The Late Shift

John Michael Higgins as David Letterman Steven Gilborn as Peter Lassally James Kiriyama-Lem as Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference Kerry Noonan as Letterman's Girlfriend Cathy Worthington as Kragen's Asst. Michael Chieffo as Rick Ludwin Susan Krebs as Airport Attendant John Getz as Brandon Tartikoff Nicholas Guest as Robert Iger Penny Peyser as Susan Binford Kevin Scannell as Dick Ebersol Sandra Bernhard as Sandra Bernhard Michael Fairman as Michael Gartner Little Richard as Little Richard Edmund L. Shaff as Jack Welsh Reni Santoni as John Agoglia John Kapelos as Robert Morton David Brisbin as Alan Levine Ivan Kane as Reporter #1 Rich Little as Johnny Carson Daniel Roebuck as Jay Leno Bob Balaban as Warren Littlefield Ed Begley Jr. as Rod Perth Ann Ryerson as Betty Hudson Arnold F. Turner as Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference Peter Jurasik as Howard Stringer Lawrence Pressman as Bob Wright Lucinda Jenney as Debbie Vickers Angie Gray as Mrs. Wright (uncredited) Kathy Bates as Helen Kushnick Treat Williams as Michael Ovitz Wendy Cutler as Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference Aaron Lustig as Paul Shaffer Arthur Taxier as Lee Gabler

Don Carmody Producer Betty Thomas Director George Armitage Writer Nancy Foy Casting Robert Lorenz Second Assistant Director Ira Newborn Original Music Composer Mac Ahlberg Director of Photography Garreth Stover Production Design Jay Hart Set Decoration Joe Medjuck Co-Executive Producer Ivan Reitman Executive Producer