8 posts and columns on The Tonight Show

Viral Video: "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop" (at SXSW)

in News on March 15, 2011 at 1:43 am PT

Conan O’Brien has been all over the South by Southwest festival this week, hawking a new documentary about his time wandering in the late-night talk television wilderness after he left “The Tonight Show” last year, titled “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop.” His hysterical journey, of course, was deftly played out by O’Brien all over the Internet, which was definitely on “Team Coco.”

Conan O’Brien’s Awkward Parting Gift for NBC: An Emmy Nomination

in Media on July 8, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

The good news for NBC: It just got an Emmy nomination. The bad news: It’s for a show that famously went off the air this year. The good news: This could mean more eyeballs for NBC after all!

Conan O'Brien's Awkward Parting Gift for NBC: An Emmy Nomination

in Media on July 8, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

The good news for NBC: It just got an Emmy nomination. The bad news: It’s for a show that famously went off the air this year. The good news: This could mean more eyeballs for NBC after all!

Viral Video: The Conan Debacle's Final Score (Game Goes to Letterman!)

in News on February 8, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

The snake finally ate its own tail in the long-running NBC debacle over its mishandling of the network’s late-night switcheroo, with a Super Bowl promotion for David Letterman’s “Late Show” on CBS (CBS) last night. Starring Letterman, daytime talk show queen Oprah Winfrey and–big reveal–Jay Leno, it was a touchdown for Dave.

Viral Video: The Long NBC Late-Night Nightmare Continues! (Well, for NBC, Not for Us!)

in News on January 15, 2010 at 1:22 am PT

Oh, it goes from bad to worse and to much, much funnier. Here are a few new online videos about NBC’s best drama in years: The wrestling over its late-night lineup. It looks like “The Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien will be gone soon, chin-checked out by Jay Leno, whose 10 pm show on the broadcast television network bit. But O’Brien is biting back harder.
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Viral Video: Top 10 Reasons the NBC Late-Night Disaster Is Great for Letterman

in News on January 13, 2010 at 12:02 am PT

The mess that NBC has created around its late-night talk shows continues to benefit comic online videos. While Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien have been using their fight for joke fodder over at NBC, I think the best stuff has been coming from David Letterman of “The Late Show.” Yay.
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Viral Video: Clinton's Diplomacy in the Conan-Newark Mayor Feud

in News on October 12, 2009 at 7:15 am PT

It looks like Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will have her hands full with pretty dicey nuclear and terrorism issues in North Korea and Pakistan this week, but she managed to find time last week to try her diplomatic hand at working out the state of emergency between late-night television talk show host Conan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker. Here are the videos.
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Viral Video: Twitter TRACKER Massacres Blue Birdies on CoCo's Tonight Show

in News on June 11, 2009 at 1:37 am PT

Even if it never makes any money, Twitter certainly does provide fabulous material for television spoofs. So far, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have done several funny bits on Comedy Central, deftly mocking the microblogging service. And now, Conan O’Brien is doubling down with two skits so far dubbed “Twitter TRACKER” on “The Tonight Show.” In them, a loudmouthed voice delivers pointless celebrity tweets as a flock of blue cartoon Twitter birdies is murdered in various ingenious ways.
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