Johnny Carson Archives

News

Tonight Show 75th Anniversary ‘Next in Line’ for NBC Tentpole Push

By Jed Rosenzweig

Nov 2, 2026 4 comments

Late Night Time Machine

Joan Rivers Guest Hosted a Halloween Tonight Show Like No Other

By Will DiGravio

Oct 31, 2026 1 comment

Elton John, John Rivers, Cher, and Pee-Wee Herman

Features

The Night Fox Put Its Future in Joan Rivers’ Hands

By Bill Carter

Oct 9, 2026 3 comments

Byron Allen Comics Unleashed 20th anniversary special

Features

Byron Allen Gets a Prime-Time Victory Lap on CBS

By Bill Carter

Sep 29, 2026 7 comments

Features

Jimmy Kimmel’s Brooklyn Weeks Keep One of Late Night’s Oldest Traditions Alive

By Jed Rosenzweig

Sep 28, 2026 1 comment

Features

SNL Starts Season 52 With Lorne Michaels Still at the Center of It All

By Bill Carter

Sep 25, 2026 1 comment

Features

Jimmy Kimmel, Johnny Carson, and the Politics of a Planted Story

By Bill Carter

Sep 9, 2026 36 comments

Features

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Hits 4,000 Episodes: Reflections From Inside

By Dan Pasternack

Sep 8, 2026 15 comments

Origin Story

How Steve Allen Accidentally Invented the Late-Night Monologue

By Nick Riccardo

Aug 6, 2026 5 comments

By Jed Rosenzweig

Jul 27, 2026

Peter Lassally on What Carson, Letterman, and Ferguson Had in Common

Bill Brioux has released a never-before-heard 2008 interview with the late-night kingmaker, who died last week at 93. “They all have mothers that didn’t give them enough love,” Lassally notes of the three hosts he knew best.