Conan Christopher O’Brien is an Emmy-winning American television personality best known as host of NBC’s late-night talk/variety show “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”.
In his earlier days, O’Brien performed regularly with improvisational groups like The Groundlings and was a staff writer for “Saturday Night Live”. In 1989, O’Brien and his fellow “SNL” writers received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series. From 1991 to 1994, O’Brien was a writer for “The Simpsons”.
On April 25, 1993, Lorne Michaels chose O’Brien to be David Letterman’s successor as host of “Late Night with David Letterman”, with Andy Richter signed on to be his sidekick. “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” premiered on September 13, 1993. Since then, O’Brien and the “Late Night” writing team have consistently been nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series, though they have not won as of 2006. In 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004 he and the “Late Night” writing staff won the Writers Guild Award for Best Writing in a Comedy/Variety Series.
In 2001, he formed his own television production company, Conaco, which has subsequently shared in the production credits for “Late Night”. As of October 2005, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” had for nine years consistently attracted an audience averaging about 2.5 million viewers. Conan hosted the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards on August 27, 2006, to widespread critical acclaim. He had previously hosted the Primetime Emmys in 2002. NBC announced that O’Brien will take over for Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show in 2009.
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