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For Conan O'Brien's former shows, see Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Conan
File:Conan logo.png
Show's logo
Created byConan O'Brien
Presented byConan O'Brien
StarringConan O'Brien
Andy Richter
Jimmy Vivino
The Basic Cable Band
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes2 as of November 9, 2010 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerJeff Ross
ProducerFrank Smiley
Production locationsStage 15, Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California
Running time60 minutes
(with commercials)
Production companyConaco
Original release
NetworkTBS
ReleaseNovember 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)[1] –
present
Related
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(NBC; host, 1993–2009)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
(NBC; host, 2009–2010)

Conan is an American late-night talk show featuring Conan O'Brien as host. It premiered November 8, 2010[2] on TBS. The program's host previously starred on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which followed The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 16 years, until O'Brien's brief tenure as host of The Tonight Show.

In January 2010, after The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien had been on the air for seven months, it was announced that NBC intended to move Jay Leno from primetime back to his original timeslot, with O'Brien's show starting shortly after midnight. Following a brief conflict, NBC announced that they had paid $45 million to buy out O'Brien's contract, ending his relationship with the network. Months after his official leave, O'Brien went on a comedy tour, entitled The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, which was largely inspired by the outpouring of support for O'Brien on the internet during the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.

On TBS, Conan airs Mondays through Thursdays beginning at 11:00 p.m., and is immediately followed by comedian George Lopez on his talk show, Lopez Tonight. Comedian and actor Andy Richter continues his returning role as sidekick to O'Brien. Conan's long-time house band continues with the host under the new moniker Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band,[3] with Max Weinberg being replaced as drummer by regular substitute James Wormworth, and the bandleader being guitarist Jimmy Vivino, who has regularly substituted for Weinberg during his brief departures.[3]

Format

Conan' follows the established 6-piece format of the Tonight Show and Late Night programs. Each episode of Conan will be 60 minutes long with commercials (42 without), and features a monologue from O'Brien, comedy skits, two celebrity guests and a following musical performance or stand-up comedy act.

The show airs Monday through Thursday, rather than the full 5 days, similar to the previous schedule of Late Night with Conan O'Brien which aired Tuesdays through Fridays up until 2006.[4] Conan's hour-long 11pm timeslot will directly compete with Comedy Central's The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, as well as the first 25 minutes of NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and CBS' Late Show with David Letterman.[5]

History

The Tonight Show conflict

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In a high profile announcement by television network NBC on September 27, 2004, it was officially declared that Conan O'Brien, then host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien would take over as host of The Tonight Show in 2009, replacing Jay Leno, after a seventeen year run. This was accompanied by reports that Jay Leno had told Jeff Zucker, the President of NBC Entertainment, of his plans to retire that same year.[6] Leno immediately explained on his show the following night that he wanted to avoid the hardship that he had experienced in the dispute over retiring Johnny Carson's hosting duties between him and David Letterman in 1992 and that O'Brien was "certainly the most deserving person for the job." In 2008, however, several reports were made that Leno, still the ratings champion in the timeslot, was rethinking his leaving the show. Speculation was put to an end when it was announced he would instead host a new prime-time variety show on NBC entitled The Jay Leno Show, which aired weeknights at 10:00 p.m. from September 14, 2009, until the show's cancellation on February 9, 2010, due to low ratings and public outcries from NBC affiliates.

A photograph of a caucasian man with tall red hair and red beard, wearing a white, dazzling jacket and blue undershirt, playing a guitar.
Conan O'Brien performing a cover of "I Will Survive" on his first day of The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour in Eugene, Oregon on April 12, 2010.

