A famous clip resurfaced of legendary late-night host Johnny Carson defending his right to avoid bringing up "serious issues" on his talk show, arguing there is a danger in hosts like him being too ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just because Johnny Carson’s company produced Late Night with David Letterman doesn’t mean he actually cared about the show. In a ...

David Letterman compared Johnny Carson to a “public utility.” Walter Cronkite anointed him the “most durable performer in the whole history of television.” An “OK” hand signal from behind Carson’s ...

Johnny Carson's longtime friend reveals the legendary host refused to mix politics with late-night TV, a philosophy lost in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everybody who was anybody landed on Johnny's couch, clockwise from upper left: Richard Pryor, 1986; Drew Barrymore, 1982; Bette ...

In August 1970, “The Phil Donahue Show,” broadcast out of the WLWD studio (now WDTN) in Moraine, was still in its relative infancy, having just entered national syndication after starting as a local ...

Tonight Show host Johnny Carson rose above political humor. Thoughts on the 25th anniversary of his last show.

Johnny Carson is believed to have kept a secret list of "banned guests" which he kept handy during his 30-year run on The Tonight Show, Radaronline.com can reveal. According to Mark Malkoff's new book ...

Bob Newhart was one of the most prolific guest hosts of 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson' — but the writers weren't all fans of how he worked Harry Langdon/Getty; NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal ...

Among the remarkable alumni of the University of Nebraska, no star has shone brighter, for longer, than that of the King of Late Night, Johnny Carson ’49. Carson’s Tonight Show was, not to exaggerate, ...