Other bans stemmed from more personal disputes. Barbra Streisand, for example, reportedly clashed with Johnny after ...

New book "Love Johnny Carson" reveals the infamous banned celebrity list from "The Tonight Show," including Jay Leno, Ellen ...

Among the many prominent names banned from appearing on The Tonight Show were accomplished comedians like Jerry Lee Lewis and ...

One of the names allegedly on the list was fellow late night host Leno, who made his Tonight Show debut in March 1977 and was once a regular on the talk show. The book claims that after the “audience ...

Originally debuting on the network back in 1954, The Tonight Show is regarded by many as the flagship program in talk history ...

On May 22, 1992, America bid goodnight for a final time to the man who made a must-do out of staying up late. Johnny Carson, the “King of Late Night,” wrapped up his time as host of NBC’s The Tonight ...

Heeeeere’s Johnny! Considered by many to be the GOAT of last-night hosting, Johnny Carson would have celebrated his 100 th birthday today. To celebrate Carson’s birthday and legacy, a new book written ...

Howard Smith’s new memoir about Johnny Carson will show readers a whole different side of the famed television host. In Smith’s debut book, My Friend Johnny: The Last 20 Years of a Beautiful Life with ...

Johnny Carson had a troubling relationship with alcohol during all three of his marriages that ended in divorce. The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished the book ...

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 ...

For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson was the last face millions of viewers saw before they closed their eyes and went to sleep. Carson, the critic David Thomson once noted, ...

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 ...