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Conan O’Brien’s TBS Late-Night Talk Show Renewed Through April 2014

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 22, 2012 @ 7:39am PSTTags: Conan, Conan O'Brien, TBS
Nellie Andreeva

Three years after it first signed former NBC late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien, TBS has extended his late-night series Conan through April 2014. “I am excited to continue my run with TBS because they have been fantastic partners,” O’Brien said. “This means I’ll be taping episodes of Conan well into the Ron Paul presidency.” After a huge ratings start, Conan settled into a modest ratings territory, keeping its appeal to younger viewers. In announcing the show’s renewal, TBS touts a recent streak of 3 consecutive months of audience growth. Year-to-date, Conan has averaged 1.1 million viewers, with 407,000 adults 18-34 and 702,000 adults 18-49. “We are proud to be in business with Conan O’Brien for the long run,” said TNT and TBS’ head of programming Michael Wright. “Night after night, Conan and his team have put together terrific shows that draw a young and fiercely loyal audience. As if that weren’t enough, they have also built a dynamic online presence that keeps fans engaged like no other show in late night.” O’Brien has 5 million followers on Twitter, while video clips from Conan logged more than 83 million views in 2011. Last year, the show traveled to New York. In June 2012, Conan will do a week of shows in Chicago. TBS’ relationship goes beyond the talk show. O’Brien’s Warner Bros. TV-based company Conaco recently produced a comedy pilot for the network. Produced by Conaco, Conan is executive produced by Jeff Ross.

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Conan O’Brien-Produced Comedy Starring Rebel Wilson Gets Pilot Order At CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 8:00am PSTTags: CBS, Conan O'Brien, Super Fun Night
Nellie Andreeva

CBS has given a pilot green light to Super Fun Night, a multi-camera comedy pilot written by and starring Australian actress-comedian Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids). The project, from Warner Bros TV … Read More »

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TBS’ Conan O’Brien-Produced Comedy Pilot Casts Its Leads

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 22, 2011 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: Conan O'Brien, TBS
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: TBS has cast up-and-coming comedian Jay Malone and UCB performer David Neher as the 2 leads in the half-hour comedy pilot from Conan O’Brien’s production company. The untitled multi-camera … Read More »

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Conan O’Brien Makes First Live Visit To NBC

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 5:24pm PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night TV, NBC

Conan O’Brien dropped in on Late Night‘s Jimmy Fallon last night, making his first live return to NBC since he was Zucker-ed in February 2010. He came by to pick up something he said he “left in the couch” — Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, which he’s contractually forbidden from … Read More »

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TBS Orders Comedy Pilot From Conan O’Brien’s Company

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 12, 2011 @ 11:13am PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, TBS, Warner Bros. TV, Warner Horizon Television
Nellie Andreeva

TBS is expanding its relationship with late-night host Conan O’Brien to primetime. The cable network has ordered a half-hour comedy pilot from O’Brien’s Warner Bros TV-based production company Conaco. WBTV’s cable division Warner Horizon Television will produce. The multi-camera sitcom, … Read More »

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2011 Comic-Con: Conan O’Brien Crashes ‘Green Lantern’ Series Panel, Previews ‘The Flaming C’ Animated Movie Trailer Spoof

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 22, 2011 @ 3:42pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Conan O'Brien, The Flaming C
Nellie Andreeva

As we speculated on Tuesday, Conan O’Brien today made his Comic-Con debut with an unannounced appearance during Warner Bros. Animation’s panel for its upcoming Cartoon Network series Green Lantern: The Animated Series. The talk show host unveiled a trailer to The Flaming C, described as an “all-new, sure-to-be-blockbuster animated … Read More »

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Conan O’Brien To Go To Comic-Con?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday July 19, 2011 @ 5:29pm PDTTags: Comic-Con, Conan O'Brien, The Flaming C
Nellie Andreeva

