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Conan O'Brien has poked fun at his former employer NBC over its handling of President Donald Trump's town hall – a dig that drew comparisons to the way the network bungled The Tonight Show succession. The late-night host tweeted, “I can't remember the last time I was this shocked by an NBC programming decision." This…

Audible has inked a global multi-project, first-look development and production deal with Team Coco. Conan O'Brien's Emmy-winning digital media company will produce scripted and unscripted episodic series, non-fiction documentaries and other audio original projects. The first original already has been greenlighted…

UPDATED, 12 PM: HBO Max has set an August 20 premiere date for the first round of its previously announced stand-up specials as part of its Summer Comedy Festival programming lineup. Solo specials from Rose Matafeo, Beth Stelling, and James Veitch, as well as a multi-act special from the HA Comedy Festival, hosted by…

EXCLUSIVE: Conan O'Brien is heading to Largo at The Coronet to shoot his TBS talk show, becoming the first of the late-night hosts to move his show out of his house and make tentative steps to a return to full production. Conan will begin filming at the LA comedy club from Monday July 6, in accordance with government…

A solemn Conan O’Brien stayed quiet on his thoughts about the killing of George Floyd Monday on Conan. Instead, the late-night host listened. "Today feels very different," O'Brien said. "We're rightfully sickened by the needless killing of a black man named George Floyd. But it doesn't feel right to talk about my…

There was very little pomp, but that owed more to the circumstance, as Conan O’Brien gave the first remote commencement address in Harvard’s long history to the Class of 2020. Delivered from a podium set up in his backyard, O’Brien used the unusual setting to his advantage, opening his speech with a montage of…

Conan O’Brien isn’t going to let coronavirus concerns stop him from doing his late-night show. Conan will return with full, new episodes beginning Monday, March 30 on TBS. The new shows will be shot remotely on an iPhone, without an audience and with guest interviews being filmed via video chat, according to the…

UPDATED with Jimmy Fallon tribute: Kobe Bryant wasn’t just beloved by sports fans, late-night hosts really liked him too. Jimmy Kimmel paid tribute to Bryant, and said there was no studio audience tonight on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live out of respect for the NBA legend, who died in a helicopter crash over the weekend…

Conan O’Brien took time out this evening on Conan to remember longtime NBC late-night executive Rick Ludwin, who died Sunday in Los Angeles at age 71. Ludwin was famously known around the network for championing Seinfeld when it was a struggling comedy. He also worked in late-night at the network from the Johnny…

Matt Damon envies Tom Cruise at least one thing: Film’s longtime Jason Bourne admits he can’t match the Mission: Impossible star when it comes to heights. No, not as in tall, as in jumping from tall buildings. On TBS’ Conan last night, Damon told Conan O’Brien about his fear of heights, a body-freezing terror that…

Conan O'Brien and his Team Coco will produce five new stand-up specials exclusively for HBO Max, the WarnerMedia streaming service that is unveiling a slew of news Wednesday at a presentation in Burbank ahead of its spring 2020 launch. The just-announced specials include O’Brien hosting two of them, which will feature…

Conan O’Brien set off across Greenland tonight for his Conan Without Borders: Greenland special. After President Trump expressed interest in buying the island from Denmark, the TBS late-night host flew there on an exploratory mission. His goal: To find out if Greenland would make a good investment, although Danish…