A Look Back at Conan's Late-Night Run

Conan O’Brien’s farewell to late-night TV has reached its finale. His show “Conan” has been chockablock with his famous friends and staff members trotting out fan-favorite characters in recent weeks. The last episode, set to air Thursday night, will feature Jack Black and surprise guests.
“Then we will get a drink somewhere and feel weird about the fact that we’d been doing this for 28 years,” executive producer Jeff Ross said Wednesday, just before the final taping began at the Los Angeles club Largo, where “Conan” relocated after the pandemic displaced the show from its studio set.
“Conan” has been on cable channel TBS since 2010, but this send-off is effectively for Mr. O’Brien’s entire run as a late-night host, which started in 1993 and included two previous shows on NBC. Next he’ll head off to streaming with a new weekly variety show for HBO Max (which he recently mocked in a bit comparing HBO Max’s business model to a pyramid scheme). He has also been pulled away from traditional TV by other projects from his Team Coco production company, including his long-form interview podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend.”
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