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Steve Allen, the co-creator and first host of The Tonight Show, largely was responsible for late-night television as we know it. Remember Johnny Carson's Carnac the Magnificent? Well, take a look at Allen's The Question Man (below). "Steve Allen was the generator of a lot of ideas that were ahead of its time," says…

The Story of Late Night, a six-part docuseries, is coming to CNN, and the network is launching a companion podcast alongside it. The show will premiere Sunday, May 2 at 9 pm, followed by the return of United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell at 10 p.m. The Story of Late Night, which comes from Cream Productions…

EXCLUSIVE: Late-night television is the subject of an original documentary series for CNN. Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers and Lorne Michaels are among the contributors to The Story of Late Night, from Canadian producer Cream Productions (The Dictator's…