A hit was put out on television personality Johnny Carson after a run-in with a gangster at a bar, according to accounts in ...

In the new book Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan's Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend, author Mark Malkoff goes backstage and behind the scenes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny ...

With a show that's been around as long as The Tonight Show, it's safe to assume there's been a fair amount of drama affecting backstage operations at the long-running NBC talk show. Originally ...

Dolly Parton made no secret of her love for Johnny Carson. During a 1979 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The Jay-Conan fiasco is hardly The Tonight Show’s first melodrama. From Jack Paar’s on-air meltdown to Johnny Carson’s Leno snub, WATCH VIDEO of five late ...

A special episode of 'Daily Variety' podcast marks the 100th anniversary of the TV legend's birth Throughout the 1950s, Carson hosted a number of local and network series for CBS, including “Platter ...

The curtains that hung during the final episode of “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” are up for auction ahead of the late host’s 100th birthday on Oct. 24. The renowned talk show was helmed by ...

In the new book, “Love Johnny Carson,” Carson’s superfan Mark Malkoff details some of the most legendary moments on the show, including a blowup between Hollywood juggernauts, Zsa Zsa Gabor and Marlon ...

If Johnny Carson were alive today, he’d be 100 years old — and you can almost hear him delivering a sly, perfectly timed monologue about it. (“I’m so old, my cue cards have liver spots.”) To celebrate ...