LateLine
{{Short description|American sitcom TV series}}
{{about|the American sitcom|the Australian current affairs program|Lateline}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = LateLine DVD boxart.jpg
| caption =
| genre = Sitcom
| creator = {{Plain list|
- Al Franken
- John Markus
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| starring = {{Plain list|
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| 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|
}}
| first_aired = {{start date|1998|3|17}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1999|3|16}}
}}
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=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=1
| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Pilot
| DirectedBy=Andy Ackerman
| WrittenBy=Al Franken & John Markus
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|3|17}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=2
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Al Anonymous
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|3|24}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=3
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=Gale Gets a Life
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|3|31}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=4
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Buddy Hackett
| DirectedBy=Andy Ackerman
| WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Steve Lookner|t= Al Franken & John Markus & Earl Pomerantz}}
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|7}}
| ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=5
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Pearce's New Best Friend
| DirectedBy=Ken Levine
| WrittenBy=Al Franken & John Markus & Earl Pomerantz
| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|14}}
| ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=6
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=Lawyer, Lawyer
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1998|4|21}}
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=Season 2: 1999=
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| EpisodeNumber2=1
| Title=Pearce on Conan
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|6}}
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| EpisodeNumber=8
| EpisodeNumber2=2
| Title=Protecting the Source
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|13}}
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| EpisodeNumber=9
| EpisodeNumber2=3
| Title=The Minister of Television
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|14}}
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| EpisodeNumber=10
| EpisodeNumber2=4
| Title=Kids 'N' Guns
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|20}}
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| EpisodeNumber=11
| EpisodeNumber2=5
| Title=Svadharma
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|1|27}}
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| EpisodeNumber=12
| EpisodeNumber2=6
| Title=Karp's Night Out
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| OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1999|3|16}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=13
| EpisodeNumber2=7
| Title=The Christian Guy
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| EpisodeNumber=14
| EpisodeNumber2=8
| Title=Mona Moves Up
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| EpisodeNumber=15
| EpisodeNumber2=9
| Title=Error Apparent
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| EpisodeNumber=16
| EpisodeNumber2=10
| Title=Requiem for a Horse
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| EpisodeNumber=17
| EpisodeNumber2=11
| Title=The Negotiator
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=18
| EpisodeNumber2=12
| Title=Eine Kleine Office Problem
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=19
| EpisodeNumber2=13
| Title=The Seventh Plague
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Home media
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0137314|title=LateLine}}
- {{epguides|LateLine}}
{{Al Franken}}
Category:Television series by CBS Studios
Category:1990s American sitcoms
Category:1998 American television series debuts
Category:1999 American television series endings
Category:Television shows set in Washington, D.C.