Steve Allen, the zany comedian and witty social commentator whose career zipped at warp speed from one occupation to the next--from hosting the original "Tonight" show to lecturing about morality ...

"The Tonight Show" In 1954, NBC first launched its late-night series with host Steve Allen. The series was branded "Tonight! America After Dark" in the late 50s and later became "The Jack Paar Show." ...

He was a comedian, actor, author, songwriter, musician and the original host of what became The Tonight Show. Steve Allen died Monday night at the age of 78. His friends and colleagues commented ...

When Steve Allen first started hosting The Tonight Show in 1947, it was broadcast live each night at 11:15pm. On March 11, 1982, Allen appeared on a then-new program called Late Night with David ...

Steve Allen, one of television's greatest innovators and the first host of NBC's "Tonight Show," is dead at 78. A cultural curmudgeon in his final years, Allen was one of TV's zaniest comics in ...

Inventing Late Night: Steve Allen and the Original Tonight Show Ben Alba. Prometheus Books, $29.98 (368pp) ISBN 978-1-59102-342-5 ...

LOS ANGELES, California -- Steve Allen, comedian, author, composer and Emmy-award winning TV host, has died. Allen began his climb to stardom over 40 years ago as the first host of "The Tonight Show." ...

Steve Allen was the first host of “The Tonight Show,” and he is largely responsible for developing the late night TV format — a cross between a talk show and a variety program. Allen proved ...

LOS ANGELES Steve Allen, the bespectacled pioneer of late-night television and a comedian-actor-author who wrote more than 4,000 songs, including "This May Be the Start of Something Big," has died ...

The show was previously hosted by Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Leno, and Conan O’Brien ... "It’s been a privilege to be at the helm of the The Tonight Show, ...

Allen was a generous straight man who, particularly on The Tonight Show (1953-57) and a syndicated Steve Allen Show (1962-64, 1968-72), worked in peak comic form, assembling a stock company of ...