# List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1968)

The following is a list of episodes of the television series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson which aired in 1968:

## 1968
### January

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1333 | January 1, 1968 (1968-1-1) | Bart Starr, Daryle Lamonica, Don Meredith, Pete Beathard | N/A |
| 1334 | January 2, 1968 (1968-1-2) | TBA | N/A |
| 1335 | January 3, 1968 (1968-1-3) | Margaret Mead, David Steinberg, Bosley Crowther | Spanky and Our Gang |
| 1336 | January 4, 1968 (1968-1-4) | Barbara Walters, Ron Carey | N/A |
| 1337 | January 5, 1968 (1968-1-5) | Tony Randall | N/A |
| 1338 | January 8, 1968 (1968-1-8) | Rich Little, Adela Rogers St. Johns, bird calling expert | N/A |
| 1339 | January 9, 1968 (1968-1-9) | NASA scientist Robert Jastrow | Liza Minnelli |
| 1340 | January 10, 1968 (1968-1-10) | John Glenn | Al Hirt |
| Members of the Ice Follies performed. ||||
| 1341 | January 11, 1968 (1968-1-11) | Stella Stevens | N/A |
| 1342 | January 12, 1968 (1968-1-12) | Don Rickles (guest host), Robert Culp, Sammy Davis Jr. | Connie Francis |
| 1343 | January 15, 1968 (1968-1-15) | TBA | Cab Calloway |
| 1344 | January 16, 1968 (1968-1-16) | Bob Hope, Pat Paulsen | Tony Darryl |
| 1345 | January 17, 1968 (1968-1-17) | Bennett Cerf, Norm Crosby, Don Herbert | Marilyn Maye |
| 1346 | January 18, 1968 (1968-1-18) | TBA | The Koehler Brothers |
| 1347 | January 19, 1968 (1968-1-19) | Dirk Bogarde, Maharishi Mahesh | N/A |
| 1348 | January 22, 1968 (1968-1-22) | David Frost, Sebastian Cabot, Leonard Marks, director of the United States Information Agency | The First Edition |
| 1349 | January 23, 1968 (1968-1-23) | Fannie Flagg, Orson Bean, Clifton Fadiman | Wes Montgomery |
| 1350 | January 24, 1968 (1968-1-24) | Mort Sahl, David Merrick, Betty Furness | John Fred and His Playboy Band |
| 1351 | January 25, 1968 (1968-1-25) | Dick Cavett, George Kirby, Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall, Lee Beery | N/A |
| 1352 | January 26, 1968 (1968-1-26) | Peggy Cass, George Kirby, Jim Fowler | N/A |
| 1353 | January 29, 1968 (1968-1-29) | Rod Steiger, Flip Wilson, The Jose Molina Dancers, Madam Irene Quo, Chinese expert in Chinese foods and customs | N/A |
| 1354 | January 30, 1968 (1968-1-30) | Ron Carey, Pat McCormick, Desmond Morris | Roger Miller |
| 1355 | January 31, 1968 (1968-1-31) | Jim Garrison | Melanie |

### February

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1356 | February 1, 1968 (1968-2-1) | Mark Tendler | Richie Havens |
| 1357 | February 2, 1968 (1968-2-2) | Albert Finney, Eddy Arnold, Robert Klein, Joan Rivers | N/A |
| 1358 | February 5, 1968 (1968-2-5) | Harry Belafonte (guest host) Senator Robert F. Kennedy, The Smothers Brothers, Bill Cosby | Lena Horne |
| 1359 | February 6, 1968 (1968-2-6) | Harry Belafonte (guest host), Zero Mostel, Diahann Carroll | Petula Clark |
| 1360 | February 7, 1968 (1968-2-7) | Harry Belafonte (guest host) | N/A |
| 1361 | February 8, 1968 (1968-2-8) | Harry Belafonte (guest host) Nipsey Russell, Dunja Rajter, Paul Newman, Martin Luther King Jr. | N/A |
| 1362 | February 9, 1968 (1968-2-9) | Harry Belafonte (guest host) | N/A |
| 1363 | February 12, 1968 (1968-2-12) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Nancy Sinatra, Liberace, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | N/A |
| 1364 | February 13, 1968 (1968-2-13) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) James Drury, Doug McClure, Ray Bolger | Shirley Jones |
| Mighty Carson Art Players- "Bar Room Brawl Sketch". ||||
| 1365 | February 14, 1968 (1968-2-14) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Mickey Rooney, Danny Thomas | N/A |
| 1366 | February 15, 1968 (1968-2-15) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Sid Caesar, Richard Pryor, Bobby Darin | N/A |
| 1367 | February 16, 1968 (1968-2-16) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Rickles, Don Adams, Sherry Jackson | Sonny & Cher |
| Japanese Bath Sketch. ||||
| 1368 | February 19, 1968 (1968-2-19) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) James Garner, Milton Berle, Richard Crenna | The King Cousins |
| 1369 | February 20, 1968 (1968-2-20) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Steve Allen, Jack Webb, Shecky Greene, Spanky Wilson | N/A |
| Mighty Carson Art Players- "Copper Clappers". ||||
| 1370 | February 21, 1968 (1968-2-21) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) George Carlin, Eva Gabor, Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss | N/A |
| 1371 | February 22, 1968 (1968-2-22) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jerry Lewis | Lennon Sisters |
| 1372 | February 23, 1968 (1968-2-23) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Tony Curtis, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, April Taten | N/A |
| 1373 | February 26, 1968 (1968-2-26) | Eydie Gorme | The Cowsills |
| 1374 | February 27, 1968 (1968-2-27) | Orson Bean | N/A |
| 1375 | February 28, 1968 (1968-2-28) | TBA | N/A |
| 1376 | February 29, 1968 (1968-2-29) | Vincent Price, Joey Heatherton | N/A |

