Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the all-time king of late-night television, Carson is a controversial figure to many other comedy icons, but not to Leno. While ...

The late-night host looms over the culture to this day, in part because he knew how to mix comedy and sex. But there was a darkness at the heart of his appeal. Credit...Deena So’Oteh Supported by By ...

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 ...

Late Night Last Century is a weekly column highlighting some of the funniest and most unforgettable comedy from late night, talk shows, and variety shows of the 20th century currently streaming on ...

The pair never reconciled after Rivers left Tonight for her own show Joan Rivers, who died on Thursday, was one of late-night television’s true pioneers. And inextricably tied to her legacy of ...

Carson's Comedy Classics was a stripped 1/2 hour syndicated television show that was first released to U.S. television stations in 1983. The program was made from segments and sketches taken from the ...

He was known as the “host whisperer” for his success at producing shows starring Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson. By Richard Sandomir The suit may be a totem of conventionality, but ...

Late Night Last Century is a new weekly column highlighting some of the funniest and most unforgettable comedy from late night, talk shows, and variety shows of the 20th century that’s currently ...

Johnny Carson's farewell to The Tonight Show was an emotional moment that still sticks with viewers, over three decades later. The moment was a year in the making, with Carson announcing his departure ...