The pair never reconciled after Rivers left Tonight for her own show Joan Rivers, who died on Thursday, was one of late-night television’s true pioneers. And inextricably tied to her legacy of ...

Think you know *The Tonight Show*? Think again. Johnny Carson, the undisputed king of late-night television, had a famously ...

Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson spent years as bitter rivals on competing talk shows. During a recent episode of the "Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia" podcast, Steve Randisi, author of the book "The ...

Reubens was not invited to appear as a guest on "The Tonight Show" because he wanted to appear as his character. Actor Paul Reubens never got the opportunity to sit across from Johnny Carson as a ...