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Maury Povich responds to criticism he's 'exploiting' TV show guests: 'There are a lot of good endings with these stories'
"Maury" will end its 31-season run in September.
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Laughs, tears and Bette Midler: How Johnny Carson left 'The Tonight Show' 30 years ago
Late-night television changed forever when Johnny Carson handed over "The Tonight Show" to Jay Leno in May 1992.
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Charo explains how she came up with that 'cuchi-cuchi' catchphrase
The musician said she feels underestimated by people "all the time."
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Bill Murray remembers being David Letterman's first guest on the 40th anniversary of 'Late Night'
Murray explains why he thought Letterman's first late-night show would get canceled after one episode.
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Jason Bateman receives his 'favorite sweatshirt' that he wore on 'The Tonight Show' at 15 years old
Bateman immediately put on the identical sweatshirt to the one he wore during his first appearance on "The Tonight Show" in 1984.
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Arsenio Hall claims Johnny Carson helped book his guests despite being a rival late night host
It was a meeting of the late night hosting minds Wednesday, as Arsenio Hall appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
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'The Sit-In' reveals how Johnny Carson and Harry Belafonte made late night television history
In 1968, late night talk shows like "The Tonight Show" weren't expected to comment on political issues, and Carson himself didn't feel like he was the person to address subjects like racial injustice and America's presence overseas. So he turned his platform over to someone who could.
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'I completely sweated through the side of my dress': Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson recall first late-night appearances
"Late Night" co-stars Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson recall with embarrassment the first times they were on the interview couch.
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'Jerry Before Seinfeld': Jerry tells the origin story of his life as a comedian
It's rare to be treated this way by any piece of current entertainment; enjoy Jerry Seinfeld's achievement in his new Netflix special.
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Norm Macdonald’s David Letterman Interview Is Superb
'Norm Macdonald Live' is back for a new season, the host's third, and the online talk show has a full hour of David Letterman worth your time.
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‘Who’s the Boss?’: 25 Years After the Finale, Where Are the Stars Now?
Not really, but at least we know Tony and Angela ended up together. Judith Light, who played Angela, is going into her fourth season of Amazon’s Transparent, a role that has garnered her much critical praise, including Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for supporting actress. Tony Danza, who played Tony, has a long career of playing characters named Tony, but he’s stretching his talents, and playing Freddie, on Seeso’s There’s … Johnny.
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New Letterman Biography Proves His Greatness and His Weirdness
Jason Zinoman’s “Letterman: The Last Giant of Late Night (Harper),” on sale Tuesday, is a forensic biography of — I’ll just put this out here now, so you know where I stand?— the greatest talk-show host ever. Zinoman, who covers the comedy beat for the?New York Times, comes at David Letterman as a fan, as a critic, and as a reporter. The author knows he has to include Letterman’s failings, both professional and personal, yet his goal is to make his subtitle ring true: Letterman as “the last gi
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Don Rickles, ‘Mr. Warmth,’ the King of Insult Comedy, Has Died
The bullet-headed comedian secured his fame insulting celebrities to their faces and working nightclub crowds with terse jokes and quick sarcasm.
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Carl Sagan Critiqued 'Star Wars' In 1978, and His Complaints Still Will Sound Familiar
When it came to critquing Star Wars, Carl Sagan was ahead of his time. During one of the many visits the astrophysicist made to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1970s and ’80s, the host asked his guest?to weigh in on the epic sci-fi movie that had swept the nation. In the clip above from 1978 (re-discovered via Reddit), Sagan, a?professor of astronomy and space sciences at Cornell University, lamented?that Star Wars?did not take greater care with the?science in its science fictio
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When Johnny Carson Ruled the Oscars: What Jimmy Kimmel Could Learn From the ‘Tonight Show’ Host
Johnny Carson delivers the opening monologue at the Oscars in 1980. Back when there was only one undisputed King of Late Night, Johnny Carson owned?the Oscars. This year’s host, Jimmy Kimmel, is the first broadcast network late-night host to emcee since David Letterman gave it a shot?in 1995.