### March

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1377 | March 1, 1968 (1968-3-1) | Art Carney, Susan Strasberg | The Serendipity Singers |
| 1378 | March 4, 1968 (1968-3-4) | Adela Rogers St. Johns | Sonny and Cher |
| 1379 | March 5, 1968 (1968-3-5) | Richard Pryor, Robert Blake, Gayle Hunnicutt | N/A |
| 1380 | March 6, 1968 (1968-3-6) | Buddy Hackett, Sen. Charles Percy | N/A |
| 1381 | March 7, 1968 (1968-3-7) | Darryl Zanuck, Ron Carey, Pat McCormick | N/A |
| 1382 | March 8, 1968 (1968-3-8) | Peggy Cass | Andre Previn, The Critters |
| 1383 | March 11, 1968 (1968-3-11) | Richard Harris, Rich Little, archery Hall of Famer Gail Martin | N/A |
| 1384 | March 12, 1968 (1968-3-12) | Alan King, Art Linkletter | N/A |
| 1385 | March 13, 1968 (1968-3-13) | Author John D. MacDonald | N/A |
| 1386 | March 14, 1968 (1968-3-14) | Gore Vidal, Isaac Asimov | Bobby Scott |
| 1387 | March 15, 1968 (1968-3-15) | Joan Rivers, Sammy Cahn, Malcolm Muggeridge, Larry Arcuri | N/A |
| 1388 | March 18, 1968 (1968-3-18) | Lord Louis Mountbatten, Robert Klein, Jerome Gould | N/A |
| 1389 | March 19, 1968 (1968-3-19) | Bergen Evans | N/A |
| A men's fashion show is presented. ||||
| 1390 | March 20, 1968 (1968-3-20) | S.I. Hayakawa | Glen Campbell |
| 1391 | March 21, 1968 (1968-3-21) | Robert Goulet, Carol Lawrence, Stiller and Meara, Clifton Fadiman | N/A |
| 1392 | March 22, 1968 (1968-3-22) | George C. Scott, Ron Carey, Pat McCormick | Marilyn Maye |
| 1393 | March 25, 1968 (1968-3-25) | Sammy Davis Jr. (guest host), Leslie Uggams, Red Buttons, Vice President Hubert Humphrey | N/A |
| 1394 | March 26, 1968 (1968-3-26) | Sammy Davis Jr. (guest host), Lady Carolyn Townshend, Ralph Pope | Sonny & Cher, Bobby Vinton |
| 1395 | March 27, 1968 (1968-3-27) | Sammy Davis Jr. (guest host), Ron Karenga, Carl Barry | James Brown, Lola Falana |
| 1396 | March 28, 1968 (1968-3-28) | Sammy Davis Jr. (guest host); Eydie Gorme, Bob Melvin | Louis Armstrong, Josephine Premice |
| 1397 | March 29, 1968 (1968-3-29) | Sammy Davis Jr. (guest host), Gloria DeHaven, Keir Dullea, Emily Yancy | Steve Lawrence |

