Sixteen years after his book The Late Shift shed light on the behind-the-scenes machinations involved in choosing Johnny Carson’s successor at the Tonight Show, New York Times TV industry reporter Bill Carter is now working on a sequel of sorts. His new book, for Viking, will focus on the recent Conan/Leno Tonight Show saga at NBC.
“I’m reaching out to everyone I possibly can to get every side of the story,†Carter told Gawker. “I don’t just pick one and stick with that guy.â€
Carter is still in the writing process, though he says he is going to try to finish “as soon as [he] can.†Better hurry, Bill, before all evidence of Conan’s existence has disappeared completely.
New York Times’ Bill Carter at Work on a Late Shift Sequel [Gawker]