Comedy Drama TV Movie
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."
Directed by
Betty Thomas
Written by
George Armitage, Bill Carter
Kathy Bates
Helen Kushnick
Treat Williams
Michael Ovitz
Ed Begley Jr.
Rod Perth
Daniel Roebuck
Jay Leno
Bob Balaban
Warren Littlefield
John Michael Higgins
David Letterman
Arthur Taxier
Lee Gabler
John Getz
Brandon Tartikoff
John Kapelos
Robert Morton
Lawrence Pressman
Bob Wright
Sandra Bernhard
Sandra Bernhard
Lucinda Jenney
Debbie Vickers
Nicholas Guest
Robert Iger
Reni Santoni
John Agoglia
Michael Fairman
Michael Gartner
Penny Peyser
Susan Binford
David Brisbin
Alan Levine
Little Richard
Little Richard
Peter Jurasik
Howard Stringer
Aaron Lustig
Paul Shaffer
Michael Chieffo
Rick Ludwin
Ann Ryerson
Betty Hudson
Rich Little
Johnny Carson
Kevin Scannell
Dick Ebersol
Susan Krebs
Airport Attendant
Wendy Cutler
Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference
Arnold F. Turner
Reporter #3 Letterman Press Conference
Edmund L. Shaff
Jack Welsh
Kerry Noonan
Letterman's Girlfriend
Ivan Kane
Reporter #1
Cathy Worthington
Kragen's Asst.
James Kiriyama-Lem
Reporter #1 Letterman Press Conference
Angie Gray
Mrs. Wright (uncredited)
Steven Gilborn
Peter Lassally
Nancy Cheryll Davis
Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall
Paul Elder
Rupert Murdoch
John R. Fors
Writer #2
Cynthia Lynch
Laurie Diamond
Michael C. McCarthy
Jim Brogan
Joanne Takahashi
Thai Waitress
Dean Francois
CBS Executive to Howard Stringer (uncredited)

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