The Late Shift

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

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