The "American Masters" documentary, which airs Monday night, explores the host of "The Tonight Show" in all his complexity, and reflects how deeply this private man connected with his audience and ...

Johnny Carson ruled as the king of late-night television for 30 years. He made 4,531 appearances as star of NBC's "The Tonight Show." He welcomed 23,000 guests.

While the world knew famed late-night host Johnny Carson as the funny man who America welcomed into their homes for 30 seasons, Howard Smith knew him as a kind, down to earth neighbor in Malibu.

When many of us think of Johnny Carson, the man who dominated late-night TV for decades, memories of our family pop into our heads."My dad would always say the same thing," former late-night host ...

Johnny Carson’s longtime friend and neighbor Howard Smith is reflecting on their friendship 20 years after the late-night host’s death. Read an exclusive book excerpt.

Late-night TV is no easy gig, and no one knew that better than Johnny Carson. The Tonight Show host once dished out some tough love to a failed late-night TV host. Carson didn't have to worry much ...

Johnny Carson hilariously helps Ed McMahon with the Alpo Dog Food ad on the late night show. Jonathan Sotzing. During a sit-down event at the Hilton in Woodland Hills, the pilot ran through a ...

In 1973, Pelé appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson to show off his soccer skills to the late night audience.

Carson the Magnificent, by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas (Simon and Schuster, 336 pp., $30). In 2006, the cable channel TV Land surveyed the greatest catchphrases in American television. The winner?

Nearly 30 years after Johnny Carson’s passing, a much-anticipated biography of the late night legend is finally being released. The book is called Carson the Magnificent. Mike Thomas, who got ...

Johnny Carson, the legendary host of 'The Tonight Show,' was married four times before his 2005 death. Here’s everything to know about Johnny Carson's wives.