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Today's Talk Show Guests Could Use More of Truman Capote's Audacity
Four decades after his death, the infamous Truman Capote continues to dominate pop culture through the second season of Ryan...
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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 Friday 1/21/22 at 7:52PM EST
Jimmy Kimmel gifts Jason Bateman a sweater identical to the one he wore on The Tonight Show in 1984
Bateman was 15 years old when he visited with Johnny Carson for his first talk show appearance.
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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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Posted Friday 8/06/21 at 8:49PM EDT
Herbert Schlosser dies: The longtime NBC exec who launched Saturday Night Live and oversaw Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In was 95
"Mr.
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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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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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Charles Grodin dies: Actor, Emmy winner and curmudgeon of late-night TV was 86
Grodin, who died today of bone marrow cancer, is known for his many movie roles, from Midnight Run to The...
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Posted Saturday 4/03/21 at 3:32AM EDT
Former Tonight Show bandleader Doc Severinson's American Masters documentary pulls back the curtain on his personal life, including alcoholism and drug use
At 93, Severinson is the last surviving star of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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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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George Segal dies: The Goldbergs star and Just Shoot Me! alum was 87
Segal died Tuesday of complications from bypass surgery, according to his wife, Sonia.