Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. "Late Night" aired weeknights at 12:37 am Eastern/11:37 pm Central and 12:37 am Mountain in the United States. From 1993 until 2000, Andy Richter served as O'Brien's sidekick; following his departure, O'Brien was the show's sole featured performer. The show's house musical act was The Max Weinberg 7, led by E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg.
Late-night talk show
Scottish native Craig Ferguson succeeded Kilborn as host of "The Late Late Show" in 2005, renaming it "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson". TBS entered the late night scene in 2009 when it debuted "Lopez Tonight", hosted by comedian George Lopez. On September 27, 2004, the 50th anniversary of "The Tonight Show"s debut, NBC announced that Jay Leno would be succeeded by Conan O'Brien, in 2009. Leno explained that he did not want to see a repeat of the hard feelings and controversy that occurred when he was given the show over David Letterman following Carson's retirement in 1992. O'Brien's last "Late Night" episode was taped on February 20, 2009. Former Saturday Night Live alum Jimmy Fallon took over as host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" on March 2, 2009. The Colbert Report that aired four days a week on Comedy Central from October 17, 2005, was hosted by Stephen Colbert, one of the regulars on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.