As a network censor, he kept his eye on Johnny Carson’s ‘The Tonight Show,’ Tom Snyder’s ‘The Tomorrow Show’ and more.

Burbank did it’s part for the national Let’s Move campaign on Saturday at Johnny Carson Park. Launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, Let’s Move promotes family involvement in physical ...

FILE – In this May 22, 1992 file photo, host Johnny Carson gestures on “The Tonight Show” during his broadcast in Burbank, Calif. said Thursday that it is developing a miniseries based on the life of ...

Everybody who was anybody landed on Johnny’s couch, clockwise from upper left: Richard Pryor, 1986; Drew Barrymore, 1982; Bette Midler, 1992; then-Gov. Jerry Brown, 1979.

Carson the Magnificent, by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas (Simon and Schuster, 336 pp., $30). In 2006, the cable channel TV Land surveyed the greatest catchphrases in American television. The winner?

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme. It might be hard to grasp today just how big Johnny Carson was ...