Johnny Carson Kept Americans Up Late for 30 Years
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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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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.
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Sometimes the march of technology can lull us to sleep.
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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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Johnny Carson was quick-witted; he was cool, and he was a master foil for some of the biggest names in show business.
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David Letterman paid tribute to Johnny Carson on Monday by telling his jokes.
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NBC&#39;s decision to settle the future of the Tonight show years before it was necessary underscored more than the importance of late-night programming to the future of US networks.
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Variety - HOLLYWOOD -- I was surprised by the relative lack of hoopla surrounding the 50th anniversary of latenight television.
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The average American spent 8.6 hours  a day sleeping last year, only 3.7 hours working and had 5.1  leisure hours -- half of which was spent watching television, a  survey showed on Tuesday.
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By Waldock, Marlene J  Board of Contributors  IT'S HARD TO BEUEVE that Americans once got along without television. The TV explosion began about 1948, forever changing the way we live and communicate.
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We live, as the pundits  say, in the United States of Amnesia. Even so, did the makers  of "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," an inquiry into our government's  bizarre attempt to neutralize the perceived political juice of  that famed English singer-songwriter, really need to spend half  the movie explaining the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement  to viewers?
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It seemed so simple and familiar: Spring forward, fall back. For 20 years, that's what Americans -- and their technology -- have done with their clocks on the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October.
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In contrast with some of today's comics, Johnny Carson was an equal opportunity needler.
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Johnny Carson was quick-witted; he  was cool, and he was a master foil for some of the biggest  names in show business.
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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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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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Many people may use the clocks going back as an excuse for an extra hour in bed - but a sleep expert says the change can leave people tired.