LateLine
American sitcom TV series
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::summary American sitcom TV series ::
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| image | LateLine DVD boxart.jpg |
| genre | Sitcom |
| creator | {{Plain list |
| starring | {{Plain list |
| composer | Mat Morse |
| country | United States |
| language | English |
| num_seasons | 2 |
| num_episodes | 19 (7 unaired) |
| executive_producer | {{Plain list |
| runtime | 22 minutes |
| company | {{Plain list |
| network | {{Plain list |
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| image = LateLine DVD boxart.jpg | caption = | genre = Sitcom | creator = {{Plain list|
- Al Franken
- John Markus | starring = {{Plain list|
- Al Franken
- Megyn Price
- Miguel Ferrer
- Ajay Naidu
- Sanaa Lathan
- Catherine Lloyd Burns
- Robert Foxworth | composer = Mat Morse | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 19 (7 unaired) | executive_producer = {{Plain list|
- Al Franken
- John Markus | producer = | camera = | runtime = 22 minutes | company = {{Plain list|
- Markus-Franken Productions
- Paramount Television | network = {{Plain list|
- NBC Showtime | first_aired = | last_aired =
LateLine is an American sitcom television series that premiered on NBC on March 17, 1998. The series concluded on March 16, 1999, with seven episodes left unaired due to an abrupt cancellation. Three of the unaired episodes were telecast by the Showtime cable network in December 1999.
Created by John Markus and Al Franken (the latter of whom co-starred in the series), LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes goings-on of a fictitious late-night television news broadcast, patterned in part after the long-running ABC program Nightline. Many plotlines in the series were satirical, dealing with topics like Deep Throat and the Watergate break-in, and the episodes often had cameos by famous politicians.
Cast
- Al Franken as Al Freundlich
- Megyn Price as Gale Ingersoll
- Miguel Ferrer as Vic Kobb
- Ajay Naidu as Raji Bakshi
- Sanaa Lathan as Briana Gilliam
- Catherine Lloyd Burns as Mona
- Robert Foxworth as Pearce McKenzie
Episode list
Season 1: 1998
| EpisodeNumber=1 | EpisodeNumber2=1 | Title=Pilot | DirectedBy=Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy=Al Franken & John Markus | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=0000A0 | EpisodeNumber=2 | EpisodeNumber2=2 | Title=Al Anonymous | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=0000A0 | EpisodeNumber=3 | EpisodeNumber2=3 | Title=Gale Gets a Life | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=0000A0 | EpisodeNumber=4 | EpisodeNumber2=4 | Title=Buddy Hackett | DirectedBy=Andy Ackerman | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=0000A0 | EpisodeNumber=5 | EpisodeNumber2=5 | Title=Pearce's New Best Friend | DirectedBy=Ken Levine | WrittenBy=Al Franken & John Markus & Earl Pomerantz | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=0000A0 | EpisodeNumber=6 | EpisodeNumber2=6 | Title=Lawyer, Lawyer | DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich | WrittenBy=Al Franken & John Markus & Earl Pomerantz | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=0000A0
Season 2: 1999
| EpisodeNumber=7 | EpisodeNumber2=1 | Title=Pearce on Conan | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=8 | EpisodeNumber2=2 | Title=Protecting the Source | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=9 | EpisodeNumber2=3 | Title=The Minister of Television | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=10 | EpisodeNumber2=4 | Title=Kids 'N' Guns | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=11 | EpisodeNumber2=5 | Title=Svadharma | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=12 | EpisodeNumber2=6 | Title=Karp's Night Out | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=13 | EpisodeNumber2=7 | Title=The Christian Guy | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=14 | EpisodeNumber2=8 | Title=Mona Moves Up | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=15 | EpisodeNumber2=9 | Title=Error Apparent | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=16 | EpisodeNumber2=10 | Title=Requiem for a Horse | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=17 | EpisodeNumber2=11 | Title=The Negotiator | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=18 | EpisodeNumber2=12 | Title=Eine Kleine Office Problem | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000 | EpisodeNumber=19 | EpisodeNumber2=13 | Title=The Seventh Plague | DirectedBy= | WrittenBy= | OriginalAirDate= * | ShortSummary= | LineColor=000000
- Not aired on NBC
Home media
On August 17, 2004, Paramount released a DVD set containing all nineteen episodes on three discs.
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