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Conan O'Brien stories: 74 news summaries

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 NBC Sets Dates for  
 Late Night Change-Up 

Conan to leave in February

Jan 16, 09 8:02 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s almost time for NBC’s Late Night switcheroo to begin, and the dates are now official: Conan O’Brien’s last show will air February 20, Access Hollywood reports, with Jimmy Fallon taking over on March 2. Then, Jay Leno’s last Tonight Show will air May 29,... More »

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Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • Late Night • Jimmy Fallon

Leno Looking Forward to Earlier Nights

NBC aims to
snag viewers in
prime-time experiment

Dec 16, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Jay Leno isn't losing any sleep over his upcoming exit from the late-night world, he tells the New York Times. The announcement by the Tonight Show host that he's moving to the 10 pm spot at NBC stunned many who expected him to switch to ABC. Leno's excited about the... More »

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NBC • ABC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Tonight Show • network television • prime time

 Fallon Tries 
 Harder in 
 2nd Vid 

Late Night host-in-waiting responds to criticism

Dec 10, 08 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - OK, he’s still not wearing a suit and tie, but Jimmy Fallon is trying a little bit harder. The second installment of webisodes previewing his upcoming NBC Late Night gig is an improvement over the first, Gawker reports. And you’ve got to give the guy credit for responding... More »

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celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • Late Night • Jimmy Fallon

(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon wasn’t going out of his way to impress anyone on his first Late Night webisode, Gawker reports. The video blogs airing in advance of his March 2 premiere started last night, and the new host “couldn’t stop throwing up his hands or touching his head... More »

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celebrity • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • talk show • Late Night • Jimmy Fallon

 With Conan on Deck, 
 NBC Thinks Young  

Subversive, cerebral humor will attract younger audience, say execs

Nov 3, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - With the Tonight Show's June transition from Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien on the front burner, NBC is already anticipating a jump in younger viewers. The June handover "is as important an event as is going to happen to this company in 2009," an NBC VP tells... More »

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

OPINION

 Diss Letterman at Your Peril 

Late-night hosts can shape opinion for networks and their viewers

Sep 26, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is playing with fire if he thinks he can stand up David Letterman and get away with it. "The middle-of-the-road personalities who've dominated network television since its inception do retain one singular power," Gawker Media head honcho Nick Denton, writing for his flagship blog, warns the... More »

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John McCain • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Late Night • Craig Ferguson • Nick Denton • Gawker Media

Conan's Stalker Priest Suspended by Archdiocese

Ajemian cut off by Catholic church after leaving psychiatric treatment facility

Sep 11, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conan O’Brien’s “stalker priest” has been suspended by the Boston Archdiocese, the Globe reports. The Rev. David Ajemian was instructed by his bishop to remain indefinitely at a residential psychiatric facility after he harassed the NBC late-night host, but he has apparently absconded. For disobeying the treatment... More »

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stalker • celebrity • Conan O'Brien • priest • David Ajemian • Archdiocese of Boston

Letterman Perplexed by NBC's Move
to Ditch Leno

But Dave would love to continue beyond 2010

Sep 3, 08 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman isn't planning to head off into the sunset when his Late Night contract expires in 2010, the New York Times reports, telling a Rolling Stone interviewer that he would love to keep going at CBS—and that he was confused by NBC's decision to put longtime rival Jay... More »

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television • NBC • Jay Leno • late night talk show • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Late Night

Leno Could Doom Nightline with ABC Move

Host's retirement may set off cascade of late-night dominoes

Aug 11, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - These should be banner days for ABC’s Nightline, John Edwards’ confessional outlet of choice. Instead, staffers fear Jay Leno's departure from NBC will wind up costing them their jobs, the LA Times reports. ABC appears to be Leno's most likely destination after he retires next year, which would... More »

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Jay Leno • late night host • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • ABC News • television news • Nightline • Ted Koppel

 Leno Bowing Out in May 

NBC officials still negotiating to keep star with network

Jul 22, 08 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno's last appearance as host of the Tonight Show will be the final Friday in May, reports Broadcasting & Cable. Conan O'Brien will take over the following Monday. In the several months between O'Brien's leaving Late Night and his Tonight Show debut, NBC plans a huge promotional campaign to... More »

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 Fallon to Launch
 Late Night Online 

New host will post short programs on the web

Jul 21, 08 3:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon is launching his career as host of NBC's Late Night on the Internet, reports the New York Times. Late Night producer Lorne Michaels will produce 10-minute segments with Fallon for an online audience months before he takes over on TV from Conan O'Brien, who's set to replace Jay... More »

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ANALYSIS

 Where Will Jay
 Go After 
 Tonight? 

