The Late Shift

Two heads fighting for the late night crown - One head's gotta roll.

David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

Comedy Drama TV Movie

John Michael Higgins

(David Letterman)

Daniel Roebuck

(Jay Leno)

Kathy Bates

(Helen Kushnick)

Bob Balaban

(Warren Littlefield)

Ed Begley Jr.

(Rod Perth)

Peter Jurasik

(Howard Stringer)

Reni Santoni

(John Agoglia)

John Kapelos

(Robert Morton)

Steven Gilborn

(Peter Lassally)

John Getz

(Brandon Tartikoff)

Lawrence Pressman

(Bob Wright)

Sandra Bernhard

(Sandra Bernhard)

Treat Williams

(Michael Ovitz)

David Brisbin

(Alan Levine)

Michael Chieffo

(Rick Ludwin)

Wendy Cutler

(Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference)

Nancy Cheryll Davis

(Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall)

Paul Elder

(Rupert Murdoch)

Michael Fairman

(Michael Gartner)

John R. Fors

(Writer #2)

Nicholas Guest

(Robert Iger)

Lucinda Jenney

(Debbie Vickers)

Ivan Kane

(Reporter #1)

Ken Kragen

(Ken Kragen)

Susan Krebs

(Airport Attendant)

James Kiriyama-Lem

(Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference)

Dan Lipe

(Writer #1)

Aaron Lustig

(Paul Shaffer)

Cynthia Lynch

(Laurie Diamond)

Michael C. McCarthy

(Jim Brogan)

Kerry Noonan

(Letterman's Girlfriend)

Penny Peyser

(Susan Binford)

Little Richard

(Little Richard)

Ann Ryerson

(Betty Hudson)

Kevin Scannell

(Dick Ebersol)

Edmund L. Shaff

(Jack Welsh)

Joanne Takahashi

(Thai Waitress)

Arthur Taxier

(Lee Gabler)

Cathy Worthington

(Kragen's Asst.)

Rich Little

(Johnny Carson)

Arnold F. Turner

(Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference)

Dean Francois

(CBS Executive to Howard Stringer (uncredited))

Angie Gray

(Mrs. Wright (uncredited))