Bill Carter: The War for Late Night

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2011

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Bill Carter is the author of two books about the politics and people of late night television, and a media reporter for the New York Times. His most recent book is The War for Late Night, a thoughtful and exciting behind-the-scenes look at the Sturm und Drang of the late night wars over Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and The Tonight Show.

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0:32.9	My guest Bill Carter is the National Media reporter
0:36.0	for the New York Times.
0:37.0	He's also made a name for himself
0:39.4	as a chronicler of late-night comedy television programming.
0:43.6	His first book, The Late Shift,
0:45.9	was a best-selling story of the battle between Jay Leno
0:51.6	and David Letterman for the Tonight Show.
0:54.0	His latest book, The War for Late Night,
0:56.0	when Leno went early and television went crazy
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