On the day of his 100th birthday, a special Vintage Variety episode looks back at the arc of Johnny Carson’s early career and his rise to becoming a TV icon, as chronicled in the pages of Variety.

In August 1970, “The Phil Donahue Show,” broadcast out of the WLWD studio (now WDTN) in Moraine, was still in its relative infancy, having just entered national syndication after ...

Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of the man many still consider the king of late-night TV, Johnny Carson. Carson was born on October 23, 1925 in Corning, Iowa. For many, Carson is ...