The Late Shift(1996)
movie - first aired/released 1996-02-24 - 95 min - audience 6.4
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Directed by Betty Thomas
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
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Cast
John Michael HigginsDavid Letterman
Daniel RoebuckJay Leno
Kathy BatesHelen Kushnick
Bob BalabanWarren Littlefield
Ed Begley Jr.Rod Perth
Peter JurasikHoward Stringer
Reni SantoniJohn Agoglia
John KapelosRobert Morton- Steven GilbornPeter Lassally
John GetzBrandon Tartikoff
Lawrence PressmanBob Wright
Sandra BernhardSandra Bernhard
Treat WilliamsMichael Ovitz
David BrisbinAlan Levine
Michael ChieffoRick Ludwin
Wendy CutlerReporter #2 Letterman Press Conference- Nancy Cheryll DavisReporter #2 Carnegie Hall
- Paul ElderRupert Murdoch
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Michael FairmanMichael Gartner- John R. ForsWriter #2
Nicholas GuestRobert Iger
Lucinda JenneyDebbie Vickers
Ivan KaneReporter #1- Ken KragenKen Kragen
Susan KrebsAirport Attendant
James Kiriyama-LemReporter #1 Letterman Press Conference- Dan LipeWriter #1
Aaron LustigPaul Shaffer- Cynthia LynchLaurie Diamond
- Michael C. McCarthyJim Brogan
Kerry NoonanLetterman's Girlfriend
Penny PeyserSusan Binford
Little RichardLittle Richard
Ann RyersonBetty Hudson
Kevin ScannellDick Ebersol
Edmund L. ShaffJack Welsh- Joanne TakahashiThai Waitress
Arthur TaxierLee Gabler
Cathy WorthingtonKragen's Asst.
Rich LittleJohnny Carson
Arnold F. TurnerReporter #3 Letterman Press Conference- Dean FrancoisCBS Executive to Howard Stringer (uncredited)
Angie GrayMrs. Wright (uncredited)
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