Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
- talk show
- late night
- woman director
The bill
John Michael Higgins
David Letterman
Daniel Roebuck
Jay Leno
Kathy Bates
Helen Kushnick
Bob Balaban
Warren Littlefield
- Ed Begley Jr. — Rod Perth
- Peter Jurasik — Howard Stringer
- Reni Santoni — John Agoglia
- John Kapelos — Robert Morton
- Steven Gilborn — Peter Lassally
- John Getz — Brandon Tartikoff
- Lawrence Pressman — Bob Wright
- Sandra Bernhard — Sandra Bernhard
- Treat Williams — Michael Ovitz
- David Brisbin — Alan Levine
- Michael Chieffo — Rick Ludwin
- Directed
- Betty Thomas
- Written
- George Armitage, Bill Carter
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 66 ratings
- Studio
- Northern Lights Entertainment, HBO Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
