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Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter Will Do Voice Work for Halo 4

Joe Dimiero, who is handling public relations for Microsoft, has confirmed that Conan O’Brien and his sidekick Andy Richter, now appearing on Conan on TBS, will actually lend their voices to the upcoming Halo 4. The pair suggested that they would be featured in the game during their show, just as they showed s...

19 April 2012
07:19 GMT

TBS Cancels George Lopez’s Late-Night Show Lopez Tonight

George Lopez is saying good night and goodbye to his late-night show on TBS, Lopez Tonight, at the end of the current season. The network has announced the decision to pull the plug on the talk show after two years.Instead of coming out with an announcement that George Lopez will be back on for a third season, TBS ha...

11 August 2011
07:50 GMT

Conan O’Brien’s Odd and Hilarious Dartmouth Commencement Speech: ‘Life’s Not Fair’

Over the weekend, Conan O’Brien, Coco, brought on the laughs in a very odd yet still extremely funny and inspirational commencement speech address to the graduating class of 2011 of Dartmouth College. You can see the entire address below, embedded at the end of the article. Coco started off by pointing that he ...

14 June 2011
08:41 GMT

Jon Cryer Comes Out on Conan O’Brien: I Am a Troll

Two can play that game: after Charlie Sheen blasted his “Two and a Half Men” co-star Jon Cryer for being a “troll” and not having his back, Cryer comes out of the trolls' closet and admits that this is, in fact, true. Cryer, who, as far as the media knows, is still on board of “Two ...

12 March 2011
04:36 GMT

Jay Leno’s Tonight Show Has Disappointing Ratings

Earlier this year, NBC announced a shocking decision they had made: after only a few months with Conan O’Brien as host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno would be coming back to boost ratings. That never came to happen, recently unveiled figures cited by ScreenCrave confirm. As the scandal continued to polarize fans...

10 September 2010
09:33 GMT

Jim Carrey as Superman Crashes Conan O’Brien’s Live Show

While fans are waiting for him to return to television, now that he’s signed a deal with TBS, Conan O’Brien continues to reap praises for his stage show, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour. While live on stage in Los Angeles, Coco (but especially his fans) had one of the most pleas...

27 April 2010
09:37 GMT

Reviews Say Conan O’Brien’s Live Show Is a Winner

After being more or less unceremoniously kicked off from The Tonight Show and replaced by Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien went into hiding. He wasn’t planning on staying out of sight for too long though and, in March, he announced The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour. Initial reviews, after ...

14 April 2010
07:03 GMT

NBC Messed with Both Conan O’Brien and I, Says Jay Leno

Jay Leno got The Tonight Show back from Conan O’Brien after only a few months with Coco at the helm, but that’s not to say he’s happy with the way NBC handled the entire situation. On the contrary, he believes both O’Brien and himself got the short end of the stick with the switch, the New Yor...

1 April 2010
10:13 GMT

Fox Pressuring Affiliates to Put Conan O’Brien on Air

Even before Conan O’Brien was officially done with NBC and The Tonight Show, one persistent rumor said that he would be relocating to Fox once his contract was terminated. Word of this re-emerged a while back but nothing came of it, but that could be because the network is not done with preparations for having ...

18 March 2010
05:34 GMT

Conan O’Brien Announces US Comedy Tour

NBC may have decided that Conan O’Brien wasn’t doing a good job as the host of The Tonight Show but, judging by the reaction to his just-announced comedy tour, fans are of a different opinion. Coco is going on a 30-city comedy tour, has prepared a poster for it as well and tickets are already selling out,...

12 March 2010
06:48 GMT

Couple Gets Dream Wedding Thanks to Conan O’Brien

Conan O’Brien may be new to the Twitter game but that’s not to say he doesn’t know what to do to get attention. A few days ago, the funnyman announced he would be following a random person on Twitter, and chose Sarah Killen to do so. In an interview with PopEater, Sarah reveals how this has changed ...

9 March 2010
09:10 GMT

Conan O’Brien Is Exhausted by Twitter

At the end of last week, Conan O’Brien, also known as Coco to his fans, especially after the late night debacle with NBC and Jay Leno, joined the Twitterverse. In just hours after he did so, he had over 100,000 followers – and, judging by his most recent tweets and how hysterical they are, it’s no w...

3 March 2010
03:39 GMT

Conan O’Brien Moves on Twitter

He might be out of a job and unable to secure one until his contract with NBC expires, but Conan O’Brien remains immensely popular. As proof of that is the reaction he received for his recently set up Twitter page, which got an estimated of 100,000 followers in about three hours and is now up to 358,018 followe...

26 February 2010
04:32 GMT

Jay Leno Takes a Swing at Conan O’Brien in New Ad

After the late night scandal that broke earlier this year, when NBC announced that it was going to change the late night schedule and ended up taking The Tonight Show from Conan O’Brien and giving it back to Jay Leno after only a few months, O’Brien has been keeping a low profile. All this while, Leno has...

20 February 2010
04:59 GMT

Conan O’Brien Pays His Crew’s Paychecks

In the aftermath of the NBC, Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien debacle, Coco, as many of his fans started calling him in his last days as host of The Tonight Show, proves once more he is a real gentleman. Members of his crew who were dismissed and whose paychecks were not covered by the deal with the network will be p...

2 February 2010
02:39 GMT

Fox Moves to Get Conan O’Brien

Conan O’Brien’s run with NBC as host of The Tonight Show ended this past Friday, one decade too early, as the funnyman himself put it. Though he’s reportedly bound by contract to the network for a few months more, offers are already pouring in, with Fox making the first step to securing him for an u...

