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Conan O'Brien, the dominant late-night host at 12:35 a.m. (ET) for the past 14 seasons, succeeds Jay Leno as host of the preeminent series on late-night television, NBC's "The Tonight Show."

"The Tonight Show" continues to be the most dominant late-night institution in television history. Since it first premiered on September 27, 1954 with Steve Allen, "The Tonight Show" has had just four permanent hosts, including Leno. Allen, host of the then titled "Tonight," eventually left late night to start his own primetime variety series on NBC. Jack Paar premiered on July 29, 1957. On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson stepped on stage for day one of his tenure as host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Leno, who began guest-hosting "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in September 1987, became host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 25, 1992. O'Brien joined NBC as a writer on "Saturday Night Live" in 1988 and premiered as host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on September 13, 1993.

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will originate from Stage 1 at Universal Studios and will be produced by Universal Media Studios. Jeff Ross is the executive producer of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien."






THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN: FACTS

Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 60 mins.
Premiere Date: June 1, 2009
Seasons: 1
Production Company: Universal Media Studios




THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN: NEWS (5)

Conan O'Brien on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien"It's Official: Jay Leno to Return to 'The Tonight Show' — Beginning on March 1, the talk show host will retake his place behind his former desk in his old time slot with Jimmy Fallon on right afterwards. Read more...
Jerry Seinfeld and David Letterman on "Late Show with David Letterman"David Letterman Gives 'The Tonight Show' Its Biggest Beating Since 2000 — "Late Show with David Letterman" won the ratings race by its largest margin in 9 years, not to mention receiving 5 Emmy nominations this morning. Read more...
David Letterman on "Late Show with David Letterman"David Letterman Beats Conan O'Brien — "Late Show with David Letterman" came out on top in households and viewers for the week for the first time against "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien." Read more...
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