The Late Shift (book)

The Late Shift
Book cover
AuthorBill Carter
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHyperion
Publication date
1994
Publication placeUnited States
Pages299
ISBN978-1-56282-754-0
Followed byThe War for Late Night 

The Late Shift: Letterman, Leno, and the Network Battle for the Night is a 1994 non-fiction book written by The New York Times media reporter Bill Carter. It chronicles the early 1990s conflict surrounding the American late-night talk show The Tonight Show. The book was later made into a film of the same name by HBO.