A review by jcpdiesel21
The Late Shift by Bill Carter

4.0

The Leno/O'Brien debacle earlier this year sparked my interest in this book, which was an incredibly absorbing, entertaining and at times shocking read. I had no clue about the extent of behind-the-scenes TV operations and how much sneaky, ruthless maneuvering truly goes on. Positions in this field are not for the faint of heart. The book goes into great detail about the many blunders that NBC made in going from Carson to Leno and letting Letterman get away to CBS, and with all of this history in mind I find it unfathomable that they let another catastrophe similar to this occur. I hope that Bill Carter will write a sequel dedicated to Leno's subsequent takeover of The Tonight Show from O'Brien.