The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno & the Network Battle for the Night

With two giant careers, millions in ad dollars — and maybe even an entire network — at stake, David Letterman and Jay Leno faced off over who would host the Tonight Show, the most profitable program in TV history. This is the inside account of this high-pressure confrontation.

• Author
• Bill Carter

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 310

• Publisher
• Hyperion

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780786889075

• Genres
• history, tv, biography, comedy, humor, business, journalism, cultural

• Release date
• 1996