User:Sammi Brie/Bill Carter (journalist)

Bill Carter is an American journalist covering television. He is most notable for his 25-year tenure as television correspondent for The New York Times, during which time he was most known for his coverage of the late-night television business. He wrote two books on the topic: The Late Shift (book) (1994), covering the conflict around Johnny Carson's retirement from The Tonight Show, and The War for Late Night (2010), covering the battle between Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno to host the program.

Early life
Carter was born in Brooklyn, New York, and is a 1971 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in English.

Career
In 1975, Carter began writing for The Baltimore Sun. He also wrote a sports column while at The Sun.

Carter took a buyout from the Times in 2014; at the time, the newspaper was offering buyouts to veteran employees as part of an effort to reduce its headcount. Carter then became a CNN contributor. At CNN, he was one of several executive producers of its 2021 documentary series The Story of Late Night.

Books

 * Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's Monday Night Football (1988, with Marc Gunther)
 * The Late Shift (1994)
 * Desperate Networks (2007)
 * The War for Late Night (2010)