The Late Shift
Comedy
Drama
TV Movie
Two heads fighting for the late night crown - One head's gotta roll.
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
1996-02-24
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Cast
Director
Betty Thomas
John Michael Higgins as David Letterman
Daniel Roebuck as Jay Leno
Kathy Bates as Helen Kushnick
Bob Balaban as Warren Littlefield
Ed Begley Jr. as Rod Perth
Peter Jurasik as Howard Stringer
Reni Santoni as John Agoglia
John Kapelos as Robert Morton
John Getz as Brandon Tartikoff
Lawrence Pressman as Bob Wright
Sandra Bernhard as Sandra Bernhard
Treat Williams as Michael Ovitz
David Brisbin as Alan Levine
Michael Chieffo as Rick Ludwin
Wendy Cutler as Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference
Michael Fairman as Michael Gartner
Nicholas Guest as Robert Iger
Lucinda Jenney as Debbie Vickers
Ivan Kane as Reporter #1
Susan Krebs as Airport Attendant
James Kiriyama-Lem as Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference
Aaron Lustig as Paul Shaffer
Kerry Noonan as Letterman's Girlfriend
Penny Peyser as Susan Binford
Little Richard as Little Richard
Ann Ryerson as Betty Hudson
Kevin Scannell as Dick Ebersol
Edmund L. Shaff as Jack Welsh
Arthur Taxier as Lee Gabler
Cathy Worthington as Kragen's Asst.
Rich Little as Johnny Carson
Arnold F. Turner as Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference
Angie Gray as Mrs. Wright (uncredited)