{"product_id":"the-war-for-late-night-when-leno-went-early-and-television-went-crazy-067002208x","title":"The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 067002208X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carter, Bill\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA dramatic account of the politics and personalities behind NBC's calamitous attempt to reinvent late-night television.When NBC decided to move Jay Leno into prime time to make room for Conan O'Brien to host the Tonight show-a job he had been promised five years earlier-skeptics anticipated a train wreck for the ages. It took, in fact, only a few months for the dire predictions to come true. Leno's show, panned by critics, dragged down the ratings-and the profits-of NBC's affiliates, while ratings for Conan's new Tonight show plummeted to the lowest levels in history. Conan's collapse, meanwhile, opened an unexpected door of opportunity for rival David Letterman. What followed was a boisterous, angry, frequently hilarious public battle that had millions of astonished viewers glued to their sets. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51960208654624,"sku":"NEW067002208X","price":20.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-war-for-late-night-when-leno-went-early-and-television-went-crazy-067002208x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}