![]() ![]() I mean, yes, NBC could not have handled it worse, from 2004 onward.” -Jay Leno But at least it would have been a two-day story. “If they’d come in and shot everybody-I mean, it would have been people murdered. Instead, we get a fascinating example of how a bunch of people all acting with the best intentions can lead to the worst possible outcome. Carter gives detailed histories of and various perspectives on all the major players involved-Leno, Conan, Jeff Zucker, David Letterman, Jeff Gaspin, etc.-but in the end nobody comes off as an evil monster responsible for the train wreck. ![]() The book is impressively comprehensive about NBC’s decision to move Jay Leno from The Tonight Show to primetime and back again and the disaster that followed. Anyone who picks up Bill Carter’s new book about last January’s late night TV debacle- The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy-looking for a villain is destined to be disappointed. ![]()
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