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    Rick Ludwin on Late Night

    Rick Ludwin oversaw Late Night and Special Programming at NBC for more than 30 years -- from 1980 until 2012. Michael Schneider and Joe Adalian pick his brain about famous late night transitions and the shortage of women in late night.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Michael Schneider • Feb 27, 2015 • 1 min read

    Rick Ludwin oversaw Late Night and Special Programming at NBC for more than 30 years -- from 1980 until 2012. Michael Schneider and Joe Adalian pick his brain about famous late night transitions and the shortage of women in late night. And Ludwin tells us why he thinks it is that people get so emotionally attached to hosts of The Tonight Show, even if its not a show they regularly watch.

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      Michael Schneider

      Senior editor at Variety

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Josef Adalian

      Vulture

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      Rick Ludwin

      former head of late night at NBC

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