The Late Shift is a dramatization of the behind-the-scenes machinations that led to Jay Leno instead David Letterman taking over The Tonight Show in 1992; notwithstanding that Johnny Carson clearly wanted Letterman to succeed him. After watching this movie in 1996, I became convinced that far too much of Leno’s public persona as “America’s male sweetheart” is as phony… Read more.
The Late Shift Part II
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 8:21 AM