LateLine

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.

This article is about the US sitcom. For the Australian current affairs program, see Lateline.
LateLine
GenreSitcom
Created by
Starring
Composer(s)Mat Morse
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes19 (7 unaired)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Al Franken
  • John Markus
Running time22 minutes
Production company(s)
Release
Original network
Original releaseMarch 17, 1998 (1998-03-17) –
March 19, 1999 (1999-03-19)

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

Episode list

Season 1: 1998
Nº Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
11"Pilot"Andy AckermanAl Franken & John MarkusMarch 17, 1998 (1998-03-17)
22"Al Anonymous"TBATBAMarch 24, 1998 (1998-03-24)
33"Gale Gets a Life"TBATBAMarch 31, 1998 (1998-03-31)
44"Buddy Hackett"Andy AckermanStory by : Steve Lookner
Teleplay by : Al Franken & John Markus & Earl Pomerantz		April 7, 1998 (1998-04-07)
55"Pearce's New Best Friend"Ken LevineAl Franken & John Markus & Earl PomerantzApril 14, 1998 (1998-04-14)
66"Lawyer, Lawyer"TBATBAApril 21, 1998 (1998-04-21)

Season 2: 1999
Nº Ep Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date
71"Pearce on Conan"TBATBAJanuary 6, 1999 (1999-01-06)
82"Protecting the Source"TBATBAJanuary 13, 1999 (1999-01-13)
93"The Minister of Television"TBATBAJanuary 14, 1999 (1999-01-14)
104"Kids 'N' Guns"TBATBAJanuary 20, 1999 (1999-01-20)
115"Svadharma"TBATBAJanuary 27, 1999 (1999-01-27)
126"Karp's Night Out"TBATBAMarch 16, 1999 (1999-03-16)
137"The Christian Guy"TBATBA*
148"Mona Moves Up"TBATBA*
159"Error Apparent"TBATBA*
1610"Requiem for a Horse"TBATBA*
1711"The Negotiator"TBATBA*
1812"Eine Kleine Office Problem"TBATBA*
1913"The Seventh Plague"TBATBA*

* 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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