It seems like Conan O’Brien and his alter ego The Flaming C are Comic-Con-bound. I hear that the talk show host is planning some kind of a world premiere of a Flaming C video on Friday. Word is … Read More »

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EMMYS: Louis C.K. & Lonely Island Duo Top List Of Multiple Nominees, More Notes

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 2:50pm PDTTags: 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Rock, Akiva Schaffer, AMC, Becoming Chaz, Comedy Central, Conan O'Brien, D.B. Weiss, David Benioff, Emmy Nominations, FX, Greg Daniels, Idris Elba, Jason Katims, Justin Timberlake, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Louis C.K., Maggie Smith, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Matt Weiner, Melissa Leo, Neil Jordan, Saturday Night Live, Seth Meyers, Steve Levitan, The Kennedys, Tina Fey, TNT, USA Network, Zach Galifianakis
Nellie Andreeva

His eponymous FX comedy may have been snubbed in the best comedy series category, but comedian Louis C.K. still managed to become the most nominated person at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards with four noms, sharing the honors with The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Louis C.K. was nominated in the lead comedy actor category for his role on FX’s Louie, in the writing for comedy series category for penning the Poker/Divorce episode of the show, as well as in two Variety, Music or Comedy special categories for his Epix comedy special Louis C.K.: Hilarious — for writing and for editing. Three of Schaffer and Taccone’s four nominations were in the Original Music and Lyrics category, in which The Lonely Island’s Schaffer, Taccone and Andy Samberg have a regular presence, often in tandem with Justin Timberlake, having won an Emmy together for Dick In a Box. This year, Saturday Night Live is completely dominating the category with four of the six nominations: three for Schaffer, Taccone and Samberg’s digital music videos I Just Have Sex, Jack Sparrow and their latest collaboration with Timberlake, 3-Way, and one for the song from host Timberlake’s opening monologue. Schaffer and Taccone’s fourth Emmy nomination is in the writing for VMC series category for their staff-writing duties on SNL. Read More »

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Conan O’Brien Docu Director Takes On ‘How I Became A Famous Novelist’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 28, 2011 @ 8:47am PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, Rodman Flender
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: After directing Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, the indie documentary about the talk-show host’s musical road trip while under late-night TV ban after exiting NBC’s Tonight Show, Rodman Flender has found another project. He’s teaming with Amy Lippman to adapt … Read More »

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Conan O’Brien Talks To Grads About Failure

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday June 12, 2011 @ 10:58pm PDTTags: Conan O'Brien

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Conan O’Brien & George Lopez To Guest On Each Other’s Shows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 1:47pm PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, George Lopez, TBS
Nellie Andreeva

After 8 months as slot mates on TBS, Conan O’Brien and George Lopez’s bromance still seems to be going strong. For the first time in late night television two back-to-back hosts will … Read More »

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The Couric-Conan Parallel: Why ‘General Hospital’ Fans Could Hate Katie If Soap Cancelled; Plus Details Of Her ABC Deal

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 6, 2011 @ 5:56pm PDTTags: ABC, Conan O'Brien, General Hospital, Katie Couric
Nellie Andreeva

ABC Announces Deal With Katie Couric
Her Syndicated Talker Gets ‘General Hospital’s 3PM Slot

When Conan O’Brien began conversations with TBS in the spring of 2010, he had one condition that was non-negotiable: he would consider doing a show for the cable network only if the man whose … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday May 24, 2011 @ 7:19am PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Jay Leno, Rodman Flender
Mike Fleming

A new trailer is up for Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, the documentary that chronicled Conan’s exile from NBC’s Tonight Show. He hit the road with a 32-city music and comedy show to work out the angst of losing his dream job in unceremonious fashion. While most people who pocket upwards … Read More »

