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Paul Reiser Made A Great Show-Within-a-Show In 2017, But ‘Nobody Saw It’
There are high hopes for Hulu’s Reboot, since co-creator Steven Levitan was responsible for Modern Family, which at the time...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to star as Johnny Carson in a biopic series from Deadwood's David Milch
Milch is teaming with Austin Powers, Meet the Parents and Game Change director Jay Roach on King of Late Night,...
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Posted Wednesday 2/09/22 at 2:07PM EST
Mario Cantone: I was dropped from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show for being gay
The Sex and the City star told Allison Kugel on her podcast Allison Interviews that The Tonight Show's talent coordinator...
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Posted Sunday 1/09/22 at 7:53PM EST
Dick Carson dies: Emmy-winning director and Johnny Carson's younger brother was 92
Johnny Carson enlisted his younger brother to become The Tonight Show director after he was named as the NBC late-night...
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Posted Monday 12/06/21 at 5:54PM EST
Brooke Shields slams Barbara Walters for "practically criminal" interview of her at age 15
In the interview Walters asked "Brooke, what are your measurements?," among other invasive questions in the aftermath of her notorious...
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The 25 Most Impactful People in Late-Night TV History
After an enjoyable summer revisiting all the late-night shows, it’s time to sum up with a historical list of who...
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America Has Changed Since 2014. The Tonight Show Hasn’t.
Remember when the new kid arrived on the late-night scene? He was a phenomenon! Everyone, it seemed, was staying up...
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How Stephen Colbert Became the New Jay Leno
Early in his career Jay Leno fell out of favor with Johnny Carson.
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Johnny Carson Announced His Retirement 30 Years Ago Today
On May 23, 1991, Johnny Carson confirmed rumors that had been swirling at the time and announced at an NBC...
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Doc Severinsen’s Triumphant Post-Carson Career Is the Inspiration We Need Now
PBS is generating a lot of to-do for Hemingway, the next big thing from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, arriving...
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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 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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Peacock's The Sit-In Looks Back at a Remarkable Week in Late-Night
A few years ago, the historian Jill Lepore cobbled together a brilliant book about Jane Franklin (Ben’s sister) from a...
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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...