New Jersey Stage Issue 59 | Page 106

Late Night SHARE BUTTON Between 1992 and 1998, over six seasons and 90 episodes, The Larry Sanders Show chronicled the backstage drama surround- ing its titular late night talk show, delivering some of the best satire seen on screens big or small. What could be added to the talk show milieu that wasn’t covered in the NJ STAGE - ISSUE 59 by Eric Hillis late Garry Shandling’s signature show? Well, how about the strug- gles of a woman in the male domi- nated world of late night Ameri- can comedy? Enter Tina Fey in 2006 with 30 Rock, which couldn’t sustain its quality across its subse- quent seven seasons but was the funniest show on TV at its height. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 106