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Jay Leno Made His First Tonight Show Appearance 44 Years Ago Today
On March 2nd, 1977, Jay Leno made his first-ever appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Colin Quinn Tells Conan Why He Turned Down Johnny Carson
Back in the late 1980s, there was no bigger starmaking opportunity than a slot on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny...
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The Best Late-Night TV Isn’t Nightly Anymore
This week marks the return of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver to HBO after a nearly three-month hiatus.
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Why is Antenna TV Thriving in the Age of Netflix?
This month marks the tenth anniversary of Antenna TV, and I know that to many that will sound like nonsense.
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Posted Sunday 11/08/20 at 12:31PM EST
Standup comedian Norm Crosby, who was the "Master of Malaprop," dies at 93
The popular comedian misused words to great effect for more than five decades, including numerous appearances on The Ed Sullivan...
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Posted Friday 10/23/20 at 2:31PM EDT
To celebrate Johnny Carson's 95th birthday today, two museums announce plans to keep his legacy alive
The National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York and the Elkhorn Valley Museum in Norfolk, Nebraska say they will preserve...
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Posted Friday 9/11/20 at 2:22AM EDT
Peacock's The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show captures an astonishing moment in the history of Black culture
People who criticize current late-night shows for being too political often point to Johnny Carson saying on 60 Minutes in...
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Posted Saturday 8/22/20 at 3:17AM EDT
Watch the trailer for Peacock's The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
The documentary, premiering Sept.
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Posted Thursday 7/30/20 at 2:16PM EDT
Drew Barrymore interviews her 7-year-old self to promote her new talk show
The Drew Barrymore Show is using the actress' 1982 appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show to promote its launch on...
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Posted Monday 7/27/20 at 7:45AM EDT
Watching old episodes of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show is oddly calming during the pandemic
"Since the pandemic put normal life on pause, the only talk show I have regularly watched is, oddly enough, The...
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Posted Saturday 5/23/20 at 4:35AM EDT
A new documentary tells the story of Harry Belafonte guest-hosting The Tonight Show for one week in 1968
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show recalls a "monumental moment" in TV history in February 1968 when "an...
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Posted Saturday 3/21/20 at 2:01AM EDT
Recalling Johnny Carson's "Great Toilet Paper Panic"
On the December 19, 1973 edition of The Tonight Show, Carson sent America into a mass panic with a joke...
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Posted Sunday 2/09/20 at 3:30AM EST
Orson Bean dies in a traffic accident: Ubiquitous 1960s TV comedian, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and Desperate Housewives alum was 91
Bean was walking in the Venice area of Los Angeles Friday night when he was clipped by a car, causing...
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Posted Wednesday 6/26/19 at 1:25AM EDT
A Kickstarter aims to turn the time Johnny Carson created a toilet-paper shortage into an animated short film
In 1973, Carson made an offhand Tonight Show monologue joke about a toilet paper shortage, prompting consumers to buy toilet...
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Posted Saturday 5/11/19 at 4:42AM EDT
Watch Wild Kingdom host Jim Fowler's funniest moments on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show
Johnny Carson's YouTube channel paid tribute to the longtime Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom host, a frequent Tonight Show guest,...