Bill Carter Revisits the War for Late Night

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03/04/22 • 96 min

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Inside Conan: An Important Hollywood Podcast

Writer Bill Carter (author of The War for Late Night) joins Mike Sweeney and Jessie Gaskell to discuss the significance of The Tonight Show for a generation of comedians, the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding Conan’s short-lived run at the show, the future of late night television, and why Bill decided to not publish an emotional 2010 interview with Conan.

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