Carson pioneered a new style of late-night hosting—relaxed, improvisatory, risk-averse, and inscrutable.

Carson the Magnificent” delivers the famous talk-show host in full while keeping the mystery of what made him tick alive ...

Biographer Bill Zehme died before completing his magnum opus, ‘Carson the Magnificent.’ Then his former research assistant ...

Dean Martin, a legendary crooner, appeared regularly on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson throughout the show's run. He is ...

The number one thing I learned was that I would never be anywhere near as good as Johnny. Maybe Frank Sinatra would shop up, ...

Johnny Carson used his affable personality and keen gift for comedy to become no less than the King of Late-Night Television ...

"Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. (Simon & Schuster/TNS) For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight ...

The pioneering late-night show host lived a troubled life behind closed doors, revealed in "Carson the Magnificent" ...

If there are ghosts, the ghost of writer Bill Zehme might be found within the Chicago tavern/restaurant Twin Anchors, where ...

The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished the book before he died in 2023) with Mike Thomas examines how the famous late-night host behaved around his spouses, ...

The legendary Elizabeth Taylor appeared on the Johnny Carson Tonight Show in 1992, the final year that Mr. Carson hosted his legendary program.