Comedian may be getting the boot, but tomorrow's looking pretty bright

Jun 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno might be losing his beloved "Tonight Show," writes the Hollywood Reporter, but the host still has a ratings punch and an enviable set of options (in decreasing order of probability):
  1. Take ABC’s 11:30pm-12:30am slot, displacing Nightline and Jimmy Kimmel Live and competing
... More »

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Is Leno Jaywalking
Out of NBC?

Comedian unlikely
to stay after O'Brien takes over show

May 13, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay Leno is probably leaving NBC when Conan O’Brien takes over the “Tonight Show,” an NBC executive said yesterday. After a news conference unveiling Jimmy Fallon as O’Brien’s 12:35 replacement, NBC Entertainment co-chair Ben Silverman said the network would try to keep Leno on... More »

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Jimmy Fallon Scores Conan's Late Night Spot

Ex-SNL actor to host when O'Brien takes Tonight Show in '09

Apr 24, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jimmy Fallon will take Conan O’Brien’s Late Night desk when Conan leaves for the Tonight Show, writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. O’Brien is set to replace Jay Leno in May 2009; the former Saturday Night Live star is rumored to be “thrilled and ready, if... More »

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 Ferguson 
 Overtakes 
 Conan 

For the first time, CBS late-night show carries higher overall ratings than NBC's

Apr 10, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - It appears the tides are changing for Conan O’Brien—well, sort of. Last week, and for the first time, the NBC late-night host was beaten in overall ratings by CBS rival Craig Ferguson, the New York Times reports. More »

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Conan's
Stalker Priest Pleads Guilty

Disorderly conduct conviction for Ajemian in harassing TV host

Apr 8, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Roman Catholic priest who stalked Conan O'Brien pleaded guilty today to disorderly conduct and apologized for his actions, WBZ-TV reports. Rev. David Ajemian, 46, sent the late-night talk-show host threatening letters on parish letterhead—referring to himself as "your stalker priest"—contacted O'Brien's parents, and got caught... More »

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Catholic Church • Boston • stalker • Conan O'Brien • priest • Archdiocese of Boston

Short of Jokes, 3 Comics 'Brawl'

Scribeless comedians drum up mock fight over who 'made' Huckabee

Feb 5, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A trio of writerless comics nearly tussled on TV last night in an apparent effort to boost tepid ratings, Radar Online reports. Stephen Colbert started it on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," where he grumbled about Conan O'Brien; Conan then walked in and threatened both with a... More »

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NBC • Conan O'Brien • Jon Stewart • The Daily Show • Stephen Colbert • Hollywood writers' strike

Writers Want Leno to Can
the Jokes

Writing his own monologues violates strike rules, they say

Jan 4, 08 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Jay Leno is back on the air telling jokes, but striking writers want him to knock it off. Leno returned to TV—and the top of the ratings—Wednesday and yesterday with monologues he wrote. Writers say that violates strike rules and are trying to pressure him and NBC to... More »

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Jay Leno • Conan O'Brien • Jon Stewart • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Hollywood writers' strike

Late-Night Hosts Return With Laughs, Politics

Huckabee and Clinton appear in returning talk shows

Jan 2, 08 11:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Late-night talk shows returned to the air tonight for the first time in two months with a dose of politics mixed among the laughs, the AP reports. Mike Huckabee appeared on Leno, apparently a bit confused by the status of the writers' strike, while Letterman got a taped intro from... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Mike Huckabee • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Hollywood writers' strike

UPDATED

A-Listers
Don't Want
to Be Like Mike

Leno books Huckabee as strike keeps big stars off the couch

Dec 31, 07 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee will be Jay Leno’s first guest when the “Tonight Show" resumes for the first time since the writers strike began last month, the Hollywood Reporter says. The Republican presidential candidate will enjoy the spotlight on Wednesday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses. The late-night talkers... More »

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Donald Trump • Mike Huckabee • Jay Leno • late night talk show • Conan O'Brien • David Letterman • Tonight Show • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

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