The Late Shift

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

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