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.
Michael Koman
In 2008, Koman left "Late Night" with the approaching transition in NBC's late-night programming that would in the following year launch the short-lived and tumultuous "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien." Koman, reluctant to relocate with the rest of the "Late Night" staff from New York City to Los Angeles, accepted the role of head writer for "Important Things with Demetri Martin". Martin was another alumnus of the "Late Night" writing staff, and Koman viewed the new role as an opportunity to challenge himself with greater responsibility and outside the familiar confines of Rockefeller Center. After a brief stint writing for "The Colbert Report" in August 2008, Koman began work on Martin's show. Among the writers soon hired there was Nathan Fielder, with whom Koman quickly formed another writing partnership.