Late-night TV is no easy gig, and no one knew that better than Johnny Carson. The Tonight Show host once dished out some tough love to a failed late-night TV host. Carson didn't have to worry much ...

While the world knew famed late-night host Johnny Carson as the funny man who America welcomed into their homes for 30 seasons, Howard Smith knew him as a kind, down to earth neighbor in Malibu.

Johnny Carson's son's death brought to light just how the late-night superstar felt he had failed as a father to all three of ...

Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate late-night host. The comedian’s most beloved gig was hosting “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” for 30 seasons from 1962 until his retirement in ...

While the world knew famed late-night host Johnny Carson as the funny man who America welcomed into their homes for 30 seasons, Howard Smith knew him as a kind, down to earth neighbor in Malibu.

Roseanne Barr revealed why she ignored Johnny Carson’s request to chat with him after her debut performance on The Tonight ...

Johnny Carson lingers in memory for those who came of age when ... With the subsequent competition between Letterman and Jay Leno, chronicled in Bill Carter’s The Late Shift, late night fractured into ...

Late Night Last Century is a new weekly column highlighting some of the funniest and most unforgettable comedy from late night, talk shows, and variety shows of the 20th century that’s currently ...

Johnny Carson presided over not just late night, but American popular culture. "Johnny Carson was the biggest star in America," said writer Mike Thomas. "Movie stars, rock stars, I don't think ...

The Tonight Show' host Johnny Carson was married four times ... Prior to becoming a household name as a pillar of late-night television, Carson married Joan "Jody" Wolcott in 1949 after they ...

One of television's best-known personalities, Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, was born on this day in history, on Oct. 23, 1925. Carson had Midwestern roots and ...