After anchoring SNL's Weekend Update for the past eight years, Seth Meyers moves from late night Saturdays to weeknights, taking over the mantle of LATE NIGHT from Jimmy Fallon -- and receving the LATE NIGHT pickle in the transition. When his series premieres tonight (NBC at 12:35am ET/PT, following local news and THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON), Meyers welcomes his former Weekend Update co-anchor Amy Poehler, Vice President Joe Biden and musical guest A Great Big World. Other scheduled guests for the first week include:

• Tuesday, Feb. 25: Kanye West, Russell Wilson and author Robyn Doolittle.
• Wednesday, Feb. 26: Kelly Ripa, Brad Paisley and musical guest Brad Paisle.
• Thursday, Feb. 27: Lena Dunham, Anthony Mackie and musical guest John Mayer Trio.
• Friday, Feb. 27: Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart, Sophia Bush and comedian Michael Che.

Poehler joins an exclusive club as a first guest. Of course, Bill Murray leads that club, having received the honor three different times. Who else was a first guest? TV Tango went through the archives and found 58 first guests of late-night TV — all since LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN premiered back in February 1982.

Check out the list below to see who was the first guest on your fave late-night program.  We only included series that started at 10pm or later; so you won't find DOGG AFTER DARK, TOM GREEN LIVE, or any other early primetime (or daytime) talk shows.  If we found a clip of the premiere episode, we included a link for that video. 

Enjoy!

58 Late-Night TV Series and Their First Guests

• Feb 1982: Bill Murray on LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (video: YouTube)
• Sep 1983: Joan Collins¹ on THICKE OF THE NIGHT
• Jun 1984: Frank Sinatra on THE JERRY LEWIS SHOW
• Sep 1986: Jim McMahon on NIGHTLIFE
• Oct 1986: David Lee Roth on THE LATE SHOW STARRING JOAN RIVERS (video: YouTube)
• Jun 1988: Arnold Schwarzenegger on THE MAGIC HOUR
• Aug 1988: Linda Ellerbee on LATER WITH BOB COSTAS
• Jan 1989: Brooke Shields on THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW
• Jan 1989: Chevy Chase on THE PAT SAJAK SHOW (video: YouTube)
• Jul 1990: Charlie Sheen² on INTO THE NIGHT STARRING RICK DEES (video: YouTube)
• Aug 1990: John Madden on OVERTIME...WITH PAT O'BRIEN
• Jan 1992: Tom Hanks on THE DENNIS MILLER SHOW
• May 1992: Billy Crystal on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO (video: YouTube)
• Sep 1992: Elizabeth Taylor on THE WHOOPI GOLDBERG SHOW
• Aug 1993: Bill Murray on THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN
• Sep 1993: Goldie Hawn on THE CHEVY CHASE SHOW (video: YouTube)
• Sep 1993: John Goodman on LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN (video: YouTube)
• May 1994: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on LATER WITH GREG KINNEAR
• Jan 1995: Candice Bergen on THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH TOM SNYDER
• Sep 1995: Gabriel Byrne on LAUREN HUTTON AND...
• Oct 1996: Dennis Rodman on THE RUPAUL SHOW
• Aug 1997: Jada Pinkett on THE KEENEN IVORY WAYANS SHOW (video: YouTube)
• Aug 1997: Anthony Edwards³ on VIBE
• Jan 1999: Michael J. Fox on THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART (video: TheDailyShow.com)
• Mar 1999: Bill Murray on THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN(video: YouTube)
• Feb 2001: Tom Hanks on ON THE RECORD WITH BOB COSTAS (video: YouTube)
• Aug 2001: Edie Falco on THE SANDRA BERNHARD EXPERIENCE
• Jan 2002: Alicia Keys on LAST CALL WITH CARSON DALY (video: DailyMotion)
• Mar 2002: Foo Fighters on LATE WORLD WITH ZACH (video: YouTube)
• Jan 2003: George Clooney⁴ on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE
  
• Jun 2003: Adrien Brody on THE ORLANDO JONES SHOW
• Jan 2004: Bill Cosby on TAVIS SMILEY
• Jan 2005: David Duchovny on THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON (video: YouTube)
• Jul 2005: Sean Hayes on WEEKENDS AT THE D.L.
• Aug 2005: The Crystal Method on TOO LATE WITH ADAM CAROLLA
• Oct 2005: Stone Phillips on THE COLBERT REPORT (video: ColbertNation.com)
• Sep 2006: Andy Richter on TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN
• Apr 2007: Steve Schirripa on THE BRONX BUNNY SHOW (video - language NSFW: YouTube)
• Jul 2007: Steve-O⁵ on CHELSEA LATELY (video: MetaCafe)
• Mar 2009: Robert De Niro on LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON
• Jun 2009: Will Ferrell on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN (video: YouTube)
• Jul 2009: Danielle Staub on WATCH WHAT HAPPENS: LIVE (video: BravoTV)
• Sep 2009: Jerry Seinfeld on THE JAY LENO SHOW
• Sep 2009: Stevie Wonder on THE BRIAN MCKNIGHT SHOW (video: YouTube)
• Oct 2009: Steve Harvey on THE MO'NIQUE SHOW
• Nov 2009: No traditional guests, but Mary Lynn Rajskub, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell & Phil Keoghan are first guest panelists on THE WANDA SYKES SHOW
• Nov 2009: Eva Longoria-Parker on LOPEZ TONIGHT (video: YouTube)
• Nov 2010: Seth Rogen on CONAN (video: TeamCoco.com)
• May 2012: Dolph Lundgren⁶ on THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW (video: YouTube)
• Nov 2012: Mindy Kaling on LOVE YOU, MEAN IT WITH WHITNEY CUMMINGS (video: E! Online)
• Jan 2013: Ke$ha on NIKKI & SARA LIVE (video: MTV)
• Feb 2013: Joseline Hernandez⁷ on THE JENNY MCCARTHY SHOW (video: VH1)
• Sep 2013: Chris Tucker on THE ARSENIO HALL SHOW (video: YouTube)
• Sep 2013: Sky Blu on HELLO ROSS
• Oct 2013: Kumail Nanjiani on THE PETE HOLMES SHOW (video: PeteHolmes.com)
• Feb 2014: Will Smith on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON (video: YouTube: Will/Jimmy & Evolution of Hip-Hop Dance)
• Feb 2014: Amy Poehler on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS (video: coming soon)

¹THICKE OF THE NIGHT had Barry Manilow by satellite before the first in-studio guest interview.

²INTO THE NIGHT had Wilson Phillips as the musical act before the first guest interview.

³VIBE had President Clinton by satellite to start the show plus a few brief celebrity appearances before the first in-studio guest interview.

⁴JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE introduced Snoop Dogg as the guest host for the week before the first guest interview.

⁵CHELSEA LATELY had a roundtable with Chyna and others before the first guest interview.

⁶THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW had a George Clooney impersonator as its first guest, followed by Dolph Loundgren on the series premiere episode.

⁷THE JENNY MCCARTHY SHOW had Josh Groban scheduled to be the show's first guest, but he left before the program was taped.