The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962 - 1992 NBC) c. 1970's Fifty years ago, Johnny Carson became the host of The Tonight Show. During his 30 years as host, he reached a nightly audience of 15 ...

Comedy legend Joe Piscopo compares Johnny Carson's classic comedy to modern-day late-night hosts and more on 'Fox News ...

Brian Noonan, Wally Podrazik, Justin Kulovsek and Chris Pokorny (the museum exhibit team) join WGN Radio’s (and MBC chair, president and CEO) Dave Plier to talk about the new exhibits at the Museum of ...

We discuss the Midwest origins of the "King of Late Night," plus the time a whole Iowa town came on Letterman's show. Then, we speak to a current producer for Seth Meyers. The late Johnny Carson would ...

But as “ Johnny Carson: King of Late Night ” – PBS’s latest entry into its prestigious “American Masters” series, airing May 14 – reveals, that intimacy may be the greatest illusion pulled off by the ...

If Johnny Carson were alive today, he'd be 100 years old - and you can almost hear him delivering a sly, perfectly timed monologue about it. ("I'm so old, my cue cards have liver spots.") To celebrate ...

The curtains that hung during the final episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” are up for auction ahead of the late host’s 100th birthday on Oct. 24. The renowned talk show was helmed by ...

Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV, so it’s no surprise that he had some opinions on his many predecessors. The late television icon, who hosted NBC’s The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, once ...