Conan O’Brien announced the 30 dates for his upcoming “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” this morning. The dates cover the whole country and even include a stop at Bonnaroo. No word on what the tour will include other than, “A night of music, comedy, hugging, and the occasional awkward silence.” Head [...]
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March 8, 2010
Conan Bringing Show to the Road!
When he’s not busy Tweeting, it seems that Conan O’Brien is in the process of organizing a live, touring version of his show until he presumably gets picked up by a new network later this year. Sources are reporting that O’Brien’s tour will start somewhere on the West Coast, and will include long time sidekick [...]
February 25, 2010
Conan Returns Through Twitter!
Conan O’Brien has returned to the world through a now verified Twitter account! With just one tweet and within 24 hours, he’s already got a quarter of a million followers. That first tweet?
Looks like Conan took one of our suggestions of things to do during his time away from TV. Perhaps he should start looking [...]
January 21, 2010
Breaking News: Conan and NBC Reach Agreement, Part Ways
Well, what we knew was coming has finally happened. This morning on Today, host Meredith Vieira announced that NBC and Conan O’Brien have reached a deal to part ways. From the Wall Street Journal:
While details on the final agreement were unclear, the deal was expected to include a payout of about $32 million for Mr. [...]
January 14, 2010
Leno Wins? *Sad Trombone*
If the always reliable TMZ is to be believed, The Late Shift 2 may be all over but the crying:
Jay Leno has made a new deal with NBC, which gives him “The Tonight Show” from 11:35 – 12:35 … sources tell TMZ.
At least Jeff Zucker got his final wish.
January 13, 2010
Leno Leaving NBC Too?
Well, our Non-NBC Late Night News didn’t stick around too long. Rob Shuter, citing sources close to former Tonight Show host Jay Leno, says that Leno is considering leaving NBC in the wake of this debacle as well. Says the source:
“Now that Conan has made it clear he is leaving the troubled network, Jay is [...]
January 12, 2010
Conan O’Brien Won’t Do Tonight Show After Leno
We’re keeping you updated as new info comes in. Scroll to the bottom for the latest.
UPDATE 2:22 cst: Conan O’Brien officially released a statement saying that he won’t do The Tonight Show at 12:05. Here’s the statement:
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to [...]
January 10, 2010
Leno Back to Tonight Show, Hope Lost for NBC
We’ve been holding back from commenting on the Jay Leno Situation over at NBC over the last few days for various reasons (the NFL Playoffs being a big one), but now we having something rather unfortunate to report. According to several sources, Leno’s awful primetime show will cease to be after February 12, when the [...]
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