Johnny Carson invented the modern late-night format so thoroughly that every host since has borrowed from his blueprint. Letterman deliberately dismantled that blueprint, turning irony and awkwardness ...

Nowadays, it's easy to see that David Letterman remains one of the most influential and important talk show hosts of all time. Transforming the nature of late night and introducing a rowdier, more ...

The "Host Whisperer" started out with Arthur Godfrey, spent 23 years with 'The Tonight Show' and engineered Dave's move to CBS.

Peter Lassally, the dean of late night producers who worked with Johnny Carson on the “Tonight Show,” David Letterman on “Late Show” and Craig Ferguson on “The Late Late Show,” has died. He was 93.

Peter Lassally, a concentration camp survivor who became known as the "Host Whisperer" for producing talk shows headlined by Johnny Carson, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson, has died. He was 93.

Lassally and his family survived the Holocaust before moving to the United States Mark Mainz/Getty Peter Lassally, the legendary executive producer of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Late ...