Johnny Carson Misses Monolgues
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Do you miss Johnny Carson's comic monologues on the "Tonight" show? So does he, apparently. "When he reads the paper in the morning, he can think of five jokes right off the bat that he wishes he had an outlet for," said Peter Lassally, one of his former producers, who's now helping guide Craig Ferguson's career on CBS' "The Late Late Show."
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Television entertainer Johnny Carson  has died of emphysema at age 79, the NBC television network  reported on its Web site Sunday.
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Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart all plan returns to late-night television the next two weeks, but aside from their familiar faces, viewers may not recognize much.
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Eight Republicans argued over the Iraq war and immigration before a crowd of 3,600 New Hampshire voters. Missing in action: actor-politician Fred Thompson, who skipped the debate in favor of announcing his candidacy in the more comfortable setting of late-night TV.
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By Daniel Carson, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Sep.
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"Heeere's Johnny!" -- the  introduction for U.S. talk-show host Johnny Carson for 30 years  -- has been ranked the most memorable TV catchphrase in a Top  100 list covering 60 years of American television shows,  cartoons, commercials and quotes from news programs.
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The call came a few hours before Carnegie Hall's season-opening gala concert &#151; Thomas Quasthoff, one of the stars of the night, had an inflamed vocal cord and couldn't sing.
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The Tonight Show pays tribute to its legendary former host Johnny Carson, who died on Sunday.
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Is there room for a kindler, gentler version of Dr. Phil on television?
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The hometown of former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson turned out Sunday for the only public memorial to be held for the man who accompanied millions to bed every night for 30 years.
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I wonât have time to comment on the Leno announcement until Wednesday. Till then, hereâs my page one story as well as a link to Dave Bauderâs AP story quoting yours truly.
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For the first time since televisionâs late-night shows returned to the air last week, David Letterman was able to nose out Jay Leno in the ratings. It was just for one show, Monday night, and Mr. Lettermanâs lead was not sizable, but Mr. Leno had won the first three nights. Their competition resumed last Wednesday, when most of the late-night hosts came back after supporting the writersâ strike for two months. Mr. Leno is working without his writing staff, which is still on strike against his âTonight Showâ on NBC, while Mr. Letterman, above, was able to return with writers to his CBS show because of a separate deal his production company made with the Writers Guild of America. Mr. Letterman has also been able to book the normal roster of movie-star guests; on Monday night he had Tom Hanks, while Mr. Leno had the upstart Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. In the overnight ratings, measuring the countryâs 65 largest cities, Mr. Letterman had a 4 rating on Monday to Mr. Lenoâs 3.8. (Each point is worth 787,659 households.) But in their showsâ first half-hour, when Mr. Leno is performing a monologue over the opposition of the writersâ guild, he still beat Mr. Letterman, with a 4.5 rating to a 4.3. CBSâs thin victory margin continued on the 12:35 a.m. shows, where Craig Ferguson enjoyed a rare ratings victory over NBCâs Conan OâBrien, with a 1.9 rating to a 1.8 for Mr. OâBrien.
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Johnny Carson's death came as Madison Avenue re-examines its past - as symbolized by his decades as a pitchman - to determine the future of branded entertainment.
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By R.D. Heldenfels, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 15--If it's Thursday, this must be the mailbag....   Q: Years ago, the TV books had on all programs an R for rerun. We miss that so much.
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Arthur Miller ignored his son with Down syndrome. How does that affect this playwrightâs legacy?
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Every now and then, we learn a lesson about ex-players in front of TV microphones. Usually the lesson is this: Why? Such a lesson came Sunday, during the Lions-Eagles broadcast, when Tony Siragusa
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Fans waiting outside NBC Studios for Monday's taping of "The Tonight Show" fondly remembered Johnny Carson, who ruled the program for three decades before turning it over to Jay Leno. The show was to pay tribute to Carson, who died Sunday at 79 after nearly 13 years in retirement.