Late-Night TV Icon Johnny Carson Dies. By ABC News. November 16, 2004, ... Robin Williams, Joan Rivers, Bob Newhart and more -- he may have been ruining the sex lives of Americans.

When The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson attempted to talk to late actor Robin Williams about becoming a father for the first time in 1983, he had to cut through the comedian’s signature antics ...

Jimmy Fallon pays tribute to Robin Williams on The Tonight Show on Tuesday by showing this clip of Johnny Carson and Robin Williams on The Tonight Show Oct. 14, 1981. It was Williams’ first ...

News of the death of Robin Williams broke Monday evening, after most of the late-night talk shows had finished taping. On Tuesday, late-night hosts were quick to add their tributes to the actor ...

He then tossed to Robin Williams’ first-ever appearance on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” before standing on his desk and reciting a famous line from “Dead Poets Society.” ...

Twenty-one years after the King of Late Night retired from NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson is back on television, thanks to Turner Classic Movies’ new weekly series, “Carson on ...

Robin Williams on ‘The Tonight Show ... Haven’t watched late night tv since the era of Johnny Carson / Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson was the exception. After them, they’re all pretenders.

Howard Smith's memoir reveals the Johnny Carson few knew - a loyal friend who enjoyed astronomy, learned languages, and ...

Although Carson was not the first “Tonight” host -- Steve Allen and Jack Paar preceded him -- he carried the format to previously unimagined heights and made late-night TV an enduring institution.

The "American Masters" documentary, which airs Monday night, explores the host of "The Tonight Show" in all his complexity, and reflects how deeply this private man connected with his audience and ...