The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
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| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien |
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| Format | Talk show Variety show |
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| Starring | Conan O'Brien Andy Richter (announcer)[1] Max Weinberg and the Tonight Show Band (house band) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 0 (Episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jeff Ross[2] |
| Location(s) | Universal Studios Universal City, California |
| Running time | 62 min. (with commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original airing | June 1, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
| Related shows | Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
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The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an upcoming American late-night talk show on NBC, scheduled to begin on June 1, 2009. It is the replacement for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and part of NBC's long running Tonight Show franchise. The show's host, Conan O'Brien, was previously the host of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, the show that followed The Tonight Show for sixteen years.
Many members of the Late Night cast and crew will make the transition to The Tonight Show: The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O'Brien's Late Night, will serve as house band on O'Brien's new show under the new name, Max Weinberg and the Tonight Show Band;[3][4] Andy Richter, who served as O'Brien's sidekick from 1993 to 2000, will be the show's announcer and will also be involved in comedy pieces; Jeff Ross, who served as O'Brien's Late Night executive producer in New York, will assume the same role for Tonight.[1] It is also known[citation needed] that frequent actors and writers for the series such as Brian McCann (probably best known for his characters Preparation H Raymond, S&M Lincoln, the angry bar patron at Joe's, etc), Brian Stack (God, The Interrupter, Artie Kendall the Bigoted 1940s Crooner Ghost), Pierre Bernard and presumably most others will make the move along with head writer Mike Sweeney.
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[edit] Production
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien will originate from Stage 1 at Universal Studios in Universal City, California.[2] It will be shot in 16:9 aspect ratio and broadcast in 1080i HDTV.
[edit] History
NBC announced in September 2004 that O'Brien would take over The Tonight Show in 2009, which was accompanied by reports that Jay Leno had told Jeff Zucker, the President of NBC Entertainment's News & Cable Group, of his plans to retire that same year.[5] Leno explained that in having Conan he wanted to avoid the hardship of when he took over as host between him and Letterman and that Conan was "certainly the most deserving person for the job." However, in 2008 it was announced that Leno changed his mind about retiring and will host a new variety show, The Jay Leno Show weeknights at 10:00 PM Eastern/Pacific on NBC.[6]
The guests for his first week were announced on May 22.[7] The first episode of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will include guests Will Ferrell and musical guest Pearl Jam.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Access Hollywood (2009-02-24). "Andy Richter to join Conan on 'Tonight Show'". MSNBC.com. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29371842/. Retrieved on 2009-02-24. "Richter will fill the role once held by Ed McMahon, serving as the announcer for the "Tonight Show" when Conan O'Brien takes over the reins from Jay Leno on June 1."
- ^ a b Program information from the NBC Universal Media Village website
- ^ Episode: Conan O'Brien from the Inside the Actors Studio website
- ^ Late Night with Conan O'Brien. February 18, 2009.
- ^ O'Brien to succeed Leno as 'Tonight' host in '09, a September 2004 article from The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ NBC (2008-12-09). Jay Leno Comes to Primetime on NBC. Press release. http://www.nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20081209000000-jaylenocomestopr.html. Retrieved on 2008-12-09.
- ^ NBC (2009-05-22). Conan announces Guests for his first week. Press release. http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/2009/05/22/guests-for-our-first-week-of-shows/. Retrieved on 2009-05-23.
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