Carson the Magnificent” delivers the famous talk-show host in full while keeping the mystery of what made him tick alive ...

"Carson the Magnificent," by Bill Zehme with Mike Thomas. (Simon & Schuster/TNS) For almost 30 years as host of “The Tonight ...

Carson pioneered a new style of late-night hosting—relaxed, improvisatory, risk-averse, and inscrutable.

Biographer Bill Zehme died before completing his magnum opus, ‘Carson the Magnificent.’ Then his former research assistant ...

The new biography “Carson the Magnificent” written by Bill Zehme (who finished the book before he died in 2023) with Mike Thomas examines how the famous late-night host behaved around his spouses, ...

The pioneering late-night show host lived a troubled life behind closed doors, revealed in "Carson the Magnificent" ...

Johnny Carson presented a confident, quick-witted persona on “The Tonight Show” but his personal life was not so smooth. He ...

With the publication of 'Carson the Magnificent,' late-night hosts past and present explain the enduring influence of 'The ...

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Johnny Carson used his affable personality and keen gift for comedy to become no less than the King of Late-Night Television ...

In many ways, the tale of the book’s writing reveals as much about Carson as its content. For even an experienced biographer, ...