Filmmaker Peter Jones on what inspired him to create a documentary on Johnny Carson and... Steve Martin talks about his friendship with Johnny Carson and rejects the common misconception that ...

But as “ Johnny Carson: King of Late Night ” – PBS’s latest entry into its prestigious “American Masters” series, airing May 14 – reveals, that intimacy may be the greatest illusion pulled off by the ...

Finding out is the mission of Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, a two-hour American Masters portrait premiering Monday at 9 p.m. on PBS. A few stats gathered for the film begin to tell the tale: With ...

In his posthumously published new biography, Carson the Magnificent, Bill Zehme reports that “a recalculation of [Carson’s] small-screen hours cautiously translated, in conventional terms, to more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everybody who was anybody landed on Johnny's couch, clockwise from upper left: Richard Pryor, 1986; Drew Barrymore, 1982; Bette ...