NBC has announced plans to air a special celebrating the life and legacy of the late trailblazing comedian Joan Rivers.

Enter the then-new network, FOX, who came to her with a basically irresistible deal: The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers, which would make her the first woman to ever host her own late night show.

The all-star tribute will also feature Sarah Silverman, Tracy Morgan, Patton Oswald, Chelsea Handler and many more ...

31, nearly seven years after fellow comedian Joan Rivers ... by Rivers during a 1983 episode of The Tonight Show. Rivers, who died in 2014 at age 81, was taking over for usual host Johnny Carson ...

You won't get far down the list of most influential comedians of the 20th century without landing on Joan Rivers ... 16 when "Saturday Night Live" celebrated turning 50 that weekend.

Ten years after her comedian mom's death, the former 'Fashion Police' host reveals what Joan Rivers was really like when she wasn't onstage performing: 'She was shy' Larry Busacca/Getty Ten years ...

Wedding bells rang — but not without a Joan Rivers-approved touch ... The Emmy-award-winning talk-show host was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she remained on life support for a week ...

including Joan Rivers. “I was scared of Joan when she first came, and I was her first host,” Roe recalled to Us. “They gave her to me because it was jewelry, and that was my forte.