The Late Shift

Starring: Bates, Kathy and Higgins, John Michael

When Johnny Carson announces his retirement from the Tonight Show, it throws the networks, and their executives, two talk-show stars and millions of late night television viewers into a frenzy. Who could replace the most important talk-show host in history? It soon comes down to the Tonight Show's guest host Jay Leno, and the later late night star David Letterman in a fight to the finish. Take a peek behind television's most famous curtains to witness for yourself the madness, the mayhem and the money that made the battle for the Tonight Show hot-seat one of the most brutally contested- and hilarious- battles in television history. We all know who replaced Johnny Carson, but no one knew how he got there until now.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 026359128424
• Release Date: May 1993
• Rating: R
• Publisher: HBO Home Video
• Director: Thomas, Betty
• Starring: Bates, Kathy, Higgins, John Michael
• Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"