Al Franken
Director
LateLine (1998)
Season 1
LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes. Created by John Markus and Al Franken, 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. On August 17, 2004, Paramount released a DVD set containing all nineteen episodes on three discs.
Released March 17, 1998
Episode 30 min
14+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: tmdb.behind-the-scenes, tmdb.sitcom, imdb.workplace-romance, imdb.satire, imdb.television, imdb.journalism, tmdb.office + 3 more, tmdb.tv-news-anchor, imdb.satire-comedy, imdb.laugh-track
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pilot
Pearce McKenzie, the anchor of hit news show ""Lateline"" makes a publicity stunt to ensure that he, and no other, is the richest anchor in the network. He claims that he is going to retire just so people will be shocked. But it all goes wrong when the new anchor is going to be Al Freundlich.
March 17, 1998, midnight
S1E2 - Al Anonymous
Gale is considered to start a spin-off of ""LateLine"" for younger viewers called ""KidLine"". Meanwhile, Al is suspected of writing a book.
March 24, 1998, midnight
S1E3 - Gale Gets a Life
Al is out sick, and Pearce starts to realize his true feelings for Gale.
March 31, 1998, midnight
S1E4 - Buddy Hackett
An internet page claims that actor Buddy Hackett has passed away. The gang, stressed about not finding stories for the show, decide to air a special show about the late Hackett. But soon they will find out the Buddy is still alive.
April 7, 1998, midnight
S1E5 - Pearce's New Best Friend
Gale auditions for a different network. Meanwhile, Al goes mad trying to score some tickets for a party hosted by Julia Roberts.
April 14, 1998, midnight
S1E6 - Lawyer, Lawyer
Al tries to convince Pearce to come to his Jewish temple. When Pearce finally agrees, Al asks him to participate in a charity the temple is having.
April 21, 1998, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 570 min.
Released: March 17, 1998
Last Air Date: March 16, 1999, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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