The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009)
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Cast & Crew.
Conan O'Brien
Himself - Host / Creator / Writer
Robert James Ashe
Editor
Tracy King
Producer
Dan Cronin
Writer
Brian Kiley
Writer
Jimmy Vivino
Self - The Tonight Show Band: Guitar
Frank Smiley
Producer
Andrew Weinberg
Writer
Michael Gordon
Writer
Rob Kutner
Writer
Jeff Ross
Executive Producer
José Arroyo
Writer
Berkley Johnson
Writer
Daniel Ferguson
Producer
Josh Comers
Writer
Scott Healy
Self - The Tonight Show Band: Keyboards
Rachel Witlieb Bernstein
Producer
Deon Cole
Writer
Chris Albers
Writer
Brian McCann
Writer
Kevin Dorff
Writer
Andres du Bouchet
Writer
Brian Stack
Writer
Mike Sweeney
Writer
Andy Richter
Writer
Todd Levin
Writer
Matt O'Brien
Writer
Guy Nicolucci
Writer
Allan Kartun
Director
Joel McHale
Himself
Emily Blunt
Herself
Kesha
Self - Musical Guest
Todd Abrams
Self - Guest
Demi Lovato
Self
Sasha Allen
Self - Cast of Hair
Al Madrigal
Bill Burr
Cat Deeley
Sacha Baron Cohen
Robert Smigel
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Release DateJune 1, 2009
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes146
Running Time1h
Filming LocationsUniversal Studios · Universal Pictures, United States
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The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009, to January 22, 2010, as part of NBC's Tonight Show franchise. O'Brien had previously hosted NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which followed The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 16 years, until his brief succession after Leno.
Many members of the Late Night cast and crew made the transition to The Tonight Show. The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O'Brien's Late Night, served as the house band under the new name, Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band. Andy Richter returned to the show as announcer, and also began resuming his role as sidekick, after having left Late Night in 2000.
In January 2010, after the show had been on the air for seven months, it was announced that NBC was intending to move Jay Leno from primetime back to his original timeslot at 11:35 pm, with O'Brien's show starting shortly after midnight. In response to the announcement, O'Brien released a press statement saying that he would not continue as host of The Tonight Show if it was moved to any time after midnight to accommodate The Jay Leno Show. He feared it would ruin the long and rich tradition of The Tonight Show, which had been on after the late local newscasts from the beginning. After two weeks of negotiations, NBC announced that they had paid $45 million to buy out O'Brien's contract, ending both his tenure as host as well as his relationship with NBC after 22 years.
Conan O'Brien's final Tonight Show was broadcast on January 22, 2010, with Jay Leno officially resuming his role as host on March 1, 2010, immediately following the conclusion of the 2010 Winter Olympics. It later received four Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series, the first time The Tonight Show received a nomination for this particular award after 2003.
At only 146 episodes (145 aired) over the course of seven months and three weeks, it is the shortest-running iteration in the sixty-year history of The Tonight Show.