| 2026-06-17 | Jay who hosted the 2020s revival of "You Bet Your Life" |
| 2026-05-10 | Letterman rival |
| 2026-03-10 | Jay formerly of late-night TV |
| 2025-07-31 | Jay in the Television Hall of Fame |
| 2024-11-23 | Winner of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2014 |
| 2024-05-29 | Onetime host with the segment "Jaywalking" |
| 2024-05-26 | Mocking Jay |
| 2023-05-08 | Comedian Jay |
| 2023-02-28 | Fallon's predecessor on "The Tonight Show" |
| 2022-12-04 | Former "Tonight Show" host |
| 2022-06-30 | Host that preceded and succeeded O'Brien |
| 2022-05-01 | Jay with jokes |
| 2022-04-05 | Jay with a "Garage" |
| 2022-02-18 | One side of a classic late-night feud |
| 2022-01-26 | Fallon's late-night predecessor |
| 2021-06-25 | 2014 Television Hall of Fame inductee |
| 2021-06-17 | TV host with a "Garage" |
| 2021-06-04 | Jay between Johnny and Jimmy |
| 2021-05-11 | "The Tonight Show" host before and after O'Brien |
| 2020-04-13 | Jay formerly of late-night |
| 2019-12-30 | Jay formerly of late-night TV |
| 2019-03-11 | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon |
| 2018-09-13 | Successor of Carson |
| 2018-08-18 | TV host who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor |
| 2018-03-16 | Successor to Paar's successor |
| 2018-01-15 | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon |
| 2017-10-27 | Billy Crystal was his first guest |
| 2017-10-08 | Jay with jokes |
| 2017-06-26 | Jay once seen nightly |
| 2017-06-11 | Jay who preceded Jimmy |
| 2017-02-08 | Longtime host who wrote "Leading With My Chin" |
| 2016-09-09 | Longtime TV figure known for his garage |
| 2016-04-11 | Jay who preceded Jimmy Fallon |
| 2016-03-31 | Fallon predecessor |
| 2016-02-15 | Former late-night host Jay |
| 2015-09-21 | Jay formerly of late-night |
| 2015-04-23 | Former late-night luminary |
| 2015-02-03 | Jay formerly of "The Tonight Show" |
| 2014-12-13 | Deliverer of thousands of monologues |
| 2014-07-06 | James Douglas Muir ___ (TV host's birth name) |
| 2014-04-29 | 2014 TV retiree |
| 2014-04-14 | Recently retired Jay |
| 2014-02-20 | Subject of the 1994 best seller "The Late Shift" |
| 2014-02-18 | *2014 TV retiree |
| 2014-01-31 | "Leading With My Chin" memoirist |
| 2013-06-29 | One side of a famous NBC feud |
| 2012-11-30 | Longtime "Headlines" reader |
| 2012-04-11 | TV host with a college degree in speech therapy |
| 2011-05-25 | TV monologist |
| 2011-05-12 | Late-night wars participant |
| 2011-05-09 | Funnyman Jay |
| 2011-03-27 | Jay who jests |
| 2010-11-23 | O'Brien's late-night predecessor and successor |
| 2010-10-20 | Who once remarked "You can't stay mad at somebody who makes you laugh" |
| 2010-10-15 | Noted reader of headlines |
| 2010-06-15 | Host of a nightly TV show taped in Burbank |
| 2009-12-28 | NBC host Jay |
| 2009-11-27 | A successor to 22-Across |
| 2009-07-12 | O'Brien's predecessor |
| 2009-06-01 | See 19-Across |
| 2009-02-16 | Funnyman Jay |
| 2009-02-06 | Star viewed at night |
| 2009-01-10 | Dyslexic TV host with a college degree in speech therapy |
| 2008-08-12 | Last name in TV talk |
| 2008-08-08 | "You're not famous until my mother has heard of you" quipper |
| 2008-05-08 | Longtime NBC host |
| 2008-04-13 | TV host known for his mandibular prognathism |
| 2008-02-24 | Jay that chatters |
