Letterman Pays Special Tribute to Carson
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David Letterman paid tribute to Johnny Carson on Monday by telling his jokes.
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By TIM CUPRISIN  When David Letterman strolls out on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater tonight at 10:30 on CBS' "Late Show," he'll mark 25 years in late-night TV.  It's not a record. After all, Johnny Carson sat behind the desk at NBC's "Tonight Show" for three decades.
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Johnny Carson, the iconic host of  the most enduring U.S. night-time talk show, kept Americans up  late for 30 years.
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Late-night television comedian David  Letterman has extended his contract with the CBS network in a  deal that will keep his "Late Show" on the network through the  fall of 2010, the broadcaster announced on Monday.
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Soon after Johnny Carson's death last weekend, NBC announced the 79-year-old entertainer had died of emphysema, a respiratory disease that can be attributed to smoking.
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David Letterman says the birth of his son, Harry, has made a "huge difference" in his life &#151; but the 3-year-old doesn't always get daddy's sense of humor.
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David Letterman says the birth of his son, Harry, has made a "huge difference" in his life &#151; but the 3-year-old doesn't always get daddy's sense of humor. "Mommy has to tell him a lot that I'm just teasing," Letterman said Monday on the season premiere of "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
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The surviving astronauts of the Mercury 7 offered tribute Friday to compatriot Gordon &quot;Gordo&quot; Cooper, who died Oct. 4. At a memorial gathering at Johnson Space Center in Houston, former US Sen.
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Johnny Carson, so public each night on "The Tonight Show," was intensely private off screen. But former sidekick Ed McMahon knows why Americans still felt close to him.
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David Letterman can't forget the night Drew Barrymore flashed him nearly 12 years ago.
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Late-night TV comedian David  Letterman has reached a deal with the union representing  striking screenwriters that will let his show return to the air  next week with his writing staff, the union said on Friday.
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It was "The Late Show with David Letterman" &#151; in a city far from home. Letterman and his crew put on a Christmas Eve show for Marines in Iraq on Friday.
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Late-night TV host David Letterman has renewed his contract with CBS in a deal that keeps his show on the network through the fall of 2010, a year past the retirement of NBC rival Jay Leno, CBS said on Monday.
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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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Sounds like David Letterman is as big a "Pops" fan as most everyone else.
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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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A special performance at this year's Grammy awards ceremony is to pay tribute to late singer Ray Charles.