On January 7, 2010, multiple media outlets reported that beginning March 1, 2010, Jay Leno would move from his 10 p.m. weeknight time slot to 11:35 p.m., due to pressure from affiliates as a result of both Leno's poor ratings. NBC also cited Conan's poor ratings as being responsible for his timeslot change, though it was widely speculated that Conan's numbers were down as a result of Jay's poor lead-in creating a domino effect on the local news and Conan's Tonight Show. It was suggested that the move was in favor of Leno because it would have been more expensive for NBC to dump Leno than O'Brien due to Jay's 150 million dollar penalty clause.[7] The plan would have Leno's show shortened from an hour to 30 minutes. All NBC late night programming would be preempted by the 2010 Winter Olympics between February 15 and February 26, 2010, but a final decision about the programming changes was made by NBC on January 10, 2010.[8][9] O'Brien's contract stipulated that NBC could move the show back to 12:05 a.m. without penalty (though the stipulation was mainly to be used for the limited run late-night NBC Sports recap shows for Wimbledon and golf's U.S. Open in the summer rather than a permanent relocation), leaving him with no apparent recourse other than resignation.[10] O'Brien released a statement on January 12, 2010, stating, "I sincerely believe that delaying The Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t The Tonight Show."[11]

After two weeks of negotiations, on January 21, 2010, it was officially announced that Conan O'Brien had signed a $45 million deal to leave the network altogether.[12][13] As part of the agreement with NBC, O'Brien was prohibited from performing on the internet, television or radio until September 1, 2010. O'Brien was also prohibited to speak negative comments about the situation, NBC or Leno during this period. It was also expected that certain intellectual property including characters, comedy pieces or bits that O'Brien created during his time at NBC would become the property of NBC, therefore prohibiting his use of them in the future at TBS. However, it is now reported that NBC has rethought that stance, stating that they "wish Conan the best" and he will be able to take his characters and sketches to the new TBS show.[14]

During the time off Conan found a way to perform without going against his contract by doing The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour which began on April 12, 2010 and ended on June 14, 2010[15] which incorporated many elements from his Late Night show and including video bits, musical and comic performers, and cameo appearances by celebrities. The show heavily joked about the legal constraints, for example renaming the Masturbating Bear, the "Self-Pleasuring Panda".[16]

TBS announcement

A photograph of a caucasian male with tall red hair and a red beard, speaking into a microphone, with a crowd of people gathered around him.
Conan O'Brien at a supporter rally held outside TBS headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia in June 2010.

Shortly before the tour began, O'Brien announced that he had signed a deal with cable network TBS to host a talk show on their late-night lineup, beginning in November 2010. Before the deal was announced, O'Brien initially had reservations about the move, as it would place comedian George Lopez's show, Lopez Tonight, one hour later to midnight. George Lopez soon called O'Brien, and expressed his excitement about the move.[17] Lopez went on to state, "I can't think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in [...] It's the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy."[18]

In his own statement about the deal, O'Brien stated, "In three months I’ve gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I’m headed to basic cable. My plan is working perfectly."[18][19] O'Brien's production company—Conaco—will reportedly own all rights to the show.[20]

Series premiere

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The first episode of Conan, entitled "Baa Baa Blackmail",[21] premiered on Monday, November 8, 2010 at 11 p.m. EST on TBS.[22] The episode's first guest was Arlene Wagner, the curator of Leavenworth, Washington's Nutcracker Museum;[23][24] Wagner's position as Conan's debut guest was chosen by fans through a "rigged" poll at TeamCoco.com. The poll also consisted of Pope Benedict XVI, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, performer Justin Bieber and actor Jack Nicholson, among others.[24] Wagner's brief appearance was followed by actor and comedian Seth Rogen and actress Lea Michele, along with musical guest Jack White, who performed "Twenty Flight Rock", along with O'Brien himself.[25][26][21] Actor Jon Hamm, appearing as his character Don Draper from the AMC series Mad Men, and talk show host Larry King, of CNN's Larry King Live, made cameo appearances in the show's cold open, with actor and comedian Ricky Gervais sending Conan a pre-taped message expressing his well wishes on the new series.[21]

