Sad times, but 28 years is quite an achievement!
From People:
After 28 years, Conan O’Brien is taking a step back from late night TV.
O’Brien will conclude his nightly TBS talk show, Conan, at the end of its 10th season in June 2021 and embark on a new project — a weekly variety series on HBO Max.
“In 1993 Johnny Carson gave me the best advice of my career: ‘As soon as possible, get to a streaming platform,'” O’Brien, 57, joked in a statement. “I’m thrilled that I get to continue doing whatever the hell it is I do on HBO Max, and I look forward to a free subscription.”
Prior to Conan, the comedian hosted Late Night with Conan O’Brien on NBC from 1993 to 2009. In 2009, he was tapped to take over for Jay Leno on The Tonight Show, now hosted by Jimmy Fallon.
O’Brien left after just one year, however, saying in a statement at the time that he could not “participate in what I honestly believe is [The Tonight Show‘s] destruction.” In 2010, he joined TBS with Conan, and has since hosted more than 1,400 episodes of the show.
In addition to the new weekly variety series, O’Brien will continue working on his travel special series, Conan Without Borders.
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