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Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | 1997 | Kathy
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials | 1997 | Robert
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | 1997 | Kathy
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | 1997 | Kathy
Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special Leading or Supporting Network Cable or Syndication | 1997 | Kathy
Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special | 1996 | Nancy
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special | 1996 | Betty
Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special | 1996 | Matthew W.
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | 1996 | Treat
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | 1996 | Kathy
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | 1997 | Treat
Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week | 1996 | Nancy
Movie or Miniseries | 1996
Budget 6,000,000 USD
A few days after the film's premiere, John Michael Higgins was booked on Late Show with David Letterman (1993) to talk about the movie and what it was like to portray Letterman. Higgins then sat in the green room as Letterman spent the next hour padding bits and doing filler, all the while promising Higgins was "coming up". At the end of the show Letterman apologized to Higgins for "running out of time", pointedly saying he hoped the actor could "come back again soon." Higgins was never re-booked.
Both David Letterman and Jay Leno were vocal in their disapproval of the film, with Letterman calling it "the single biggest waste of film since my wedding photos." In an interview he said his self-loathing tendencies were overplayed, in particular a scene where he throws baseballs at an archery target, and he also took issue with the orange/brown hair color given to the actor who played him, John Michael Higgins.
The scenes in Michael Ovitz's office were filmed in Ivan Reitman's actual office.
In this film, Bob Balaban played NBC President Warren Littlefield. He also played the character Russell Dalrymple on Seinfeld (1989), the NBC executive who was inspired by Littlefield.
According to John Michael Higgins, after he was cast as David Letterman, he avoided watching Late Show with David Letterman (1993) because he did not want to do an impersonation of Letterman.
"Michael Ovitz: Peter, I know Dave's circumstances, and so I know why you're here. Dave is a star of such compelling stature that frankly it makes me personally angry he finds himself this abused. We pride ourselves here at CAA in developing a career plan for our clients that protects them as much as it enriches them. David has set such an incredibly high professional standard and yet he is going disturbingly unrewarded. That just doesn't make any sense; it's simply bad business practice. Obviously, we have an interest in establishing a business relationship with you Dave, and you Peter. Frankly, we have worked out a career plan for David, and it includes securing everything for Dave that he wants. EVERYTHING. Of course that means an 11:30 television show. Dave will be offered an 11:30 show, and he will be offered it by every network. The geometry of the deal will be far larger, the studios will be in, the syndicators, the full range of the entertainment industry. We shall frame a deal that will make you one of the giants. And if you give us the privilege of working with you, CAA will take care of everything your talents deserve, and our spirit desires."
"Reporter #3: Are you gonna kick Jay Leno's ass? David Letterman: I'm gonna kick your ass, buddy."
