The Late shift : Letterman, Leno, and the network battle for the night /
Bill Carter
- New York : Hyperion, c1994
- ix, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
On May 23, 1991, Johnny Carson stepped out onto the stage of New York's Carnegie Hall at the annual meeting of NBC affiliate stations - the final performer in the day's all-star lineup of NBC players, there to dazzle the affiliates with the power of the network's programming. But Carson had his own agenda: without any warning to his NBC bosses, he announced that he was leaving the "Tonight" show - NBC's flagship