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.

Thursday marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the undisputed king of late-night television, Johnny Carson. Born Oct. 23, 1925, in Corning, Iowa, the legendary host of The Tonight Show ...

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 ...

A new book about Johnny Carson, who was born 100 years ago today, puts today's debates about Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert ...