Soleil, Marcello Mastroianni, Shannon Ratigan, Cynthia Stevenson	N/A
	January 21, 1993	Michael Moore, Jean-Claude Van Damme	Conway Twitty
	January 22, 1993	Tony MacAlpine, Susan Sarandon	Soul Asylum
	January 25, 1993	Daniel Baldwin, Marlee Matlin	Hank Williams Jr.
	January 26, 1993	Terry Bradshaw, Harry Hamlin	Gloria Estefan
	January 27, 1993	Bob Costas, Tony Danza, Karen Duffy, Mitch Malloy, Helen Shaver	Garth Brooks
	January 29, 1993	Robert Downey Jr., Richard Jeni	k.d. lang

February

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	February 1, 1993	John McLaughlin	Shawn Colvin
	February 2, 1993	Perry King, Kiefer Sutherland	Rachelle Ferrell
	February 3, 1993	Jerry Seinfeld, Stephanie Seymour	Larry Gatlin
	February 4, 1993	Jimmy Carter	Cheb Khaled, Don Was, Grover Washington Jr.
	February 5, 1993	Jodie Foster	Paul Reiser
	February 8, 1993	Frank Langella, Dave Salmoni	Ben Lee
	February 9, 1993	Tim Allen, Lucie Arnaz, Harry Connick Jr.	Billy Childs
	February 10, 1993	Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Margaret Smith	Tom Jones
	February 22, 1993	Jeff Daniels, Carol Leifer	Brooks and Dunn

March

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	March 22, 1993	Jonathan Katz	Chanté Moore
	March 23, 1993	Jake Johannsen, Lea Thompson	Willie Nelson
	March 24, 1993	TBA	Lyle Lovett
	March 25, 1993	Don Johnson	N/A
	March 26, 1993	John Goodman, Henry Winkler	Dwight Yoakam

April

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	April 9, 1993	Chuck Norris	Yolanda Adams

June

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	June 14, 1993	Barry Manilow	Joey Calderazzo

August

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	August 18, 1993	Joey Lawrence, Ellen DeGeneres	Bryan Ferry

September

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	September 1, 1993	Bill Cosby, John Mendoza	The Proclaimers
	September 2, 1993	Kevin Nealon, Ross Perot	UB40
	September 3, 1993	Jason Priestley, Mark Roberts	SWV
	September 6, 1993	Jimmie Dale Gilmore, John Larroquette	Natalie Merchant
	September 7, 1993	Andrei Codrescu, Jay Thomas	Diamond Rio
	September 13, 1993	Burt Reynolds, Sinbad	Vince Gill
	September 16, 1993	Andy Garcia	George Benson
	September 17, 1993	Gabriel Byrne, Will Smith	N/A
	September 20, 1993	Barry Humphries, Billie Jean King, Willard Scott	Elton John
Dame Edna

December

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	December 27, 1993	Phil Hartman, Natassia Kinski	Michael Feinstein
	December 28, 1993	Charlie Sheen	Marc Cohn

1994

January

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	January 3, 1994	George Hamilton, Larry Miller	Chris Isaak
	January 24, 1994	Terry Bradshaw, Penelope Ann Miller	Collin Raye
	January 25, 1994	Stockard Channing, Val Kilmer, Carl LaBove	N/A
	January 26, 1994	Buddy Ryan	Liza Minnelli
	January 31, 1994	Maury Povich, Alexandra Wentworth	Cowboy Junkies

February

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	February 4, 1994	Louie Anderson, Jeff Goldblum	Bruce Hornsby

March

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	March 2, 1994	Glenn Close, George Foreman	CeCe Peniston

April

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	April 8, 1994	TBA	R. Kelly
	April 11, 1994	Shelley Long, Ralph Macchio	N/A
A performance from "Grease"
	April 12, 1994	Carrie Fisher, John Waters	N/A

May

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	May 5, 1994	Will Smith	N/A
	May 6, 1994	Bobcat Goldthwait, Lauren Hutton	Clint Black

August

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	August 15, 1994	Geraldo Rivera, Sinbad	Joe Williams
	August 16, 1994	Linda Gray, George Wallace	N/A
	August 24, 1994	Richard Benjamin, Bridget Fonda	Aaron Hall

September

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	September 5, 1994	Terry Bradshaw, Amanda Plummer, Northridge Little League National Champions	N/A
	September 12, 1994	Dabney Coleman, Fyvush Finkel	Babyface
	September 19, 1994	Martin Short, Heather Whitestone	Luther Vandross
	September 22, 1994	Charlie Sheen, George Wallace	Wayne Newton
	September 23, 1994	Jean-Claude Van Damme, Howie Mandel	Patti LaBelle

