NEW YORK (AP) — As Conan O’Brien sought a new place to play TV host, conventional wisdom said he’d be bringing his talk show to Fox. (more)
The artist behind the famous two-tone Conan O’Brien logo is rolling in dough now that his image is the face of CoCo’s upcoming comedy tour — and it all started on Twitter. (more)
Forget the Dalai Lama. Someone even more important has started his own Twitter feed: Conan O’Brien. (more)
The changes keep coming for NBC in late night. The latest: Kevin Eubanks, the longtime bandleader for Jay Leno, is leaving that partnership. (more)
Conan O’Brien might be the best boss ever. (more)
Sharing his feelings publicly for the first time about the behind-the-scenes machinations that eventually led to this month’s NBC late-night debacle, Jay Leno admitted on Thursday that being asked six years ago to step aside so Conan O’Brien could take over the Tonight Show came as a crushing blow. (more)
Days after the network severed ties with O’Brien as host of “The Tonight Show,” it picked up an hourlong pilot from O’Brien’s production company, Conaco. (more)
We’re officially in the post-Conan O’Brien era of late night television, as Friday (January 22) marked the host’s final broadcast of ‘The Tonight Show.’ It’ll be a few weeks before we settle into the new routine with Jay Leno taking the show back (he’ll kick off once NBC is done losing money on the Olympics). You’ll still get the chance to experience some Conan bits you may have missed, as reruns of “The Tonight Show” will air until Leno slides back into the hosting chair. (more)
On Wednesday, Adam Sandler told the almost-ex-host O’Brien that he’s not the only one who’s gotten walking walking papers at NBC. (more)
The American television network, NBC, has reached a deal with Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien for him leave the program so Jay Leno can return as the host. (more)
IF YOUR BOSS was a dolt and treated you poorly, how much money would it take for you to walk away? (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno turned serious on his show Monday to discuss the late-night chaos at NBC, explaining events from his standpoint and telling viewers he considered Conan O’Brien a “great guy.” In remarks after his monologue Monday, Leno said he’d tried to avoid doing a show in prime time but was convinced by NBC that it could work. (more)
One of the sticking points in the negotiations between Conan O’Brien and NBC is a custody battle — who gets Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and other characters Conan has created over the years … sources tell TMZ. But we’re told Conan will bag the dog, with strings attached. (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay Leno staffers say their boss isn’t the bad guy in NBC’s late-night upheaval. (more)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Conan O’Brien’s battle with his network certainly hasn’t hurt his ratings. With his jabs at NBC network executives apparently resonating in a country filled with the unemployed, viewership has soared. O’Brien’s ratings have been rising through the week, which was an extraordinary one in late-night television and saw O’Brien and David Letterman hurling barbed remarks at Jay Leno, and Leno firing back.”Tonight” ratings Friday were 50 percent higher than they’ve been this season, and O’Brien beat CBS’ Letterman, according to a preliminary Nielsen Co. estimate based on large markets. In the 18-to-49-year-old demographic that NBC relies on to set advertising prices, O’Brien even beat Leno’s prime-time show. (more)
NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” has entered the late-night fray, lampooning the mess involving Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien. (more)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Conan O’Brien’s ratings are soaring as he nears a bitter exit from NBC’s “Tonight” show, his ridicule of his network executives apparently resonating in a country filled with the unemployed. (more)
Trickle of aid to Haiti quake survivors worries officials as hunger, thirst beset ruined city (more)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC is nearing a deal with “Tonight” host Conan O’Brien to leave the network, freeing Jay Leno to reclaim the late-night show he stewarded for 17 years. (more)
