### April

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1398 | April 1, 1968 (1968-4-1) | Phil Foster | Flatt and Scruggs |
| 1399 | April 2, 1968 (1968-4-2) | Jack Douglas and wife Reiko, Mike Todd Jr., trapeze artist Tito Gaona | N/A |
| 1400 | April 3, 1968 (1968-4-3) | Rich Little, Rex Reed | Richie Havens |
| 1401 | April 4, 1968 (1968-4-4) | Neil Simon, George Carlin, Peggy Fleming, Phil Leeds | Tiny Tim, Kim Weston |
| 1402 | April 5, 1968 (1968-4-5) | Patricia Neal, attorney James F. Neal, Bill Moyers, Sammy Davis Jr. | Diana Ross & the Supremes |
| Carson forgoes monologue, opting to sit on the front of his desk and talk about the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., who had been a guest on the show eight weeks earlier. Later in the program, King's appearance from February 8, 1968 is replayed. ||||
| 1403 | April 8, 1968 (1968-4-8) | Alan King, Flip Wilson, Art Buchwald | Liza Minnelli, The Irish Rovers |
| 1404 | April 9, 1968 (1968-4-9) | Orson Bean, Cyril Ritchard, Jimmy Breslin, Janis Paige | The Mills Brothers |
| 1405 | April 10, 1968 (1968-4-10) | Don Rickles, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Mita | Peter and Chris Allen |
| 1406 | April 11, 1968 (1968-4-11) | Cyril Ritchard, Bergen Evans, Fred Smoot | Nancy Wilson, George Shearing |
| 1407 | April 12, 1968 (1968-4-12) | Art Carney, Janis Paige | Hello People |
| 1408 | April 15, 1968 (1968-4-15) | Orson Bean, Betty Furness, James Beard | N/A |
| 1409 | April 16, 1968 (1968-4-16) | Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss | N/A |
| 1410 | April 17, 1968 (1968-4-17) | Alan King, Jack Douglas and wife Reiko; Don Herbert | N/A |
| 1411 | April 18, 1968 (1968-4-18) | John Byner, Barbara Ferris, Harvard astronomy professor Dr. William Liller | N/A |
| 1412 | April 19, 1968 (1968-4-19) | John Davidson, Colleen Moore | Linda Ronstadt and The Stone Poneys |
| 1413 | April 22, 1968 (1968-4-22) | Bob Hope, Jack Benny | Louis Armstrong |
| 1414 | April 23, 1968 (1968-4-23) | George Kirby, Pat Paulsen | N/A |
| 1415 | April 24, 1968 (1968-4-24) | Madalyn Murray O'Hair, circus juggler Fudi | N/A |
| 1416 | April 25, 1968 (1968-4-25) | Eva Gabor, Norm Crosby | N/A |
| 1417 | April 26, 1968 (1968-4-26) | Shecky Greene, Clive Barnes, David Merrick | Leslie Uggams |
| 1418 | April 29, 1968 (1968-4-29) | Flip Wilson, Truman Capote | The Petticoat Junction Girls |
| 1419 | April 30, 1968 (1968-4-30) | Bob Newhart | Tiny Tim |

