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Conan O'Brien stories: 74 news summaries

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 Shatner Reads the Real Levi 

Conan O'Brien sorry for fake Tweets, but not too sorry

Nov 6, 09 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - The Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • lawsuit • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

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 Shatner 
 Poeticizes 
 Levi's Tweets 

William Shatner back on Conan for dramatic reading of Johnston's posts

Nov 5, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Only a dramatic reading by William Shatner can give Levi Johnston’s tweets the gravity they truly deserve. Shatner visited The Tonight Show yesterday to poeticize Twitter gems such as, “Maybe I’m a genius and not even know it. Maybe I don’t exist and it only seems... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • William Shatner • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Levi Johnston

SURPRISE, SURPRISE

 Letterman Scandal 
 Is Ratings Gold 

That and Leno's exit make erstwhile underdog late night winner

Nov 2, 09 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - David Letterman’s scandalous admission of intraoffice sex and his role in a blackmail scheme appear to have titillated audiences. CBS’ Late Show is up 13% in total viewership for the season over last year. Sure, Dave is off 8% in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, but that’s nothing... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • sex scandal • blackmail • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Late Show

JUST LIKE BRISTOL

 Kathy Griffin: I'm 
 Having Levi's Baby 

Comedian's Tonight Show appearance full of fun Johnston anecdotes

Oct 27, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kathy Griffin was on the Tonight Show yesterday to promote her new book Official Book Club Selection—or, rather, to discuss her "Brangelina situation" with Levi Johnston, as she described it to Conan O'Brien. "I am in a serious, committed relationship with Levi Johnston, and I... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Conan O'Brien • Levi Johnston • Kathy Griffin

OPINION

 Dear Conan: 
 Newark's Not Funny 

O'Brien's quips make light of grim inner-city realities

Oct 13, 09 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - There have been some hilarious moments in Conan O'Brien's mock feud with Newark mayor Cory Booker, but there's nothing funny about the plight of America's inner cities, writes Bob Herbert. O'Brien and his audience are mocking a place that, like too many others in America, is "poverty-stricken, run down,... More »

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New Jersey • Newark • Conan O'Brien • Cory Booker • urban blight

Newark Mayor Bars Conan From NJ in Playful Feud

Booker fires back after O'Brien's Newark joke

Oct 1, 09 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have been lobbing insults back and forth—O’Brien on the Tonight Show, Booker via YouTube—for the past week. It started when Conan made a joke about Booker’s drive to improve Newark's health care—it "consists of a bus... More »

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YouTube • Conan O'Brien • Cory Booker • Tonight Show



 ABC, CBS 
 Urge Stars 
 to Boycott 
 Leno 

The Jay Leno Show performing well, but many still want it to fail

Oct 1, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno touched off a firestorm of industry backlash as he launched his primetime show, and it’s not over yet: Rival networks ABC and CBS are encouraging their stars to boycott The Jay Leno Show since it competes with their own 10pm series, the Los Angeles Times ... More »

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entertainment • NBC • CBS • ABC • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • TV ratings • Tonight Show

 Conan: I Hit My 
 Head So Hard 
 I Understood 
 Lost 

Tonight host returns, makes light of Friday mishap

Sep 28, 09 9:56 PM CDT
(AP) - Conan O'Brien was back at work today on the Tonight Show, and joking about a stunt accident Friday that gave him what he calls a slight concussion. According to an NBC transcript of tonight's monologue, O'Brien says he hit his head so hard that for five seconds he understood the... More »

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entertainment • NBC • Lost • Conan O'Brien • concussions • Tonight Show • Teri Hatcher

(Newser) - Conan O'Brien is home from the hospital after whacking his head during a Tonight Show stunt. "Conan is resting comfortably," said an NBC statement. "He is expected to return to work on Monday." Guest Teri Hatcher spilled details on the accident, which reportedly happened while the... More »

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(AP) - He's taken his lumps in the ratings, but yesterday Conan O'Brien hit his head during a stunt for the Tonight Show, and ended up at the hospital. The accident halted production, and a Tonight rerun with guest Jeremy Piven was aired. The scheduled show was to include Teri Hatcher... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • stunts

