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

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln found a way to incorporate comedy legend — and NU alum — Johnny Carson's iconic voice into a new TV advertisement.

Johnny Carson had a troubling relationship with alcohol during all three of his marriages that ended in divorce. The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished ...

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

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"Johnny was Nebraska's favorite son for so ... particularly in Lincoln and at the Lied Center and on the university, the Carson Foundation has helped develop their media centers and the ...

Not so with “Carson the Magnificent,” the long-awaited life of the late-night talk show legend Johnny Carson by Bill Zehme, completed by Mike Thomas. Its prologue, written by Thomas ...

The trailblazing late-night show host Johnny Carson's life is pieced together in a new biography "Carson the Magnificent." For decades, Carson dominated late-night television with "The Tonight ...

No matter who your bedtime TV pal is, you’re in good hands and in the new book, “Carson the Magnificent” by Bill Zehme with ...

One of television's best-known personalities, Johnny Carson, the iconic host of "The Tonight Show" for 30 years, was born on this day in history, on Oct. 23, 1925. Carson had Midwestern roots and ...

For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson was the last face millions of viewers saw before they closed ...