### May

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1420 | May 1, 1968 (1968-5-1) | Joan Rivers, Criswell, Jon Lindbergh | N/A |
| A fashion show of future clothing is presented. ||||
| 1421 | May 2, 1968 (1968-5-2) | Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Ron Carey | The Beach Boys |
| 1422 | May 3, 1968 (1968-5-3) | Paul Newman, Robert Klein | Peter and Chris Allen |
| 1423 | May 6, 1968 (1968-5-6) | Steve Lawrence (Guest Host); Totie Fields, Sammy Cahn, Debbie Drake | Billy Eckstine |
| 1424 | May 7, 1968 (1968-5-7) | Steve Lawrence (Guest Host); Neil Simon, Burt Bacharach, Florence Henderson, Charlie Manna | Julius La Rosa |
| 1425 | May 8, 1968 (1968-5-8) | Steve Lawrence (Guest Host); Robert Merrill, Don Franks, Rich Little | Little Richard, Jan Peerce |
| 1426 | May 9, 1968 (1968-5-9) | Steve Lawrence (Guest Host); Gig Young, Godfrey Cambridge, Mark Traynor, Johnny Mercer, Sam Levenson | Bobby Goldsboro |
| 1427 | May 10, 1968 (1968-5-10) | Steve Lawrence (Guest Host); Jackie Mason, Eydie Gorme, Stiller and Meara, Jim Fowler | N/A |
| 1428 | May 13, 1968 (1968-5-13) | Joe Garagiola (guest host), Jack Paar, Tony Conigliaro, Mike and Bryan | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass |
| 1429 | May 14, 1968 (1968-5-14) | Joe Garagiola (guest host), John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Tallulah Bankhead, Soupy Sales, Tony Scotti, Jack Twyman, Lou Thesz | N/A |
| 1430 | May 15, 1968 (1968-5-15) | Joe Garagiola (guest host), Slappy White, John Scarne, Miss Indian America Sarah Johnson, pickpocketing expert Vic Perry | N/A |
| A fashion show featuring football players is presented. ||||
| 1431 | May 16, 1968 (1968-5-16) | Joe Garagiola (guest host), Yogi Berra, Robert Goulet, Bill Dana, Art Buchwald | Toni Carroll |
| 1432 | May 17, 1968 (1968-5-17) | Joe Garagiola (guest host), Nipsey Russell, Barbara Walters, Dizzy Dean; 92-year-old baseball pitcher, Amazing Randy | N/A |
| Dizzy Dean sings. ||||
| 1433 | May 20, 1968 (1968-5-20) | Bob Hope, Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Norman Jewison | N/A |
| 1434 | May 21, 1968 (1968-5-21) | Bette Davis, Scott Carpenter, Jacqueline Bisset, Pigmeat Markham | N/A |
| 1435 | May 22, 1968 (1968-5-22) | Flip Wilson, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Joe Tex |
| A bathing suit fashion show is presented. ||||
| 1436 | May 23, 1968 (1968-5-23) | Irene Ryan, Clair and McMahon | N/A |
| 1437 | May 24, 1968 (1968-5-24) | John Byner, Juliet Prowse, Noel Harrison | N/A |
| 1438 | May 27, 1968 (1968-5-27) | Slappy White, Erika Pinske performs a circus rope ballet | Tiny Tim |
| 1439 | May 28, 1968 (1968-5-28) | TBA | The Four Freshmen |
| 1440 | May 29, 1968 (1968-5-29) | TBA | N/A |
| 1441 | May 30, 1968 (1968-5-30) | Richard Harris, Phyllis McGuire, Peggy Moffitt | N/A |
| 1442 | May 31, 1968 (1968-5-31) | James Garner, Jane Elliott | The Box Tops |

### June

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1443 | June 3, 1968 (1968-6-3) | Bob Hope | N/A |
| 6/4/68 pre-empted by NBC News coverage of California and South Dakota primaries. ||||
| N–A | June 5, 1968 (1968-6-5) | Preempted by coverage of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy | N/A |
| Scheduled guests were Clifton Fadiman, Joe E. Lewis and Trini Lopez ||||
| N–A | June 6, 1968 (1968-6-6) | Preempted by coverage of the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy | N/A |
| Scheduled guests were Victor Borge and Joey Heatherton ||||
| 1444 | June 7, 1968 (1968-6-7) | Entire show was devoted to memorializing Robert F. Kennedy. | N/A |
| 1445 | June 10, 1968 (1968-6-10) | Doug McClure | N/A |
| 1446 | June 11, 1968 (1968-6-11) | Oskar Werner | N/A |
| 1447 | June 12, 1968 (1968-6-12) | Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Peggy Cass | N/A |
| 1448 | June 13, 1968 (1968-6-13) | Joe E. Lewis | Trini Lopez |
| 1449 | June 14, 1968 (1968-6-14) | Magician Don Alan | Jimmy Webb |
| 1450 | June 17, 1968 (1968-6-17) | New York City Mayor John Lindsay, Marilyn Maye | Boots Randolph |
| 1451 | June 18, 1968 (1968-6-18) | George Carlin, Oskar Werner | N/A |
| 1452 | June 19, 1968 (1968-6-19) | Raquel Welch, Alan King, Pigmeat Markham, Cleve Backster | N/A |
| Cleve Backster demonstrates plant perception; Answers to Famous Quotes (featuring Johnny, Alan King, and Raquel Welch); Alan King talks about his son's bar mitzvah. ||||
| 1453 | June 20, 1968 (1968-6-20) | Walter Matthau, Ed Sullivan | James Brown, Nancy Wilson |
| 1454 | June 21, 1968 (1968-6-21) | Steve McQueen, David Frye, Pat McCormick | N/A |
| 1455 | June 24, 1968 (1968-6-24) | Bennett Cerf, Monti Rock III | Judy Garland, The Mummers |
| Jack Haskell replaced a vacationing Ed McMahon. ||||
| 1456 | June 25, 1968 (1968-6-25) | Victor Borge, Margaret Hamilton, Clair and McMahon | N/A |
| 1457 | June 26, 1968 (1968-6-26) | Vidal Sassoon, Pearl Mesta | Aretha Franklin |
| 1458 | June 27, 1968 (1968-6-27) | Norm Crosby, Heywood Hale Broun, Jean Paul Vignon, Alexandra Hay | N/A |
| 1459 | June 28, 1968 (1968-6-28) | Buddy Hackett | The University of Iowa Bagpipe Band |
| Excerpts from the Broadway musical, Hair. ||||

### July

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1460 | July 1, 1968 (1968-7-1) | Billy Graham, David Frye | N/A |
| 1461 | July 2, 1968 (1968-7-2) | Buddy Hackett, Margaret Hamilton, David Frost | N/A |
| 1462 | July 3, 1968 (1968-7-3) | William Schutz | Homer and Jethro |
| 1463 | July 4, 1968 (1968-7-4) | David Frost guest host; Jimmy Breslin | Mel Torme |
| 1464 | July 5, 1968 (1968-7-5) | David Frost guest host; Joel Grey | N/A |
| 1465 | July 8, 1968 (1968-7-8) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jack Lemmon, April Tatro | N/A |
| 1466 | July 9, 1968 (1968-7-9) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bob Newhart, Janet Leigh | Sonny and Cher |
| 1467 | July 10, 1968 (1968-7-10) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Tom Smothers, The Committee, Eva Gabor | Tiny Tim |
| Part of a sketch by The Committee was censored by NBC. ||||
| 1468 | July 11, 1968 (1968-7-11) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Lucille Ball, James Garner, Richard Pryor | N/A |
| 1469 | July 12, 1968 (1968-7-12) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Rickles, Don Adams, Phyllis Diller | N/A |
| 1470 | July 15, 1968 (1968-7-15) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jerry Lewis, David Janssen, Kaye Ballard | N/A |
| 1471 | July 16, 1968 (1968-7-16) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Dinah Shore, Pat Paulsen, Sebastian Cabot | Glen Campbell |
| 1472 | July 17, 1968 (1968-7-17) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bill Cosby, Vincent Price, Eva Gabor, Bill Dana | Roger Miller |
| 1473 | July 18, 1968 (1968-7-18) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Carol Wayne, Lana Wood, Ralph Williams | N/A |
| 1474 | July 19, 1968 (1968-7-19) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) George Burns, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, Karl Malden, Don Davis | N/A |
| 1475 | July 22, 1968 (1968-7-22) | Alan King guest host; Ed Begley, Jackie Vernon | N/A |
| 1476 | July 23, 1968 (1968-7-23) | Alan King guest host; Pat Henry | N/A |
| 1477 | July 24, 1968 (1968-7-24) | Alan King guest host; Rod Serling | Paul Anka |
| 1478 | July 25, 1968 (1968-7-25) | Flip Wilson | Ray Price |
| 1479 | July 26, 1968 (1968-7-26) | Godfrey Cambridge | N/A |
| 1480 | July 29, 1968 (1968-7-29) | Richard Pryor | N/A |
| 1481 | July 30, 1968 (1968-7-30) | Joan Fontaine | N/A |
| 1482 | July 31, 1968 (1968-7-31) | Cyril Ritchard, Clifton Fadiman | N/A |

