A great addition to the documentary series

Repetitive

Carter’s podcast reflects his considerable expertise, his appreciation, his insider and respected relationship with his subjects. Strongly constructed and well-considered questions open up subjects and illicit terrific answers—at length, too. Beautifully constructed, beautifully written. And charming.

Bill Carter and staff have created an extremely high quality and insightful look into the world of late night entertainment. Excellent writing, narration, and interviews with many of the top players. An excellent companion to the CNN television series on Late Night. Wonderful viewpoints on the future of late night entertainment. Three Cheers!

Great!

I hope this never stops…. I have been a fan of Late Nite since the mid 70’s. This is terrifically done, and I hope it continues!

and lots of fun. Perhaps more so for people ~of a certain age~ who grew up with this. Nevertheless, extremely insightful and very interesting.

And Bill Carter is the perfect host for the podcast.

I could have sworn it was real. For ten years I had this dream that at 12:35 I was treated to an hour of smart, silly flippancy which featured a host as wise as Stephen Fry but as childlike as Soupy Sales. In this dream, this host would begin with puppet theater, delve into stream of consciousness disguised as a monologue, rip up his notes and actually talk with his guests. His sidekick was a surreal alter ego, and his other companion a pantomime horse. This dream lasted a decade and I never realized it was only that until I watched a six part series on the history of late night television. Apparently The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson never really existed. Well, at least I laughed in my dreams. And if after watching the sixth installment of this series about late night entertainment a little kitty would ask me “what did I learn on the show tonight?” I guess I would have to answer that my dream late night show was just that. Wait, while writing this I thought I saw a reference to Craig. But then I blinked and that image was gone. Darn that dream.

I love late night and this podcast is what I’m looking for! I’m also watching the TV series version of this also put out by CNN.

Bill Carter is wonderful- his detailed and thoughtful commentary inspired me to buy his book, The Late Shift. This is a good companion podcast to the CNN show for those who love late night and can’t get enough of the stories from then and now!

I discovered this quite by accident while listening to the very enjoyable "Carson Podcast". Both are absolutely wonderful! Bill Carter has done superb research and his narration is excellent. I am dreading finishing it, but fully intend to purchase from Audible his books on this topic. (I'm sorry that he's not the reader, though.) I cannot recommend this and "The Carson Podcast" highly enough!

Very well-written, interesting, etc., but I was genuinely shocked after listening through every episode and not even once hearing Craig Ferguson or the Late Late Show mentioned. Extremely disappointing, and confusing, given Ferguson’s famously unique approach to the genre.

I’m a big fan of tv. I love watching documentaries and cnn has put together a great series on late night tv. The boast of this pod cast is quite good. I enjoy the history of tv late night. I’m a big fan of Johnny Carson’s tonight show. This podcast is a great companion to the cnn series. I recomend it to anyone who is a fan

I listened to this without seeing the TV episodes. Carter has so much knowledge and credibility. The guests were great. The topics were well chosen. But this really isn’t a podcast. It’s a PR teaser for a show I’ll never watch. Carter is just stiffly reading the script. You only scratched the surface on worthy topics. You could have done separate full episodes on women, race, and more. Deeper history. Even more on process. Dunno how large of an audience would geek out for deep dive into late night. But I’d listen

If you’re a fan of late night shows, you’ll most likely enjoy the podcast. I was a bit too young for Johnny but spent most of my youth watching Dave, so especially like the Letterman stories. However, it’s six episodes in and still no mention of Craig Ferguson...what gives? Even if you’re not a fan, you have to admit Craig was one of the most original late night hosts - he was a great story teller and a genuinely funny guy. Definitely an oversight not to include him, at least so far.

They have made so many fake stories that it not the same every since AT&T bought them they’ve become nothing but what Mr. Trump would call fake news they’re not doing reporting the way they should I used to love it as a truck driver I will always wanna watch CNN news to catch up on dates but since they’ve been bought out from AT&T and seems like their political point of view is to put down conservatives and Republicans at any manner

Great show, esp after reading Danna Young’s Irony and Outrage and Ronald Brownstein’s Rock Me On the Water.

I got through about 3 minutes and had to stop. I've enjoyed his books, but hosting is not for him.

Craig Ferguson was the best. He devolved the late night show, and put it together. His monologue of talking to the camera so you felt he was talking to you. Co-hosted by a skeleton robot and a horse. He chatted with his guests with lots of stickers over the words not allowed. His journey to getting his American citizenship. Best of all was putting him and Robin Williams together and having them riff off each other. His Scottish accent could be turned on & off. I loved when Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who) was on & it turned out Peter was lead singer in a band together when they were younger. Craig didn’t hide his past problems with alcohol & drug addiction. There was one night where he castigated everyone for laughing over a TMZ show about a female singer. He kept saying “she is a baby. A baby. Don’t laugh & make fun of her. This was a suicide attempt crying out for help.” How many current hosts have won a Peabody? Craig did. How many current hosts have published books? Craig did. How many did a documentary on going on the road doing standup? Craig did. Go back and do your homework.

i love this, comprehensive look at my fav television genere: late night

Really enjoying the podcast from Bill Carter. Great interviews with Amber Ruffin and Jimmy Kimmel. Great historical look-back and deep dive into all things Late Night.

…..then you will love the podcast I’ve nearly worn out both of Bill’s books covering late night and have bugged him on Twitter for a third covering the retirements of Dave & Jay and the current landscape - and this podcast should do wonders for that craving.

I love Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers is my all time favorite so more Seth please. Feel free to throw in some Jon Stewart and John Oliver too please. Keep up the good work.

Sent to my Dad, my friends, everyone I know who’s been staying up late to watch these shows for decades. So much behind-the-scenes access and great guests!

I thought I knew a good deal about late night, but I’ve already learned a lot from these two episodes so far. Shouldn’t be surprised given that Bill Carter has written two of *the* books on late night!

Love!

Can’t wait for this look back! Could use some fun these days!