The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy - Paperback
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The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy
Bill Carter, executive producer of CNN's docuseries The Story of Late Night and host of the Behind the Desk: Story of Late Night podcast, details the chaotic transition of The Tonight Show from host Jay Leno to Conan O'Brien--and back again.
In 2010, NBC's CEO Jeff Zucker had it all worked out when he moved Jay Leno from behind the desk at The Tonight Show, and handed the reins over to Conan O'Brien. But his decision was a spectacular failure. Ratings plummeted, affiliates were enraged--and when Zucker tried to put everything back the way it was, that plan backfired as well.
No one is more uniquely suited to document the story of a late-night travesty than veteran media reporter and bestselling author, Bill Carter. In candid detail, he charts the vortex that sucked in not just Leno and O'Brien--but also Letterman, Stewart, Fallon, Kimmel, and Ferguson--as frantic agents and network executives tried to manage a tectonic shift in television's most beloved institution.
Inside the NBC Late Night Crisis
This paperback from Penguin Publishing Group offers an unprecedented look at one of television's most infamous controversies. Carter, who previously authored the New York Times bestseller The Late Shift, brings his insider access and journalistic expertise to chronicle the behind-the-scenes chaos that unfolded when NBC attempted to restructure its late-night lineup.
The book captures the network politics, talent negotiations, and media fallout that defined this pivotal moment in broadcasting history. From boardroom decisions to green room tensions, Carter provides comprehensive coverage of how television's most iconic franchise nearly imploded.
Bill Carter joined The New York Times as a national media reporter in 1989. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Late Shift, two other books on the television industry, Monday Night Mayhem and Desperate Networks, and has written numerous articles for The New York Times Magazine and other publications. He has been a guest on Nightline, Today, CNN, Charlie Rose, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and many other shows. He is the executive producer of CNN's docuseries The Story of Late Night and host of the Behind the Desk: Story of Late Night podcast.
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