The Late Shift [30330] Released: 1996-02-24 Revenue: $0 Budget: $6,000,000 Profit: $-6,000,000 Runtime: 95 mins Popularity: 0.715 Vote Average: 6.375 Vote Count: 60 Overview: David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show." Cast [43] John Michael HigginsDavid Letterman Daniel RoebuckJay Leno Kathy BatesHelen Kushnick Bob BalabanWarren Littlefield Ed Begley Jr.Rod Perth Peter JurasikHoward Stringer Reni SantoniJohn Agoglia John KapelosRobert Morton Steven GilbornPeter Lassally John GetzBrandon Tartikoff Lawrence PressmanBob Wright Sandra BernhardSandra Bernhard Treat WilliamsMichael Ovitz David BrisbinAlan Levine Michael ChieffoRick Ludwin Wendy CutlerReporter #2 Letterma Nancy Cheryll DavisReporter #2 Carnegie Paul ElderRupert Murdoch Michael FairmanMichael Gartner John R. ForsWriter #2 Nicholas GuestRobert Iger Lucinda JenneyDebbie Vickers Ivan KaneReporter #1 Ken KragenKen Kragen Susan KrebsAirport Attendant James Kiriyama-LemReporter #1 Letterma Dan LipeWriter #1 Aaron LustigPaul Shaffer Cynthia LynchLaurie Diamond Michael C. McCarthyJim Brogan Kerry NoonanLetterman's Girlfrie Penny PeyserSusan Binford Little RichardLittle Richard Ann RyersonBetty Hudson Kevin ScannellDick Ebersol Edmund L. ShaffJack Welsh Joanne TakahashiThai Waitress Arthur TaxierLee Gabler Cathy WorthingtonKragen's Asst. Rich LittleJohnny Carson Arnold F. TurnerReporter #3 Letterma Dean FrancoisCBS Executive to How Angie GrayMrs. Wright Trailers