When Sophia Loren stopped by The Tonight Show for her first interview with Johnny Carson in 1979, he’d already read her autobiography. And one of his research notes was that she liked to wear ...

A new book celebrates Johnny Carson's 100th birthday, revealing stories, surprises and the mystery that kept America watching him for more than 30 years.

An elderly woman in Columbus, Neb., turned on her color TV set, tuned in the Tonight show, and settled back to watch Johnny Carson. “And now—here’s Johnny!” called Announcer Ed McMahon as the star ...

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, ...

Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" for nearly 30 years, died on Sunday at age 79 after a long battle with emphysema. "Mr. Carson passed ...

NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme. It might be hard to grasp today just how big Johnny Carson was. He ...