In The War for Late Night, New York Times reporter Bill Carter offers a detailed behind-the-scenes account of the events of the unforgettable 2009/2010 late-night season as all of its players- performers, producers, agents, and network executives-maneuvered to find footing amid the shifting tectonic plates of television culture. What followed was a boisterous, angry, frequently hilarious public battle that had millions of astonished viewers glued to their sets. Conan's collapse, meanwhile, opened an unexpected door of opportunity for rival David Letterman. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged down the ratings-and the profits-of NBC's affiliates, while ratings for Conan's new Tonight show plummeted to the lowest levels in history. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. 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. Urn:oclc:841314047 Republisher_date 20141205013254 Republisher_operator Scandate 20141204072250 Scanner dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television. Urn:lcp:warforlatenightw00cart:epub:99e7e4dc-d999-44c7-aac6-1c4d7c6ef79a Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier warforlatenightw00cart Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0tq8xp4k Invoice 11 Isbn 9780670022083Ġ67002208X Lccn 2010034988 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL24412741M Openlibrary_edition In The War for Late Night, New York Times reporter Bill Carter offers a detailed behind-the-scenes account of the events of the unforgettable 2009/2010 late-night season as all of its players- performers, producers, agents, and network executives-maneuvered to find footing amid the shifting tectonic plates of television culture.

Urn:lcp:warforlatenightw00cart:lcpdf:f2e380ce-cd36-4a53-817a-766d6ea2e11e A dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBCs calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television. Publication date 2010 Publisher Viking Collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks delawarecountydistrictlibrary china americana Digitizing sponsor Internet Archive Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:46:00 Bookplateleaf 0003 Boxid IA1128204 Boxid_2 BWB220150203 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor

The war for late night by bill carter