### August

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1483 | August 1, 1968 (1968-8-1) | Harold Glasson of the National Rifle Association | Jean-Paul Vignon |
| 1484 | August 2, 1968 (1968-8-2) | New York City mayor John Lindsay, Jill St. John, Ricardo Montalbán | N/A |
| 1485 | August 5, 1968 (1968-8-5) | Tony Randall | Lou Rawls, The Golddiggers |
| 1486 | August 6, 1968 (1968-8-6) | Pat Paulsen, Helen O'Connell, model Veruschka | N/A |
| 1487 | August 7, 1968 (1968-8-7) | Ricardo Montalbán, Robert Ettinger, Irwin C. Watson | Hello People |
| 1488 | August 8, 1968 (1968-8-8) | Joel Grey, William Mooney, Myron Cohen, Robert Klein | N/A |
| 1489 | August 9, 1968 (1968-8-9) | TBA | The Bee Gees |
| 1490 | August 12, 1968 (1968-8-12) | Don Rickles, Barbara Walters, Robert Ettinger, Al Hansen | Liberace |
| 1491 | August 13, 1968 (1968-8-13) | Jimmy Breslin, Jack E. Leonard | The Beach Boys, Kaye Stevens |
| 1492 | August 14, 1968 (1968-8-14) | Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Alan King, Peter Finch, Robert David Lion Gardiner | Arthur Prysock |
| 1493 | August 15, 1968 (1968-8-15) | Fannie Flagg, Peter Max, Students from a clown school | N/A |
| 1494 | August 16, 1968 (1968-8-16) | Allen Funt, Charlie Callas | N/A |
| 1495 | August 19, 1968 (1968-8-19) | Jerry Lewis guest host; The Smothers Brothers, Pat Paulsen, Connie Stevens | N/A |
| 1496 | August 20, 1968 (1968-8-20) | Jerry Lewis guest host; Cornel Wilde, Charlie Callas, Harry Goz | N/A |
| 1497 | August 21, 1968 (1968-8-21) | Jerry Lewis guest host; Joanne Woodward, Jose Ferrer, Dr. Joyce Brothers | N/A |
| 1498 | August 22, 1968 (1968-8-22) | Jerry Lewis guest host; Cliff Robertson, Davis & Reese | Robert Goulet, Barry Gray |
| 1499 | August 23, 1968 (1968-8-23) | Jerry Lewis guest host; Paul Newman, Allan Sherman, Bob Fletcher, Vicki Lano | Mel Torme |
| 1500 | August 26, 1968 (1968-8-26) | Bob Newhart guest host; Shecky Greene, Clive Barnes | Leslie Uggams |
| 1501 | August 27, 1968 (1968-8-27) | Bob Newhart guest host; Godfrey Cambridge, Michael Allen | Marilyn Maye, The Times Square Two |
| 1502 | August 28, 1968 (1968-8-28) | Bob Newhart guest host; Scoey Mitchell | N/A |
| 1503 | August 29, 1968 (1968-8-29) | Bob Newhart guest host; Dick Roman | Dick Roman, Jackie and Roy |
| 1504 | August 30, 1968 (1968-8-30) | Bob Newhart guest host; Bob Crane, Steven Birmingham | The Geezinslaw Brothers |

### September

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1505 | September 2, 1968 (1968-9-2) | TBA | The Craig Hundley Trio |
| 1506 | September 3, 1968 (1968-9-3) | Raymond Burr, Gloria Steinem | The Golddiggers, The Muppets |
| 1507 | September 4, 1968 (1968-9-4) | Yonley | N/A |
| 1508 | September 5, 1968 (1968-9-5) | Connie Von Hagen | N/A |
| 1509 | September 6, 1968 (1968-9-6) | David Frye | N/A |
| 1510 | September 9, 1968 (1968-9-9) | Polly Bergen | Sandler & Young |
| Johnny Carson Rides a Unicycle ||||
| 1511 | September 10, 1968 (1968-9-10) | Rene Carpenter | N/A |
| 1512 | September 11, 1968 (1968-9-11) | Ruth Montgomery | James Brown |
| 1513 | September 12, 1968 (1968-9-12) | Mickey Mantle, Veruschka | N/A |
| 1514 | September 13, 1968 (1968-9-13) | Alan King (guest host), Matt Monro, Bill Moyers | N/A |
| 1515 | September 16, 1968 (1968-9-16) | Billy Eckstein, Joseph W. Barr | Sandler & Young |
| 1516 | September 17, 1968 (1968-9-17) | Slappy White, Lesley Gore, Cere Robinson | N/A |
| 1517 | September 18, 1968 (1968-9-18) | Marilyn Maye | N/A |
| 1518 | September 19, 1968 (1968-9-19) | Joe Tex | N/A |
| 1519 | September 20, 1968 (1968-9-20) | Peter Ustinov | N/A |
| 1520 | September 23, 1968 (1968-9-23) | John Davidson (guest host), George Carlin | N/A |
| 1521 | September 24, 1968 (1968-9-24) | Alan King, Mamie Van Doren | N/A |
| 1522 | September 25, 1968 (1968-9-25) | Buddy Hackett, Herb Tarr | N/A |
| 1523 | September 26, 1968 (1968-9-26) | George Carlin | N/A |
| 1524 | September 27, 1968 (1968-9-27) | David Frye, Henry Trefflich | N/A |
| 1525 | September 30, 1968 (1968-9-30) | David Frost (guest host), Phyllis Newman, Dr. Julian Fast | N/A |

