The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Also known as	The Tonight Show (franchise brand)
Genre	Late-night talk show Variety show Political satire
Created by	Sylvester Weaver
Developed by	Conan O'Brien
Presented by	Conan O'Brien
Starring	Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band
Narrated by	Andy Richter[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	145 (1 not completed) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Jeff Ross[2] Conan O'Brien
Producers	Jordan Schlansky Dan Fergusson
Production locations	Universal Studios Stage 1 Hollywood, California
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	62 minutes (with commercials)
Production companies	Conaco Universal Media Studios
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	June 1, 2009 (2009-06-01) – January 22, 2010 (2010-01-22)
Related
Late Night with Conan O'Brien Conan
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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^[3] 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.