The iconic talk show host Johnny Carson's dark secrets are revealed in a new biography divulging the off-screen life behind ...

Susan Morrison's "Lorne" offers a history of a man and a show that changed the comedy landscape — and has been doing so for ...

On Saturday night, October 11, 1975, television viewers tuned in for a comedy variety show that looked nothing like they were used to. "It's a sketch, a very unusual sketch, kind of in a minor key ...

Michaels, a 30-year-old Canadian with credits on “Laugh-In” and “The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show,” was hired. A collage of images, including of Lorne Michaels with Mick Jagger and an ...

then producer of television shows such as “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” a Flip Wilson special and “The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show.” “Despite the success,” Morrison writes ...

So Lorne realized that when he was working for shows hosted by people like Perry Como and Phyllis Diller, that television at that time was stuck in a real backwater. He was always the youngest guy ...

She paved the way for Phyllis Diller, all these women. BWW: Lucille Ball! Lucille Ball, who was gorgeous, but didn't really find it until she could be her quirky, kooky self. Yeah. You know ...

Deborah Vance is expertly played by Jean Smart, and the Hacks protagonist was inspired by some legendary comedians who came ...

Captain America stays at number one for the second consecutive weekend, followed by the big new release, Oz Perkins' horror-comedy The Monkey in second place. It's a lighter weekend for new ...