Commenting on his decision to renew through September 1990, [Johnny Carson] said, "Brandon (Tartikoff, NBC Entertainment president) asked if I was still having fun with the show and I said, 'Yes, I'm having a ball.' Last year I made a foolish mistake - I said to him 'I'll do this another year when it snows in Malibu.' It snowed in Malibu (last month), so here we are."

LOS ANGELES (Special) - [Jon Cryer] (Pretty In Pink) and Lainie Kazan (Beaches) star in The Famous Teddy Z, a new CBS-TV sitcom now in production.