October

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	October 10, 1994	Pamela Anderson, Richard Dean Anderson	Jimmy Buffett
	October 17, 1994	Burt Reynolds, Marc Summers	N/A

1995

January

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	January 16, 1995	Charles Grodin, Richard Jeni	Pam Tillis
	January 17, 1995	Ivan Lendl, Dee Dee Myers, John Travolta	N/A
	January 23, 1995	Geraldo Rivera, Sigourney Weaver	Liz Phair
	January 24, 1995	Troy Aikman, John Ritter	Etta James
	January 25, 1995	Jennifer Aniston, Melanie Griffith	N/A

February

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	February 9, 1995	Luke Tarsitano, Cheryl Tiegs	Harry Connick, Jr.
	February 10, 1995	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Don Rickles	Tom Jones

March

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	March 8, 1995	Dustin Hoffman	Martin Page
	March 13, 1995	Jeff Cesario, George Wendt	Victoria Williams
	March 20, 1995	Phil Hartman, Ice-T	Sheena Easton
	March 21, 1995	Clinton Elmore, Shelley Winters	Indigo Girls

April

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	April 10, 1995	Hank Aaron, Mark Harmon, Margaret Cho	N/A
	April 14, 1995	Martin Lawrence, Lisa Rinna	Salt-N-Pepa
	April 17, 1994	Richard Dean Anderson, Paula Poundstone, Ivana Trump	N/A
	April 18, 1994	Dennis Franz, Carol Kane, Matt Haton	N/A

May

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	May 8, 1995	Jesse Jackson	Gipsy Kings

June

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	June 16, 1995	TBA	Collective Soul

July

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	July 10, 1995	Hugh Grant, Dee Dee Myers	The Doobie Brothers

August

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	August 28, 1995	Edward Burns, Ellen DeGeneres, Kevin Sorbo	N/A
	August 29, 1995	Don Rickles	N/A

September

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	September 4, 1995	David Alan Grier, Gary Sinise	N/A
	September 5, 1995	Ellen Cleghorne, Luke Tarsitano	Joan Osborne
	September 11, 1995	Drew Carey, Dale Earnhardt, Cybill Shepherd	Tom Jones
	September 18, 1995	Phil Hartman, Eric Karros, Shawntel Smith	N/A
	September 19, 1995	George Clooney, Gina Lee Nolan, Harry Shearer	N/A
	September 20, 1995	Jeff Greenfield, Jerry Seinfeld	Vince Gill
	September 21, 1995	Denzel Washington	Michael Bolton
	September 22, 1995	Paul Reiser	Paula Abdul

October

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	October 9, 1995	Mark Curry, Jamie Lee Curtis	Tim McGraw
	October 16, 1995	Lisa Kudrow, Sylvester Stallone	Babyface, Jon B.

1996

January

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	January 22, 1996	Salma Hayek, Jay Thomas	N/A
	January 23, 1996	Quentin Tarantino, Tracey Ullman	Bonnie Raitt

March

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	March 13, 1996	Lenny Clarke, Dennis Franz, Emily Young	N/A
	March 20, 1996	Anthony Clark, Chazz Palminteri	N/A
	March 21, 1996	Roger Ebert, Peri Gilpin, Dennis Miller, Gene Siskel	N/A
	March 22, 1996	Robert Duvall, Sharon Stone, Gerry Swallow	N/A

May

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	May 7, 1996	Anthony Edwards, Mike Lukas, Alyssa Milano	N/A

June

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	June 17, 1996	Sue Murphy, Scott L. Schwartz	The Monkees
Big Hairy Brute
	June 18, 1996	Gemini Barnett, Leslie Mann	N/A
	June 19, 1996	Jeff Foxworthy	Alison Krauss
	June 20, 1996	Richard Jeni, Lisa Leslie, Arnold Schwarzenegger	N/A
	June 21, 1996	Carol Leifer	Garth Brooks
	June 26, 1996	Burt Reynolds, Kyra Sedgwick	Al Green

August

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	August 26, 1996	Cameron Finley, Tim Matheson	Elvis Costello and the Attractions
	August 27, 1996	Tom Arnold, Emeril Lagasse	N/A

1998

May

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	May 14, 1998	Jerry Seinfeld	N/A

1999

February

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	February 8, 1999	Tim Allen, Kathy Ireland	N/A

December

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
	December 31, 1999	TBA	N/A
NBC Millennium Special