The Late Shift - very good movie despite the flourecent red hair they gave the guy playing Letterman, and their attempt to have the guys playing the leads impersonate the hosts instead of each playing the
character without trying to duplicate the appearance and voice. The book was, as usual, better. Leno's former agent (who was also made producer of
The Tonight Show and who drove everyone nuts) comes off even worse in
print, if you can believe it.
Peter played Howard Stringer, the CBS exec who successfully wooed Letterman. There's an odd "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" vibe to this whole thread, considering the other shows mentioned. Coincidences re:
The Late Shift -
The TV movie was directed by Betty Thomas, who is also an actress and who played Sgt. Lucy Bates on
Hill Street Blues for years - where she worked with Peter Jurasik and Dennis Franz, both of whom worked on
NYPD Blue (mentioned above.) Thomas may have picked Jurasik for the part based on their earlier working experience.
Other
B5 Alumni to have passed through
Blue include Andrea Thompson (recurring character for one season, then a regular for a couple more), Jerry Doyle, Claudia Christian (in a rare two-parter) and Richard Biggs.
Bob Balaban played NBC exec Warren Littlefiled in
TLS. He also played a fictional NBC exec, based on Littlefield, as a recurring character on
Seinfeld, where Wayne Knight also had a recurring role that reminded me of Peter Jurasik's Sid the Snitch.
Regards,
Joe
He was quite amusing.
