Offstage, nobody called him Johnny – not even when he was a boy. It was always John. Johnny was only for TV. In “Carson the Magnificent,” by the late Bill Zehme, you will get to know Johnny Carson ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When many of us think of Johnny Carson, the man who dominated ...

Johnny Carson was so popular during his heyday that a late-night quip about a toilet paper shortage caused a run on the product at grocery stores across the country in 1973, nearly a half-century ...

Johnny Carson presented a confident, quick-witted persona on “The Tonight Show,” but his personal life was not so smooth. He had three marriages that ended in divorce and were marred by issues with ...

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 ...

The prologue or foreword to a biography can usually be skipped without penalty. It most often serves as a curtain-raiser where the author explains how the biography came to be, expresses thanks to ...

A special episode of 'Daily Variety' podcast marks the 100th anniversary of the TV legend's birth Throughout the 1950s, Carson hosted a number of local and network series for CBS, including “Platter ...

Late-night talk shows are a uniquely American invention that blend humor, the news of the day, and celebrity guests. While Johnny Carson was not the first late-night ...