Jay Leno took over hosting duties for “The Tonight Show” when legendary host Johnny Carson retired in 1993. That doesn’t mean Carson was a fan of Leno. In fact, a new book, “Love Johnny Carson” by ...

Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV, so it’s no surprise that he had some opinions on his many predecessors. The late television icon, who hosted NBC’s The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1992, once ...

Johnny Carson's time as the host of NBC's "The Tonight Show" is memorialized in the new book "Love Johnny Carson." Written by Carson aficionado Mark Malkoff, with David Ritz, the book covers Carson's ...

Chief Correspondent and Executive Editor, "Eye on America" Jim Axelrod is the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News' "Eye on America" franchise, part of the "CBS Evening News." He also ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, the man who made “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” an American institution, has been off the late-night air longer than he was on it. For people of a certain age — you can do ...