What is "night shift"

n. 1 A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours, especially 4 PM to midnight or midnight to 8 AM. 2 A group of workers who work during the night.

1. n. the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: graveyard shift]

2. workers who work during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.) [syn: graveyard shift]

Night Shift is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King, first published in 1978. In 1980, Night Shift received the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. Many of King's most famous short stories were included in this collection.

A night shift is either a group of workers night working, or the period in which they work.

Night Shift may also refer to:

• Night Shift (book), a 1978 collection of short stories written by Stephen King
• Nightshift (magazine), a free monthly music magazine in Oxford, England
• Night Shift (comics), a fictional team of supervillains in the Marvel Universe
• Night Shift (film), a 1982 film, one of Ron Howard's earliest directorial efforts
• Night Shift (video game), a 1990 computer game designed and published by LucasArts
• Night Shift (novel), a 1942 novel by Maritta Wolff
• Night Shift, a 1979 film starring Frank Windsor and John Castle
• Night Shift, an undead character from Skylanders: Swap Force

Night Shift is a 1982 American comedy film, one of former actor Ron Howard's earliest directorial efforts, concerning a timid night shift morgue employee whose life is turned upside down by a free-spirited entrepreneur. It stars Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler along with Michael Keaton, in his first starring role, and Shelley Long, who later in the year would star as Diane Chambers in the popular sitcom Cheers. Also appearing are Richard Belzer, and (as usual for Ron Howard films, his brother) Clint Howard. A young Kevin Costner has a brief scene as "Frat Boy #1", Shannen Doherty appears as a Bluebell scout, Dawn Dunlap as Maxine and Vincent Schiavelli plays a man who delivers a sandwich to Winkler's character.

Winkler was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, while Keaton won the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Night Shift is a computer game developed and published in by Lucasfilm Games, now known as LucasArts. It is a unique action game where the hero is a worker in a factory owned by Industrial Might and Logic (a parody of Industrial Light and Magic). Your character ensures that the factory is working properly as it cranks out Star Wars action figures, including those of stormtroopers and Darth Vader. The object of the game is to always ensure the factory is working properly, and to move in an increasingly better home.

The Night Shift is a fictional group of criminals in the Marvel Comics universe that first appeared in Captain America #330 (June 1987).

Night Shift is the sixth album by Foghat, released in 1976.

"Drivin' Wheel" was featured in the video games NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup, Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned, and Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony.

Night Shift is a Serbian hard rock band from Belgrade.

Night Shift , is an 2015 crime thriller television series produced by Hong Kong Television Network. The entire series was filmed at night.

Night Shift was a late-twentieth-century television series that portrayed people who work the night shift (work during the night).

Night Shift was made by a small independent production company called Addictive TV for the ITV network in the United Kingdom. Each episode of Night Shift lasted only five to ten minutes. The show's original run was from 1992 to 1994, while an additional series was produced in 1998. Several of Night Shift's episodes were filmed at the same location, most notably Gatwick Airport and Victoria Station.

The original series featured a highly effective model shot, in which a camera moves across a Monopoly-style map of a city into the title, Night Shift, written as a street name. The shot was produced for a pilot in mid-1992, but utilized in the final shows too. The model was constructed by model-maker Peter Poole, and filmed by Dave Hicks. Despite the slick look, there was no professional film studio involved: just a Brighton garage. A mini-mist smoke machine was used to add depth to the backlit model, which was about 6 by 4 feet in size. A photo appeared in the design magazine, Creative Review, in the What's New In Design? section.

The show, filmed entirely hand-held in a style very common now but not at the time, was presented in a lighthearted and informal fashion by the writer and actor, Colin Bennett. Bennett is also known for his appearance on the BBC children's television show, Take Hart, which was presented by Tony Hart.

The show is now mostly remembered for the 'river patrol' episode that served as the chief inspiration for the 1993 Hollywood Action Thriller 'Striking Distance'

The short episodes would generally show up at a moment's notice if programmes ran early or it was needed to fill in a small gap. In the latter part of scheduling sometimes two episodes or more would be shown back to back. Colin always appeared sporting an Edmonton Oilers jacket and only removed it once during the entire run. The production crew were often spoken to by the presenter, unusual in those days, with reference to "Nick" and "Graham". These names actually refer to producer/sound recordist Nick Clarke and producer/director assistant Graham Daniels of Addictive TV. The crew sometimes appeared on camera with one memorable episode at Gatwick Airport,o weighing baggage. The series was shot on Betacam SP by cameraman Nic Small.

Highlights from the shows include a late night visit to a cab firm who were not very busy at all and Colin learnt that most of their time was spent playing cards. Escort agencies, hospitals, lap dancing bars, police stations and even nuclear power plants were frequented by the team. An individual episode was filmed entirely using a nightvision camera out in the dark with the army giving it an eerie green glow, long before it would become a staple for series such as Most Haunted. Ahead of its time, Night Shift is fondly remembered by many followers who returned home drunk to catch it in the early hours.

Night Shift is an Irish television music show. Like its sister show Day Shift, it was one of Channel 6's Irish shows. It was launched with the network on Sunday, 30 March 2006. Night Shift was transmitted late at night and sometimes early on weekend mornings. The show was hosted by Michelle Doherty and featured the alternative music scene. In 2006, Night Shift was voted the favourite music show by Hot Press magazine readers. The last show aired on 31 December 2008 as Channel 6 was replaced by 3e on 1 January 2009. No reason was given for the ending of the show. There are no plans to return the show to the air as of 2015.

Despite only airing for two years, the show helped launch many new Irish bands such as Director.

Michelle Doherty presented, from 2009 to 2010, a late-night alternative music show on RTÉ Two called When Under Ether and until 2012 had her own radio show on Dublin's alternative rock radio station Phantom FM. She also appeared in the film What Richard Did.