We’ll probably never know the answer to this question, seeing as Conan O’Brien isn’t the type to gloat about his good fortunes (well, maybe a little). But he’s got to be pleased with this morning’s news that The Tonight Show with Jay Leno has registered its lowest summer ratings with the crucial demographic of 18 to 49 year olds in the show’s history..
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Holy crap, it’s September already! That means that November is just around the corner which, more specifically, means that Team Coco is gearing up for the big man’s triumphant return to television. So far, details on the new venture, aside from its p...
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Despite what the folks at The Hollywood Reporter say, or my best intentions to get Conan O'Brien to name his new show Team CoCo A GoGo, the talk-show host's new talk show on TBS will be called exactly what the ads already have been calling it..
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Yesterday, Conan tweeted, "I was going to announce the name of my new show today, but my lawyers tell me "The Return of Nanny McPhee" is taken. Tune in tomorrow." Today, the announcement was made in a video posted to the Team Coco YouTube page.
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From local Chicago comedy clubs one minute to joining Conan O'Brien's writing team the next--impossible, right? Not really--especially if you're Deon Cole. Here, the edgy, Emmy-nominated comedian talks about his Chicago roots, working with O'Brien and what it means to be "super black."
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An AP 'comedians on twitter' piece, highlighting Michael Ian Black, Witstream, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon and the Late Show with David Letterman's head writers Eric and Justin Stangel.
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So what can Conan say? More than you might think. We've learned that Conan's settlement deal defines disparaging comments as those that are "false" and would be viewed by a reasonable person to be "insulting or defamatory." The key word is "false." O'Brien can poke fun at his former bosses or even take a shot at Leno as long as his remarks are not both inaccurate and scornful.
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While the writers from the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien didn’t win the Creative Arts Emmy this weekend, there IS some good news to come out of the event. The B-Roll was produced! Yes, arguably the best part of the annual Emmy broadcast is the video produced by each show, representing their respective writing teams..
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When Conan O'Brien visited Jack White's Third Man Records in Nashville this past June and performed an impromptu concert with his Legally Prohibited touring band, he also recorded an improvised spoken-word take on the Frankenstein story titled "And They Call Me Mad?" On Tuesday, August 24th, that narrative will be released on 7" vinyl, with a B-side on which White interviews O'Brien.
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Conan O’Brien may have been Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television this summer, but that didn’t keep him from recording some comedy and music. Third Man Records will be releasing two efforts from the former “Tonight Show” host.
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