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LateLine

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First Aired:March 17, 1998
Seasons:2 seasons
Episodes:12
Status:Canceled

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.

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Cast

Al Franken

Al Franken

Al Freundlich

Megyn Price

Megyn Price

Gale Ingersoll

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

Vic Kobb

Ajay Naidu

Ajay Naidu

Raji Bakshi

Sanaa Lathan

Sanaa Lathan

Briana Gilliam

Catherine Lloyd Burns

Catherine Lloyd Burns

Mona

Robert Foxworth

Robert Foxworth

Pearce McKenzie

Seasons

E1Pilot

30m

Mar 17, 1998

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.

E2Al Anonymous

30m

Mar 24, 1998

Gale is considered to start a spin-off of ""LateLine"" for younger viewers called ""KidLine"". Meanwhile, Al is suspected of writing a book.

E3Gale Gets a Life

30m

Mar 31, 1998

Al is out sick, and Pearce starts to realize his true feelings for Gale.

E4Buddy Hackett

30m

Apr 7, 1998

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.

E5Pearce's New Best Friend

30m

Apr 14, 1998

Gale auditions for a different network. Meanwhile, Al goes mad trying to score some tickets for a party hosted by Julia Roberts.

E6Lawyer, Lawyer

30m

Apr 21, 1998

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.

E1Pearce on Conan

30m

Jan 6, 1999

Pearce does a skit for the Conan O'Brien show, which leads to more skits with Conan's sidekick, Andy Richter. Meanwhile, Raji is afraid that won't get his bonus.

E2Protecting the Source

30m

Jan 13, 1999

Al may have to go to prison, unless he reveals the source of a story.

E3The Minister of Television

30m

Jan 14, 1999

Raji promisses to bring his African friend as a guest on the show but, when his friend doesn't come, Raji gets fired. The new intern is a girl who has a crush on Al. When the two kiss, Al remembers he is married...

Kids 'N' Guns

E4Kids 'N' Guns

30m

Jan 20, 1999

Trying to blow the cover of an illegal gun salesman, Al and Raji go undercover by trying to buy guns. Meanwhile, Vic's daughter lets slip that her father has a crush on Gale.

E5Svadharma

30m

Jan 27, 1999

Pearce's ex-mistress starts having an affair with Raji to make Pearce mad. Raji and the rest of the crew try to keep this a secret.

E6Karp's Night Out

30m

Mar 16, 1999

When Vic goes out on a date, Gale is left to produce the show. Her first show as a producer goes horribly wrong when Pearce decides he doesn't want to do the show.

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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.

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