On the day of his 100th birthday, a special Vintage Variety episode looks back at the arc of Johnny Carson’s early career and his rise to becoming a TV icon, as chronicled in the pages of Variety.

In the new book Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan's Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend, author Mark Malkoff goes backstage and behind the scenes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny ...

Published May 11, 2012•Updated on May 30, 2012 at 2:47 pm BOOKMARKER Even 20 years after Johnny Carson signed off from “The Tonight Show” once and for all, the patina of his singular reign over the ...

A special episode of 'Daily Variety' podcast marks the 100th anniversary of the TV legend's birth Throughout the 1950s, Carson hosted a number of local and network series for CBS, including “Platter ...