![]() 'What does Jay have on you?' Conan asked, his voice still low, his tone still even. That this now seemed like a late-night pileup - three shows with monologues lined up end to end - was the implication no one had really addressed.įinally Conan did have something he really wanted to say, something that had almost burned a hole in his chest. The NBC guys didn't really have an answer for that other than what Conan had already been doing: his own monologue. The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy is a 2010 non-fiction book written by The New York Times media reporter Bill Carter. When they replied that it seemed likely he would have only one guest, Conan said, 'OK. In The War for Late Night, New York Times reporter Bill Carter offers a detailed behind-the-scenes account of the events of the unforgettable 2009/2010 late-night season as all of its players- performers, producers, agents, and network executives-maneuvered to find footing amid the shifting tectonic plates of television culture. ![]() It chronicles the 2010 conflict surrounding the American late-night talk show The Tonight Show involving Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno. ![]() 'At 11:35 Jay's going to come out and do twenty jokes. The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy is a 2010 non-fiction book written by The New York Times media reporter Bill Carter. 'So at least now, Jay does his show, but there's the break of the news, and that's kind of the reset button,' Conan said to Gaspin and Graboff. ![]() But the story it covers, and the characters. “The one thought Conan had on the spot about the half hour at 11:35 was that it would likely exacerbate the problem he already had with Leno. The broad outlines of Bill Carter’s The War for Late Night are familiar to almost anyone with a passing knowledge of American popular culture. ![]()
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