Obama's Guest Spot Points to Newly Political Letterman

Lineup coup as Dave veers toward politics

Sep 21, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - With President Obama tonight and Bill Clinton tomorrow, David Letterman is starting his new season with a bang—and a marked shift toward politics, the New York Times reports. Letterman, who chose to lay low in repeats last week as NBC trotted out big guests for Jay Leno's primetime debut,... More »

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John McCain • Bill Clinton • Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Sarah Palin • President Obama

 Leno's Back: 'Prepare for War' 

Comedian's return comes at sensitive time for O'Brien, scripted drama

Sep 13, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The premiere of the much-ballyhooed Jay Leno Show tomorrow night could revolutionize network television, thrilling Hollywood publicists and advertisers—or produce a stunning commercial embarrassment for NBC. Either way, "prepare for war," Guy Adams writes in the Independent. Leno’s rather noisy return to American television comes at... More »

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NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • scripted TV • The Jay Leno Show

(Newser) - David Letterman is handily beating his new late-night rival, Conan O’Brien, in the ratings—just not in some of the key, younger demographics. And that’s due to his singular, quirky charms, writes Peter W. Kaplan in New York, calling Letterman the “last grown-up on network television.... More »

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Conan vs. Dave? Nightline's Beating Them Both

ABC launches ad campaign to tout its victory

Aug 31, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - ABC is trying to remind America that it has a show on at 11:35, too. The network is launching a campaign touting Nightline's ratings, which, since Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show takeover, have averaged 3.459 million viewers a night. That puts it on top of... More »

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advertising • ABC • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • TV industry • Nightline • Jay-ZTV

OPINION


 Don't Count 
 Conan Out 
 . . . Yet  


Aug 24, 09 6:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O'Brien's well-documented struggles to find his way as the host of the Tonight Show may be cause for alarm, but it's hardly time to punch the panic button, writes Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales. O'Brien "is to be congratulated for the way the show has been going,... More »

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GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Phelps 
 Crashed 
 in 'Tranny 
 Hooker District' 

Plus, Edwards might finally cop to love child

Aug 14, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - After analyzing the location of Michael Phelps’ car accident, a Gawker tipster reveals that the Olympic legend “may have been leaving the tranny hooker district” of Baltimore at the time, leading blogger the Cajun Boy to wonder, “Was Michael Phelps trolling for a tranny? It's highly doubtful, but... More »

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entertainment • John Edwards • Elton John • Michael Phelps • celebrity • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • TV ratings • Tonight Show • Olympic Games • love child • Rielle Hunter • Late Show • Joel Schumacher • Alice in Chains • Frances Quinn Hunter

INTERViEW


 Shatner: Conan 
 'Holds Me Close'


Actor dishes on relationship with O'Brien, still hasn't seen Star Trek

Aug 10, 09 6:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - William Shatner’s beat-poetry homages to Sarah Palin on Conan O’Brien’s Tonight Show have become viral-video hits. Time magazine caught up with the actor and Priceline pitchman to find out about his off-camera relationship with O’Brien, Star Trek, and more:
  • “It's great,” Shatner reports.
... More »

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Conan O'Brien • Star Trek • William Shatner • viral video • Sarah Palin • JJ Abrams

(Newser) - Dave beat Conan in the ratings again this week, garnering 3.38 million viewers to the Tonight Show’s 2.63 million, the New York Daily News reports. That makes four straight weeks Letterman’s come out on top, his longest streak since 1995. But NBC is quick to... More »

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late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show

(Newser) - After months of promoting Jay Leno's move to 10pm, NBC may shake up its prime-time schedule again, moving its late local news to 10 and Leno to 10:30, the network's onetime programming head speculates. Garth Ancier, now chief of BBC America, shared his speculation with critics at the summer... More »

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entertainment • television • NBC • CBS • programming • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • comedian • television personality • Late Show • The Jay Leno Show

 Shatner Graces 
 Conan With 
 More Palin 'Poetry' 

This time, drawn from her Twitter feed

Jul 30, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - After realizing Sarah Palin’s incoherent resignation address was not actually a speech but rather poetry, Conan O’Brien started investigating her Twitter feed. “Some people have found her tweets to be a little rambling, confusing, and off-topic,” O’Brien said on last night’s Tonight Show,... More »

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