| 2007-12-07 | Celebrity who testified at the 2005 Michael Jackson trial |
| 2007-11-27 | Late-night name |
| 2007-09-12 | "Jaywalking" personality |
| 2007-05-28 | Jay who does "Jaywalking" |
| 2007-04-01 | Longtime NBC star |
| 2007-03-22 | "Nightline" competitor, informally |
| 2007-02-24 | Entertainer who owns Big Dog Productions |
| 2007-02-15 | Nightly TV presence beginning 5/25/92 |
| 2006-08-22 | Lantern-jawed Jay |
| 2006-07-23 | Monologist of note |
| 2006-06-27 | Late-night TV "jaywalker" |
| 2006-03-29 | "Jaywalking" guy |
| 2006-01-23 | Jay of late-night |
| 2005-12-01 | Big name in late-night |
| 2005-11-01 | "Jaywalker" of late-night TV |
| 2005-09-25 | TV comic who wrote "If Roast Beef Could Fly" |
| 2005-06-03 | Follower of the news |
| 2005-05-03 | Carson's successor |
| 2005-01-16 | Nightly monologue deliverer |
| 2004-10-07 | Nightly TV star beginning 5/25/92 |
| 2004-06-01 | Lantern-jawed celeb |
| 2004-05-12 | Late-night funnyman |
| 2004-03-10 | Late-night host |
| 2004-01-06 | Late-night Jay |
| 2003-11-19 | Carson's successor |
| 2003-10-29 | He follows the news |
| 2003-07-20 | Jay watched by owls |
| 2003-06-03 | Late-night host |
| 2003-04-20 | Member of a long-running TV duel |
| 2003-02-17 | Late-night name |
| 2003-01-21 | TV host who wrote "Leading With My Chin" |
| 2003-01-02 | NBC host |
| 2002-12-18 | One who follows the news |
| 2002-12-11 | He's seen late |
| 2002-12-06 | Successor to Allen |
| 2002-11-05 | Lantern-jawed celeb |
| 2002-09-11 | Jay seen at night |
| 2002-09-09 | Letterman rival |
| 2002-02-11 | Letterman rival |
| 2002-01-23 | Late-night name |
| 2001-09-10 | Jay of NBC |
| 2001-08-19 | Someone to see before retiring? |
| 2001-07-16 | Carson's late-night successor |
| 2001-06-10 | Jay seen at night |
| 2001-06-05 | Noted monologuist |
| 2001-05-29 | Nightly comic |
| 2001-04-30 | TV host with bandleader Eubanks |
| 2000-12-18 | Jay of "The Tonight Show" |
| 2000-11-16 | Big-chinned chinner |
| 2000-10-19 | O'Brien's lead-in |
| 2000-08-31 | Major NBC star |
| 2000-04-29 | One who follows the news |
| 2000-03-22 | NBC host |
| 2000-02-21 | Letterman rival |
| 2000-02-09 | Late-night name |
| 1999-10-29 | Follower of the news |
| 1999-08-02 | Late-night host Jay |
| 1999-07-28 | Late-night name |
| 1999-06-10 | NBC stalwart |
| 1999-05-23 | Follower of the news? |
| 1999-02-01 | Jay who chins with guests |
| 1998-11-16 | Comic Jay |
| 1998-10-06 | Late-night regular |
| 1998-10-05 | Carson's successor |
| 1998-08-23 | Jester Jay |
| 1998-07-20 | Carson's successor |
| 1998-05-25 | Jay who has Monday night "Headlines" |
| 1997-12-18 | Big name in comedy |
| 1997-07-08 | Letterman rival |
| 1997-07-02 | TV host who does "Headlines" |
| 1997-06-18 | Carson successor |
| 1997-03-20 | He follows the news |
| 1997-02-17 | Late-night host |
| 1996-12-09 | Letterman rival |
| 1996-10-27 | Big star at night |
| 1996-09-25 | Letterman rival |
| 1996-07-01 | Late-night schmoozer Jay |
| 1996-06-24 | Jay___ |
| 1996-04-30 | Late-night host |
| 1996-03-03 | He follows the news |
| 1996-02-23 | NBC star |
| 1996-01-17 | Jay of note |
| 1995-12-25 | Emcee Jay |
| 1995-10-12 | Late-night host |
| 1994-10-06 | Host Jay |
| 1994-06-30 | Open-weave fabric |
| 1994-05-24 | Late-night star |
| 1994-03-03 | Letterman rival |
| 1994-01-17 | Host Jay |
| 1994-01-06 | Late-night star |