### October

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1525 | October 1, 1968 (1968-10-1) | Clips of past highlights and special guests visit | N/A |
| 6th Anniversary Show ||||
| 1526 | October 2, 1968 (1968-10-2) | Twiggy, Trevor Howard, Mario Andretti, Adela Rogers St. Johns | N/A |
| 1527 | October 3, 1968 (1968-10-3) | Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, The Pickle Brothers | N/A |
| 1528 | October 4, 1968 (1968-10-4) | Shelley Winters | Marilyn Maye, Joao Gilberto |
| 1529 | October 7, 1968 (1968-10-7) | Bob Crane (guest host), Pamela Mason, Irwin Corey, David Hemmings, Dave Barry | N/A |
| 1530 | October 8, 1968 (1968-10-8) | Bob Crane (guest host), Patricia Neal, Gig Young, Jack Valenti | Engelbert Humperdinck |
| 1531 | October 9, 1968 (1968-10-9) | Bob Crane (guest host), Cliff Robertson, Sheila MacRae | N/A |
| 1532 | October 10, 1968 (1968-10-10) | Dinah Shore (guest host), Dina Merrill, Rich Little, Jack Albertson, Arthur Ashe, Pancho Gonzalez | N/A |
| 1533 | October 11, 1968 (1968-10-11) | Dinah Shore (guest host), Shecky Greene, Oscar de la Renta | Jack Jones |
| 1534 | October 14, 1968 (1968-10-14) | David McCallum, Chet Huntley, Alice Faye, Dr. Nauricio Obregon | N/A |
| An "eatable" fashion show is presented. ||||
| 1535 | October 15, 1968 (1968-10-15) | Jill St. John, Bob Gibson, Kay Reid | N/A |
| 1536 | October 16, 1968 (1968-10-16) | Tony Curtis, William Bradford Huie, Rita Smith | N/A |
| 1537 | October 17, 1968 (1968-10-17) | Allen Funt, Melvin Belli | N/A |
| 1538 | October 18, 1968 (1968-10-18) | Victor Borge, Thalassa Cruso | N/A |
| 1539 | October 21, 1968 (1968-10-21) | Phyllis Diller (guest host), Rip Taylor, Norm Crosby, Ward Donovan | N/A |
| 1540 | October 22, 1968 (1968-10-22) | Mia Farrow, Ronnie Dyson, Gilbert Becaud | N/A |
| 1541 | October 23, 1968 (1968-10-23) | Gerald Scarfe, Roberta Quinlan | The Ramsey Lewis Trio |
| 1542 | October 24, 1968 (1968-10-24) | Carol Wayne, Rita Smith, Dennis Rudalawicz | Jack Jones |
| 1543 | October 25, 1968 (1968-10-25) | Don Rickles, William Shatner, Barbara Eden, Clare Conley | Buddy Rich |
| 1544 | October 28, 1968 (1968-10-28) | Eddy Arnold (guest host), Liberace, Phyllis Newman | Robert Merrill |
| 1545 | October 29, 1968 (1968-10-29) | Jack Cassidy, Shirley Jones, The Muppets | N/A |
| 1546 | October 30, 1968 (1968-10-30) | Joan Rivers, Alistair Cooke, Phyllis McGuire | N/A |
| American Federation of Musicians went on strike, meaning that there was no band for the show. ||||
| 1547 | October 31, 1968 (1968-10-31) | Monique Wilson | Kaye Stevens, Jack Haskell |

