Letterman Deserved the Tonight Show
This is a terrific video with Kathy Bates absolutely hateful as Leno's manager. The actors portraying Leno and Letterman are good but try too hard to mimic rather than portray each.
The video is great at showing the behind the scenes maneuvering that allowed Leno to steal The Tonight Show from David Letterman. That may be harsh but I don't think there is any other way to describe what happened. The rightful heir to Carson was Letterman. Leno was (and still is) a poor pretender to the throne.
That being said, the intrigue and lies used to move the transfer of the Tonight Show to Leno is great. CBS's decision to enter the late night market and lure Letterman is played out realistically. It's interesting to note that if Letterman got the Tonight Show, CBS was ready to go after Leno.
The video is a good companion to the book. The book provides much more detail and inside information but the video hits the highlights. If interested, you may want to read the book before...
Wonderful behind-the-scenes account!
This is a fascinating movie. It attempts to accurately depict the battle over the coveted position which was opening up after Johnny Carson announced his retirement from the Tonight Show. The actors all give good performances, but the true standout is Kathy Bates. She is absolutely one of the best actresses fo her generation, and gives a brilliant performance as Jay Leno's wild manager Helen Kushnick. She transforms this movie from a really good one to a great one. HBO has done it again with The Late Shift.
The truth hurts, Leno.
I remember back when this all happened. The Leno people screwed Johny Carson, and David Letterman. And Leno was rewarded with a hit late night TV show.
This was a movie made by HBO for HBO. I loved this movie since I first saw it new on HBO. I am sure there were some exaggerations in this movie for entertainment purposes, but the main storyline was on the money. John Michael Higgins as Dave, and Daniel Roebuck as Jay are good actors, and did their characters justice, right down to Leno's chin, and Letterman's tooth gap. They even have their habits and movements down pat. But I don't remember Letterman ever having red hair. Kathy Bates is fantastic as Leno's hot headed, back stabbing, foul mouthed bi*ch of a manager. You just want to smack the skin off her face.
The movie fills in a lot of gaps about what happened behind the scenes. I was just glad to see David Letterman move to CBS and get away from the NBC scumbags that screwed him over. The people who play...
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