Late Shift

When Johnny Carson announces his retirement from the Tonight Show it throws the networks and their executives two talk show stars and millions of late night television viewers into a frenzy. Who could replace the most important talk-show host in history? It soon comes down to the Tonight Show's guest host Jay Leno and the later late night star David Letterman in a fight to the finish. Take a peek behind television's most famous curtains to witness for yourself the madness the mayhem and the money that made the battle for the Tonight Show hot-seat one of the most brutally contested and hilarious battles in television history. We all know who replaced Johnny Carson but no one knew how he got there until now.