Conan Show ending: Who will be the final celebrity guests?
AFTER nearly 30 years, Conan O'Brien is leaving his late night slot to begin hosting a weekly variety show on HBO.
The TV personality began his late night gig in 1993 when he began hosting Late Night with Conan O'Brien and continued on with three iterations of his show.
O'Brien kicked off his late-night career in 1993 on NBC with Late Night With Conan O'Brien, which he hosted until 2009.
He would then be promoted to take over Jay Leno's The Tonight Show, but that only lasted a year as Jay returned for his job in 2010 in a now infamous tug-of-war.
O'Brien has made jokes about the situation over the years as in 2014, during a monologue, he said: “The Olympics start airing tonight on NBC. It’s very cool. That’s right, NBC has the Olympics. It’s a big deal."
"NBC will finally get to show somebody who is OK with passing the torch."
He added: “I allowed myself one, but it was a good one.”
On Conan, O'Brien has had several notable moments, including being the first American television personality to film in Cuba for more than fifty years, and also filming at the DMZ in South Korea
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O'Brien's resume also includes writing for SNL and The Simpsons, as well as starting his own production company Conaco.