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Adult Swim Renews Conan O’Brien-Produced ‘Eagleheart’ For Season 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 14, 2011 @ 1:23pm PDTTags: Adult Swim, Chris Elliott, Conan O'Brien, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Adult Swim has picked up a second season of the live-action comedy Eagleheart, starring Chris Elliott. The quarter-hour series, a parody of butt-kicking crime dramas like Walker, Texas Ranger, hails from Conan O’Brien’s Conaco Prods. It was set up … Read More »

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Kelsey Grammer To Direct Conan O’Brien-Produced Comedy Pilot ‘Vince Uncensored’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 8:00pm PDTTags: CBS, Conan O'Brien, Kelsey Grammer, Vince Uncensored
Nellie Andreeva

Kelsey Grammer has signed on to direct CBS’ multicamera comedy pilot Vince Uncensored, which stars Michael Chiklis. The project, from veteran sitcom writer Phoef Sutton, Conan O’Brien’s Conaco and Warner Bros. TV, centers on a man (Chiklis) who, after … Read More »

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SXSW: Conan O’Brien Documentary Makes Intriguing Distribution Deal

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday March 14, 2011 @ 4:14pm PDTTags: AT&T, Conan O'Brien, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Documentary, Gavin Polone, Richard Abramowitz, Rodman Flender, The Tonight Show
Mike Fleming

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, the Rodman Flender-directed documentary about the chat host’s 32 city music and comedy tour undertaken after he took a $30 million payout to leave The Tonight Show, has wrapped a distribution deal in a multi-platform acquisition … Read More »

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Michael Chiklis To Star In Conan O’Brien-Produced Comedy Pilot ‘Vince Uncensored’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 9, 2011 @ 9:30pm PSTTags: CBS, Conan O'Brien, Michael Chiklis, No Ordinary Family, Vince Uncensored, Warner Bros. TV
Nellie Andreeva

No Ordinary Family star Michael Chiklis is returning to comedy as the star of CBS’ half-hour pilot Vince Uncensored, from veteran sitcom writer Phoef Sutton, Conan O’Brien’s Conaco and Warner Bros. TV.

For Chiklis, the pilot is in second position to … Read More »

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‘Daily Show’ Claims First Weekly Ratings Victory Over ‘Conan’ In Young Demos

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:29pm PSTTags: Cable TV, Cable TV Ratings, Comedy Central Ratings, Conan O'Brien, Conan Ratings, Late Night Ratings, Late Night TV, Ratings, TBS, TBS Conan, The Daily Show Ratings, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Possibly boosted by State of the Union coverage, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart posted its first weekly win over TBS’ Conan in adults 18-34, according to the network. Conan had a huge premiere in November, dominating the cable and broadcast late-night field for its first couple of weeks on the air, but The Daily Show has been steadily chipping away at Conan‘s ratings lead for the past two months. It has beaten Conan in total viewers every week since the beginning of December and in 18-49 every week since the beginning of January. For the month of January, The Daily Show is tops in viewers and 18-49, while Conan still has the edge in the 18-34 demo. However, Conan is hourlong and The Daily Show is a half-hour. If compared to the Daily Show/Colbert Report combo that airs in the same 11 PM-12AM slot, Conan is ahead in 18-34 and 18-49 while behind to the Comedy Central shows in total viewers. An interesting footnote – Versus January 2010, The Daily Show is up 9% in total viewers, while Conan is down 3% vs. the January 2010 performance of Lopez Tonight. Here are the standings of the cable late-night talk shows for January as released by Comedy Central (only original telecasts are included as Conan returned from the holiday a week later than most of the other shows, including The Daily Show): Read More »

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TCA: Conan No Longer Needs To Use Leno As His Whipping Post

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 2:50pm PSTTags: Conan, Conan O'Brien, Conan Ratings, David Letterman, Late Night TV, TBS Conan, TCA, Television Critics Association, TV

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA Coverage:
Speaking to the media en masse for the first time since landing last fall with his own late-night chatfest at TBS, Conan O’Brien expressed that he’s never been happier – … Read More »

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