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Maury Povich responds to criticism he's 'exploiting' TV show guests: 'There are a lot of good endings with these stories'
"Maury" will end its 31-season run in September.
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Laughs, tears and Bette Midler: How Johnny Carson left 'The Tonight Show' 30 years ago
Late-night television changed forever when Johnny Carson handed over "The Tonight Show" to Jay Leno in May 1992.
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Charo explains how she came up with that 'cuchi-cuchi' catchphrase
The musician said she feels underestimated by people "all the time."
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Bill Murray remembers being David Letterman's first guest on the 40th anniversary of 'Late Night'
Murray explains why he thought Letterman's first late-night show would get canceled after one episode.
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Jason Bateman receives his 'favorite sweatshirt' that he wore on 'The Tonight Show' at 15 years old
Bateman immediately put on the identical sweatshirt to the one he wore during his first appearance on "The Tonight Show" in 1984.
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Arsenio Hall claims Johnny Carson helped book his guests despite being a rival late night host
It was a meeting of the late night hosting minds Wednesday, as Arsenio Hall appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
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'The Sit-In' reveals how Johnny Carson and Harry Belafonte made late night television history
In 1968, late night talk shows like "The Tonight Show" weren't expected to comment on political issues, and Carson himself didn't feel like he was the person to address subjects like racial injustice and America's presence overseas. So he turned his platform over to someone who could.
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