Conan O’Brien Taunts Tonight Show At Google HQ [Celebrity Computer Science]

Posted on May 5, 2010

Conan O’Brien visited Google’s corporate campus and apparently “killed,” in part with a line discouraging people from watching his old show. More »

Tags: Conan, Celebrity, People, Sit

It’s Time for Conan to Move On [Late Night Wars]

Posted on May 3, 2010

Conan Talks Jay Leno On 60 Minutes: ‘I Wouldn’t Have Done That’ [Interviews]

Posted on April 29, 2010

Conan O’Brien Signs On with TBS [New Jobs]

Posted on April 12, 2010

Napoleon Dynamite Has Eaten His Last Tater Tot [Trade Roundup]

Posted on March 30, 2010

Well, at least Jon Heder will no longer be on a TV show. Also today: new pilot roles from an old friend in the military and that stoner guy, a zombie series gets our hearts aflutter, and theater news.
Hmm. Trouble in Mormon paradise? (Provo?) Napoleon Dynamite professional mumbler Jon Heder was all set to start [...]

Tried in Boston, Tried in New York

Posted on March 11, 2010

Here are the dates for Conan O’Brien’s live tour. It’s pretty much sold out already.

Tags: Conan, Boston

Hopefully "Millionaire and His Wife" Will Be Updated to "Billionaire" In New Gilligan’s Island Film

Posted on March 2, 2010

Gilligan’s Island: The Movie. Justin Timberlake: Romantic comedy star. Hurt Locker producer: Banned from the Oscars. Lorne Michaels: Bullish on Conan O’Brien. Marion Cotillard: Hired by Woody Allen. So much Trade to Round-up, guys. Get in here and let’s party!
•Pretty insane this hasn’t happened yet, but Gilligan’s Island is finally becoming an honest-to-goodness Hollywood movie. [...]

Leno Also Replaces Conan on NBC’s 30 Rock Mural

Posted on February 2, 2010

Conan O’Brien isn’t just leaving the Tonight Show, he’s also being excised from NBC’s corporate propaganda. The embittered late-night ginger’s already dead to corporate headquarters, judging by the mural in the lobby. Click through for before and after shots.
The “before” shot is from an October 2009 entry in NBC employee Dennis Degan’s Flickr stream; the [...]

The Death of Broadcast Television, One Daypart at a Time

Posted on January 26, 2010

Another day, another piece of news about broadcast television’s slow, painful death rattle. It’s no longer just primetime that’s hemorrhaging: the big old networks are fighting battles in daytime, in news, and royally fucking up their once-sturdy late night empires.
Broadcast’s grand formula has always been straight-through-the-day coverage, with morning shows giving way to daytime chatters [...]

Future Conan Impersonator Just Can’t Get String Dance Down

Posted on January 26, 2010

[Tilda Swinton, who would love to play Conan O'Brien in a movie, poses for a portrait at the Sundance film festival; image via AP]

Tags: Film Festival, Sun, Conan, Love