In 1966, Johnny Carson introduced the Mighty Carson Art Players, an irregular sketch-comedy troupe for the “Tonight Show,” typically starring himself. Although the title was a bit of ho… ...

Johnny Carson, who in three decades as host of "The Tonight Show" became one of America's most influential entertainers as well as one of television's most powerful figures, died Sunday.

In one of his most famous sketches, Johnny Carson channeled his psychic abilities as “Carnac the Magnificent.” Carson, dressed in a turban and cape, would predict the answers to questions that ...

Explaining the greatness of Johnny Carson to a non-boomer is probably an exercise in drawing large, vague shapes with your hands. Carson had to be experienced across the long continuum of his late ...

After about 30 years of friendship, Betty White confessed to Johnny Carson she still got 'shook' when the 'Tonight Show' host greeted her.

A new biography of Tonight Show host Johnny Carson examines his 30-year career and television legacy.

Barbara Walters, Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer all made their best pitch but were turned down. Johnny Carson, the man who changed forever the world of late-night talk, wasn’t talking. The ...

That troubled relationship might have made it hard for Johnny to relate to his four wives and three children. “He was always a bit emotionally separated,” says Thomas, who explains that during ...

Heeere's Johnny -- After years being preserved in a Kansas salt mine, "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" archive is seeing the light of day -- having been newly digitized for both ...

On Mark Malkoff’s wonderful Carson Podcast, several guests have been asked about why they believe that when Johnny said goodbye on May 22, 1992 he never returned to television in any substantial ...

The Amazing Kreskin, the mentalist who had his own TV program and inspired a John Malkovich film and (maybe) a Johnny Carson character, has died at 89.