<DIV><p><b>The <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Late Shift</i> delivers "a boisterous, two-timing, high-stakes drama about the business of comedy" (<i>The Associated Press</i>). </b></p><p>No one is more uniquely suited to document television's latest late- night travesty than veteran media reporter and bestselling author, Bill Carter. NBC's CEO, Jeff Zucker, had it all worked out when he moved Jay Leno from behind the desk at <i>The Tonight Show</i>, and handed the reins over to Conan O'Brien. But as everyone knows, his decision was a spectacular failure. Ratings plummeted, affiliates were enraged-and when Zucker tried to put everything back the way it was, that plan backfired as well.</p><p>In candid detail, Carter charts the vortex that sucked in-not just Leno and O'Brien-but also Letterman, Stewart, Fallon, Kimmel, and Ferguson as frantic agents and network executives tried to manage a tectonic shift in television's most beloved institution.</p></div>