The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy

by Bill Carter

Book Overview

A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television. When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the "Tonight" show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged down the ratings-and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067002208X
• ISBN13: 9780670022083
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 405 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher