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The Late Shift (1996)

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show.

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Ole G 01 Dec 2008

Interesting look backstage at the events leading up to Letterman going to CBS. Kathy Bates plays usual queen bit_ch type role.

Joshua B 24 Jan 2010

After the current Late Night situation, I decided to watch this HBO movie from Betty Thomas ("Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel"). The biggest name is this is Kathy Bates ("Titanic"). There are also John Michael Higgins ("Community") and Daniel Roebuck (Arzt from "Lost"). An entertaining story about the first late night debacle. I have no idea how accurate it is, regardless, it doesn't even place Leno in a negative light. If you're curious about what happened between Leno and Letterman it's worth a watch. 3/5 stars. (1/24/10)

Kyle K 25 Jan 2010

We have now seen that NBC did not learn from the past. This great HBO docu-drama outlines the first war for The Tonight Show that set Leno against Letterman. Hopefully they will make a sequel to this to cover the recent CoCo vs. Leno madness!

bill s 19 Mar 2013

A good movie about what happened behind the scenes of Jay Leno getting the Tonight Show over David Letterman.

Asa C 10 Mar 2008

This is a thoroughly engrossing dramatization of the battle between David Letterman and Jay Leno for "The Tonight Show" hosting duties following Johnny Carson's retirement. John Michael Higgins (of many a Christopher Guest film) is tremendous as David Letterman.