### November

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1548 | November 1, 1968 (1968-11-1) | Woody Allen (Guest Host), Muhammad Ali, James Earl Jones, Viva | N/A |
| 1549 | November 4, 1968 (1968-11-4) | Pearl Bailey (Guest Host), Anthony Quinn, Jackie Mason, Bunny Briggs | Cab Calloway, Louie Bellson |
| (11/5/68 pre-empted for NBC News election night coverage) ||||
| 1550 | November 6, 1968 (1968-11-6) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bill Cosby, Carol Burnett, Dick Fosbury | N/A |
| 1560 | November 7, 1968 (1968-11-7) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Kirk Douglas, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Ed Ames | N/A |
| 1561 | November 8, 1968 (1968-11-8) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) David Frye, David Janssen | N/A |
| 1562 | November 11, 1968 (1968-11-11) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Mickey Rooney, Barbara Feldon, Carol Wayne | N/A |
| A sketch involving Carson, Feldon and Wayne was erased due to complaints from NBC censors. ||||
| 1563 | November 12, 1968 (1968-11-12) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Rickles, Don Adams, Dan Blocker, Kaye Ballard | N/A |
| 1564 | November 13, 1968 (1968-11-13) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Robert Wagner, Dinah Shore, Carol Lynley, Bill Toomey | N/A |
| 1565 | November 14, 1968 (1968-11-14) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Peter Lawford, Jonathan Winters, Rose Marie, Shecky Greene | Tiny Tim |
| 1566 | November 15, 1968 (1968-11-15) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jack Benny, Nancy Kwan | The Golddiggers, Tennessee Ernie Ford |
| 1567 | November 18, 1968 (1968-11-18) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bob Crane, Phyllis Diller, Darren McGavin, John Byner | N/A |
| 1568 | November 19, 1968 (1968-11-19) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jane Fonda, Roger Vadim, Flip Wilson, The Smothers Brothers | N/A |
| 1569 | November 20, 1968 (1968-11-20) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Lucille Ball, Steve Allen | N/A |
| 1570 | November 21, 1968 (1968-11-21) | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jane Wyman, Bill Dana, Paul Lynde, Tony Curtis | N/A |
| November 22 show was cancelled when Johnny Carson developed a virus ||||
| 1571 | November 25, 1968 (1968-11-25) | Peter Lawford (Guest Host), Pierre Salinger, The Committee | N/A |
| 1572 | November 26, 1968 (1968-11-26) | Peter Lawford (Guest Host), Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Roger Smith, Richard Pryor | Bobbie Gentry |
| 1573 | November 27, 1968 (1968-11-27) | Peter Lawford (Guest Host), Jack Lemmon, Jerry Lewis, Otto Preminger, Vic Perry | N/A |
| 1574 | November 28, 1968 (1968-11-28) | Peter Lawford (Guest Host), George Hamilton | N/A |
| 1575 | November 29, 1968 (1968-11-29) | Peter Lawford (Guest Host), Milton Berle, Dick Cavett | Steve Lawrence |

### December

| No. | Original release date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
| 1576 | December 2, 1968 (1968-12-2) | O. J. Simpson, Ted Hendricks, Bill Stanfill, Terry Hanratty, Leroy Keyes, Jerry Levias | N/A |
| All of the football players were members of the Look Magazine All-American Football Team ||||
| 1577 | December 3, 1968 (1968-12-3) | Shari Lewis, John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands | N/A |
| 1578 | December 4, 1968 (1968-12-4) | Charlie Callas | Astrud Gilberto |
| 1579 | December 5, 1968 (1968-12-5) | Ann Landers, Irwin C. Watson | N/A |
| 1580 | December 6, 1968 (1968-12-6) | George Segal | N/A |
| 1581 | December 9, 1968 (1968-12-9) | Orson Bean (Guest Host); George Kirby, Beryl Reid | N/A |
| 1582 | December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10) | Polly Bergen, Alan Bates, Alan Alda | Gloria Loring |
| 1583 | December 11, 1968 (1968-12-11) | Rod Steiger | N/A |
| 1584 | December 12, 1968 (1968-12-12) | Susannah York, Jack Carter | N/A |
| 1585 | December 13, 1968 (1968-12-13) | James Garner | Tiny Tim |
| 1586 | December 16, 1968 (1968-12-16) | Woody Allen (guest host), Shari Lewis | Turk Murphy |
| 1587 | December 17, 1968 (1968-12-17) | Judy Garland, Slappy White, Jerry Kramer | Judy Garland performed ("It's All For You" and "Till After The Holidays") |
| Judy sings "It's All For You" and "After The Holidays". ||||
| 1588 | December 18, 1968 (1968-12-18) | James Mason, Sheldon Leonard | Tiny Tim |
| 1589 | December 19, 1968 (1968-12-19) | Simone Signoret | Liza Minnelli |
| 1590 | December 20, 1968 (1968-12-20) | Vanessa Redgrave, David Frye, Hines, Hines & Dad, painter Jan De Ruth | N/A |
| 1591 | December 23, 1968 (1968-12-23) | Alan King (guest host); Maureen Stapleton | N/A |
| 1592 | December 25, 1968 (1968-12-25) | Jack Jones (guest host), Sammy Cahn, Chuck McCann, Ivan Sanderson, Irwin C. Watson | Jane Morgan |
| 1593 | December 26, 1968 (1968-12-26) | Jack Jones (guest host), Milt Kamen, Phyllis Newman, Don Murray, Hines, Hines & Dad | N/A |
| 1594 | December 27, 1968 (1968-12-27) | Jack Jones (guest host), Dick Cavett, Henry Borovik | N/A |
| 1595 | December 30, 1968 (1968-12-30) | Rod Steiger, Harry Belafonte, Sander Vanocur, E.J. Peaker | N/A |
| 1596 | December 31, 1968 (1968-12-31) | Tony Randall, Joan Rivers, Joel Grey, Jimmy Breslin | Jan Peerce |