Bill Carter joined the New York Times as a national media reporter in 1989. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Late Shift and two other books on the television industry-Monday Night Mayhem and Desperate Networks-and has written numerous articles for the New York Times Magazine and other publications. Carter has been a guest on Nightline, Today, CNN, Charlie Rose, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, and many other shows. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he lives in New Jersey with his wife. They have two children.