Reviews of the premiere episode by television critics were positive, calling it "a looser, quirkier take on a late-night talk show, but still a late-night talk show."[21] James Poniewozik of Time found the episode to be enjoyable, and compared it to O'Brien's tenure during Late Night. Itzkoff went on to state, "The message, overall [...] is that Conan the show is not so much about a reinvention of the talk show form as a restoration of Conan. He was doing something he wanted to do, a late-night talk show, and NBC made him stop doing it." He also praised the opening monologue, and Conan's performance with Jack White during the episode's conclusion.[21] Frazier Moore of the Associated Press went on to call the episode "a stylishly back-to-basics hour that radiated hard-won lessons from his brief stay hosting The Tonight Show," in addition to admiring O'Brien's "appealingly stoked yet comfortable" appearance on the show.[27] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly also appreciated the Masturbating Bear cameo, and went on to call the show "pleasant, if a bit underwhelming."[28] Less positive assessments of the show included Tom Gliatto of People, who accused the show of being a "modest, lowkey and slightly awkward affair."[29]

In Nielsen Ratings, the series premiere of Conan drew 4,100,000 viewers, beating competition The Daily Show by more than triple as well as all network competition such as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In the 18-49 demographic Conan drew a 2.5 rating (3,285,000 viewers) and was watched by 2,451,000 adults 18-34.[30] Most of the viewers were those who were not watching other late-night talk shows prior to Conan's debut, since none of the other late-night talk shows opposite Conan showed significant declines.[31]

Other guests slated for the first week of shows are Tom Hanks, Jack McBrayer, Soundgarden, Jon Hamm, Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera, Julie Bowen, and Jon Dore.[26]

Production

Rolling Stone confirmed that all staff members (sans Weinberg) are set to return for the TBS show. It was previously confirmed that Conan's writers[32] from the NBC programs would make the transition to TBS. It was also confirmed that O'Brien's sidekick, actor and comedian Andy Richter, will continue his role on the new show.[33][34]

A photograph of a large set of builings, behind several trees and a hill.
The show will originate from the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, where Lopez Tonight and The Ellen DeGeneres Show also tape.

On May 16, 2010, it was announced that O'Brien will launch his new show at Stage 15 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, where Lopez Tonight also tapes, and not far from NBC Studios where his Tonight Show predecessor and successor Jay Leno tapes.[35]

Prior to the show's airing, interviews with O'Brien and Richter indicate that the show will more closely represent Late Night than Tonight in regards to content and material, meaning that edgier or questionable content excised as a result of the move to the earlier time slot will no longer be an issue at TBS. On the July 12th, 2010 episode of Marc Maron's WTF podcast, Andy Richter said that they no longer have to "worry about living up to a respected franchise", and that on The Tonight Show certain sketches "that just felt too 12:30" would be cut and how "it'll be nice to not have to worry about that anymore". During an appearance at the 2010 San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival, O'Brien told the audience he was "no longer interested in 'broadening' the audience or trying to reach everybody of all ages," further implying the content will not be toned-down. As the show is on cable, fewer restrictions will apply to the show in regards to explicit content, such as swearing and racier material.

On September 1, 2010, O'Brien officially announced via a YouTube video that the new show's title was simply Conan. O'Brien did this by writing it on a piece of paper, afterward O'Brien remarked that the second "N" in his name looked more like a "W" and it looked like he had written "Conaw" instead, then "panicked" when he was notified the premiere would take place in two months instead of three. The choice of Conan as the title required the consent of Conan Properties International, the owners of the Conan the Barbarian franchise, including a "Conan" trademark covering certain types of TV series.[36][37] A disclaimer to this effect is used on some advertising materials for the show.[38]

It has been stated that the set for the show, designed by the same designer of Conan's previous sets, John Shaffner, will be inspired by The Legally Prohibited Tour, adopting more of a "theatre" appearance than the previous shows. Shaffner commented on the choice of the show's chair, stating, "You find one that you like and then you build it yourself to make it a little shallower and a little more upright and the cushion a little firmer [...] But not too firm or every time the guest sits down they’ll say, 'Oooh this is a hard chair.'"[39]

Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band

O'Brien's longtime band (originally known as The Max Weinberg 7, then The Tonight Show Band, and later as the Legally Prohibited Band) will serve as the Conan house band, and will be fronted by longtime guitarist Jimmy Vivino.[3][40] Max Weinberg, who had served as O'Brien's bandleader and drummer since 1993, will not appear on the new program.[3][40] Weinberg was not a part of the Legally Prohibited Tour, and remained vague throughout most of 2010 about the possibility of his participation in the new TBS show.[41]

Weinberg's decision was influenced by a combination of a major heart surgery he had in February 2010, and the fact that his family never left their native New Jersey (even during the Tonight Show period), both issues that he kept private until an October 2010 interview.[42] James Wormworth, who often acted as Weinberg's on-air substitute, will serve as the band's new permanent drummer.[3][40]

International

In Australia, the program will air on GEM, a multichannel of the Nine Network. Originally it was intended to screen within 12 hours after its original U.S. broadcast at 11:30pm weeknights,[43] however GEM will now screen the program approximately 36 hours later, beginning on Wednesday, November 10, meaning the program will also air on Saturday nights. The Comedy Channel which aired the previous versions of Conan's shows announced it would not air the program as the Nine Network had exclusive rights to Time Warner programs.

In Canada, the program will air on cable channel The Comedy Network Monday to Thursday nights (Tuesday to Friday mornings) at midnight ET/PT, and repeated on broadcast network CTV at 1:05 a.m. local time.[44][45]

The program was only initially announced for CTV, leading to some concern about the unusually late time slot, two hours after its airing in the United States for viewers in the Eastern Time Zone (CTV Atlantic viewers will see the program at 1:05 a.m. AT / 12:05 a.m. ET). This is due to local and national newscasts in the 11:00 p.m. hour, and CTV's existing commitments to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 12:05 a.m. and The Colbert Report at 12:35 a.m.[citation needed] CTV executives later said the program would likely air earlier on The Comedy Network, owned by CTV. That channel also appeared to have a conflict initially, since it has historically aired both Daily and Colbert during the 11:00 p.m. ET hour, simulcasting the Comedy Central feed. To make room for the simulcast of Conan, the channel moved both shows to the 10:00 p.m. hour on September 7, 2010. However, there were intermittent "technical difficulties" with getting the shows in time for the earlier airing – most significantly on October 25 and 26, 2010, when The Daily Show broadcast live at 11:00 p.m. ET from Washington, D.C., forcing the Canadian channel to air older episodes both nights. After viewer complaints about the missed episodes, Comedy elected to move both shows back to their previous timeslots, meaning that Conan will now air at midnight, on a one-hour delay from TBS.[46]

Selling rights to a Canadian channel was necessary, since TBS ceased being available in Canada in October 2007. The local Atlanta station through which Canadian cable subscribers had previously received TBS (or rather, WTBS) programming then adopted a distinct schedule as WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV). Some speculated that WPCH might pick up the program anyway, since the revamped station continues to air some of the same syndicated series as TBS, but WPCH later indicated explicitly that it had no plans to broadcast the new O'Brien program.[47]

Elsewhere, in Ireland, the show will air Monday to Thursday at midnight on 3e, exactly one week after their original air date.[citation needed] Conan will air in Israel exactly one day after the original air date exclusively on the brand new channel, HOT Comedy Central, which launches on January 1th 2011 [48].[citation needed] Conan will also air in Norway on the brand new digital television channel, Max, which launched on November 1 as a sister channel of TVNorge. Episodes of Conan will air Monday to Thursday 10:50 p.m. UTC+1, exactly one week after their original air date.[49]

Critical reception

The premier of Conan was received generally well by both fans [50] and critics. The show currently holds a 61 out of 100 rating on review aggregate Metacritic, based on 16 reviews. [51]

See also

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