the late shift be a great book and i read the book several year ago and and i be transfix at the cutthroat debauchery that go on when johnny carson retire and jay leno and johnny carson try to grab his spot . when the movie come out and i snag a vhs copy of the movie and and have reread the book recently and it hard to say which i enjoy more and because theyre quite equal in the amount of information convey . the two lead actor and john michael higgins and and daniel roebuck and two actor i never hear of before and and haven not hear of since and play leno and letterman convincingly and despite letterman dismissal of his portrayal a be poor . they play the part quite well and despite a lot of people look for an imitation of the two . i wasn not a interested in that . the story be what count . and that bring me to kathy bates . kathy bates and play helen kushnick and be this movie . she play this evil bitch of a character so menacingly you realize how on earth can this woman control herself and much less a national tv show . yikes . there should be a sequel .