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

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

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Publisher Description

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 the profits-of NBC's affiliates, while ratings for Conan's new Tonight show plummeted to the lowest levels in history. Conan's collapse, meanwhile, opened an unexpected door of opportunity for rival David Letterman. What followed was a boisterous, angry, frequently hilarious public battle that had millions of astonished viewers glued to their sets. 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.

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
SK
Sean Kenin
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
15:02
hr min
RELEASED
2010
November 4
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
733.5
MB

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