26 January 2010
10:19 GMT

Oprah Winfrey Will Interview Jay Leno

Conan O’Brien has already hosted his last episode of The Tonight Show, in what was one of the most touching and heart-warming instances of late night television. As Jay Leno is preparing to resume his duties as host of the show, Oprah Winfrey is also gearing up for an interview with Leno, which will go into the...

25 January 2010
04:11 GMT

Conan O’Brien Hosts Last Tonight Show

Last night, Conan O’Brien, whom fans named “Coco” in the recent “I’m with Coco” campaign, hosted his last episode of The Tonight Show. Though it was more of a wake than a regular episode, Coco stuck to the same recipe of the past couple of weeks, holding celebrity interviews and th...

23 January 2010
05:35 GMT

Confirmed: Conan O’Brien and NBC Are Done

After many days of speculation and public spats, NBC has finally reached an agreement with Conan O’Brien, who will be leaving The Tonight Show. A deal has already been signed, the New York Times informs, but the official announcement is yet to be made. However, it too should drop later today. It all began w...

21 January 2010
10:12 GMT

Conan O’Brien Insults NBC in Spanish

Current host of The Tonight Show Conan O’Brien and home network NBC have still not reached an understanding as regards his imminent departure from the show and subsequent replacement by former host Jay Leno. Amid talk that said understanding will also come with a stipulation that O’Brien does not badmouth...

21 January 2010
08:58 GMT

NBC Drops Peacock During Conan O’Brien’s Opening Monologue

It has not yet been decided whether Jay Leno will return to The Tonight Show in Conan O’Brien’s stead but, if ongoing reports are anything close to accurate, this is where things seem to be heading. In the meantime, O’Brien continues as host of the show, bashing NBC each chance he gets in his openin...

20 January 2010
09:04 GMT

Jennifer Lopez Swings at NBC, Leno in Monologue for Lopez Tonight

As the NBC brouhaha continues and people are still picking sides between Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien, it’s good too see that, at least, this has turned out to be great material for new jokes. Singer Jennifer Lopez was asked to host the opening monologue for TBS’ Lopez Tonight and, as expected, not to...

20 January 2010
06:43 GMT

NBC Is the Only Villain in O’Brien – Leno Spat

Negotiations are still underway, talks that will see Conan O’Brien out of The Tonight Show, while Jay Leno takes his place after NBC canceled his primetime show because of poor ratings. Ever since the workings at NBC blew up in the media, Leno has been portrayed as the villain, on the premise that he must be th...

19 January 2010
06:00 GMT

Conan O’Brien Gets $32.5 Million from NBC

Speculation continues to abound as regards Conan O’Brien’s supposedly imminent departure from NBC and The Tonight Show. While no official announcement has yet been made, all signs seem to be pointing to O’Brien being replaced by Jay Leno on the Show come the end of this month. It won’t be with...

19 January 2010
04:25 GMT

Conan O’Brien and NBC Settle, O’Brien Is Out

It’s official: Conan O’Brien will no longer be hosting The Tonight Show after the end of January. Instead, his position will be occupied by former host Jay Leno, as several sources were already saying the other day. O’Brien and NBC have reached an understanding, with the deal to be finalized today, ...

16 January 2010
05:44 GMT

Jimmy Kimmel Rips Jay Leno Apart on Leno’s Own Show

As the NBC debacle continues to be without an immediate solution in sight, Jay Leno wanted to show that he had no hard feelings for Jimmy Kimmel and invited him on his show, the 10 @ 10 segment. For those not in the know, the night before, Kimmel had dressed as Leno on his own show and made it clear that he held him ...

16 January 2010
04:05 GMT

Jay Leno Gets The Tonight Show, Conan O’Brien Is Out

The NBC situation that has been dragging along for the past couple of days, much to the disappointment of fans, is nearing a happy conclusion – for Jay Leno. Ongoing reports say Leno has already agreed to host The Tonight Show in the new timeslot proposed by the network, at 11:35 p.m., which means Conan O&rsquo...

15 January 2010
07:05 GMT

Fans Launch ‘I’m with Coco’ Campaign for Conan O’Brien

The NBC situation has been labeled anything from a disaster to a complete mess, but that doesn’t change the fact that, as it is, the network is determined to change the nightly timeslot, moving Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon out of their usual air time. O’Brien, for one, has said that he w...

14 January 2010
08:39 GMT

Conan O’Brien Leaves NBC, Rips It Apart in Open Letter

In a bid to prevent ratings from taking even a deeper plunge, NBC has moved to propose a change in its nightly timeslot. Said move implies that Jay Leno is taken off primetime and moved later in the night, where he’d be followed by Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon. As Leno himself is still considering the o...

13 January 2010
04:49 GMT

NBC Drops Jay Leno from Prime Time

After many days of speculation and rumors, NBC has finally gone public with the decision to sack Jay Leno from prime time and to send him back to the late night slot. Though Leno has not yet taken up the offer, the network is confident he, Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Fallon will all say yes to the new timeslot, Peo...

11 January 2010
06:40 GMT

William Shatner Flips the Bird on Conan O’Brien Show

William Shatner is famous for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk on the televised series “Star Trek” but, just the other night, he also made international headlines for a series of rude, offensive hand gestures he did as a guest on Conan O’Brien’s The Tonight Show. CNN describes Shatner&rs...

19 June 2009
06:20 GMT


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