The Late Shift (1996)
1h 35m
Running Time
February 24, 1996Release Date
The Late Shift (1996)
1h 35m
Running Time
February 24, 1996Release Date
Plot.
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
John Michael Higgins
David Letterman
Daniel Roebuck
Jay Leno
Kathy Bates
Helen Kushnick
Bob Balaban
Warren Littlefield
Ed Begley Jr.
Rod Perth
Peter Jurasik
Howard Stringer
Reni Santoni
John Agoglia
John Kapelos
Robert Morton
Steven Gilborn
Peter Lassally
John Getz
Brandon Tartikoff
Lawrence Pressman
Bob Wright
Betty Thomas
Director
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard
Treat Williams
Michael Ovitz
Bill Carter
Writer
George Armitage
Writer
David Brisbin
Alan Levine
Michael Chieffo
Rick Ludwin
Don Carmody
Producer
Wendy Cutler
Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference
Ira Newborn
Composer
Nancy Cheryll Davis
Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall
Mac Ahlberg
Cinematographer
Peter Teschner
Editor
Paul Elder
Rupert Murdoch
Michael Fairman
Michael Gartner
Nancy Foy
CastingDirector
Garreth Stover
ProductionDesigner
John R. Fors
Writer #2
Nicholas Guest
Robert Iger
Lucinda Jenney
Debbie Vickers
Ivan Kane
Reporter #1
Ken Kragen
Ken Kragen
Susan Krebs
Airport Attendant
James Kiriyama-Lem
Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference
Dan Lipe
Writer #1
Aaron Lustig
Paul Shaffer
Cynthia Lynch
Laurie Diamond
Michael C. McCarthy
Jim Brogan
Kerry Noonan
Letterman's Girlfriend
Penny Peyser
Susan Binford
Little Richard
Little Richard
Ann Ryerson
Betty Hudson
Kevin Scannell
Dick Ebersol
Edmund L. Shaff
Jack Welsh
Joanne Takahashi
Thai Waitress
Arthur Taxier
Lee Gabler
Cathy Worthington
Kragen's Asst.
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 24, 1996
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingR
Budget$6,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Late Shift is a 1996 American made-for-television biographical film directed by Betty Thomas, and written by New York Times media reporter Bill Carter and George Armitage. Released by HBO Pictures and produced in conjunction with Northern Lights Entertainment, the film premiered on HBO on February 24, 1996.
Based on Carter's 1994 book of the same name, the film chronicles the late-night television conflict between Jay Leno and David Letterman in the early 1990s, surrounding NBC's appointment of Leno to succeed Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show, and Late Night host Letterman's resulting efforts to negotiate out of his contract with the network to host his own competing talk show for CBS.