Johnny Carson despised Bob Hope as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show due to their rivalry. Despite his feelings, Carson ...

Thomas' new book is "Carson the Magnificent," a biography of Carson his late friend Bill Zehme started. Everybody who was anybody appeared on "The Tonight Show," and 17 million Americans tuned in – ...

It was exactly 25 years ago tonight that Johnny Carson signed off for the last time as the host of The Tonight Show, ending a 30-year run on NBC. Jeff Sotzing was there. “It was an overwhelming ...

The comedy legend was a regular on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show Scott Huver is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been writing about entertainment, celebrity, pop culture, crime, fashion and the ...

Bernadette Peters talks about Shelley Winters teaching her how to swim during a break for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny ...

which had been started by Carson's late friend Bill Zehme, reveals the Tonight Show icons' powerful influence. Carson was reaching more than triple the size of all three current network late ...

Carson’s Tonight Show was, not to exaggerate, the touchstone of American culture for decades. The show, known to most Americans of the era simply as “Johnny Carson,” dominated late-night television ...

Letterman began his late night TV career at NBC, where he hosted the groundbreaking “Late Night With David Letterman” from ...

The Tonight Show debuted in 1954 as Tonight and was hosted by Steve Allen until 1957. Jack Parr took over until 1962, followed by Johnny Carson until his retirement in 1992. Jay Leno filled Carson ...

Comedian George Wallace has finally become the lead of his own sitcom at 72. And all it took was convincing Norman Lear to ...