Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Network: NBC
Episodes: 2,725 (hour)
Seasons: 16

TV show dates: September 13, 1993 – February 20, 2009
Series status: Cancelled/ending

Performers include: Conan O’Brien, Andy Richter, Max Weinberg, Joel Godard, Jimmy Vivino, Richie ‘La Bamba’ Rosenberg, Mark ‘Love Man’ Pender, Jerry Vivino, Mike Merritt, and Scott Healy.

TV show description:
When host David Letterman left his NBC late-night talk show, Saturday Night Live and The Simpson’s writer Conan O’Brien was named as host. With sidekick Andy Richter, the format of the show follows other late-night talk shows, with celebrity guests, musical performances, and comedy sketches. Recurring characters like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the masturbating bear, Pimpbot 5000 each have their own following.

When Richter leaves to pursue other opportunities, O’Brien began to include bandleader Max Weinberg and announcer Joel Goddard in his sketches. O’Brien’s self-effacing humor keeps audiences not only wanting but looking forward to more.

The show continues to remain fresh by its willingness to try new things. Highlights include taking the show on the road to Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto; having an audience entirely of children; featuring an entire episode done in claymation; and airing clips of O’Brien’s travels to Germany, Amsterdam, England, Ireland, Finland, and a USO tour of the Persian Gulf.

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