O’Brien is an acclaimed television host, comedian, writer, and producer, best known for hosting several late-night shows over the course of two decades, including Conan on TBS. After this show came to an end in 2021, O’Brien turned to hosting a popular podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend and starred in the travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go.
The Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang released a joint statement saying they’re thrilled and honored to announce O’Brien as the next host.
“He is the perfect person to help lead our global celebration of film with his brilliant humor, his love of movies, and his live TV expertise. His remarkable ability to connect with audiences will bring viewers together to do what the Oscars do best – honor the spectacular films and filmmakers of this year,” said the duo.
The 97th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 2025, while the nominations will be announced on January 17, 2025.
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Conan O’Brien is one late-night host that is here to stay.
Per TBS Conan, which has been on a pre-scheduled hiatus since March 16, will air new full episodes beginning March 30.
The network also confirmed that the new shows will be shot remotely on an iPhone, without an audience and with guest interviews being filmed via video chat, with the production staff working from home.
“The quality of my work will not go down because technically that’s not possible,” said O’Brien.
“Our first priority is the health and well-being of everyone in the Team Coco family, and our second priority is to try and find a way that we can do our jobs safely, from home, and contribute some entertainment for our fans out there who may be hungry for silly distraction,” added executive producer Jeff Ross.
Conan airs Monday-Thursday on TBS.
]]>Interestingly, readers weren’t the only ones to find Conan’s tribute touching. Apparently Letterman himself was moved by the piece, as O’Brien revealed on Stephen Colbert’s show on Friday night. He told the host of the gift Letterman sent him at the studio lot. O’Brien speculated that is was a vintage Porsche, however, as the massive truck pulled up after barely making it through the gate, he realized that he couldn’t have gotten it more wrong. In fact, Letterman gifted him a horse.
“Look at the expression on my face,” O’Brien said after Colbert showed a photo of him atop the horse. “That’s a man who doesn’t know what to do with a horse. Turns out, I look into it, you’ve got to feed them, you’ve got to board them, you’ve got to treat them humanely. Everyone I tell says, ‘It’s from David Letterman!’ Oh, and guess what the horse’s name is? Dave!”
O’Brien kept the horse for two years but with costs mounting, his wife found a rather curious solution to the problem: they donated the horse to an equine massage center.
]]>O’Brien is an acclaimed television host, comedian, writer, and producer, best known for hosting several late-night shows over the course of two decades, including Conan on TBS. After this show came to an end in 2021, O’Brien turned to hosting a popular podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend and starred in the travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go.
The Academy CEO Bill Kramer and president Janet Yang released a joint statement saying they’re thrilled and honored to announce O’Brien as the next host.
“He is the perfect person to help lead our global celebration of film with his brilliant humor, his love of movies, and his live TV expertise. His remarkable ability to connect with audiences will bring viewers together to do what the Oscars do best – honor the spectacular films and filmmakers of this year,” said the duo.
The 97th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 2025, while the nominations will be announced on January 17, 2025.
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Conan O’Brien is one late-night host that is here to stay.
Per TBS Conan, which has been on a pre-scheduled hiatus since March 16, will air new full episodes beginning March 30.
The network also confirmed that the new shows will be shot remotely on an iPhone, without an audience and with guest interviews being filmed via video chat, with the production staff working from home.
“The quality of my work will not go down because technically that’s not possible,” said O’Brien.
“Our first priority is the health and well-being of everyone in the Team Coco family, and our second priority is to try and find a way that we can do our jobs safely, from home, and contribute some entertainment for our fans out there who may be hungry for silly distraction,” added executive producer Jeff Ross.
Conan airs Monday-Thursday on TBS.
]]>Interestingly, readers weren’t the only ones to find Conan’s tribute touching. Apparently Letterman himself was moved by the piece, as O’Brien revealed on Stephen Colbert’s show on Friday night. He told the host of the gift Letterman sent him at the studio lot. O’Brien speculated that is was a vintage Porsche, however, as the massive truck pulled up after barely making it through the gate, he realized that he couldn’t have gotten it more wrong. In fact, Letterman gifted him a horse.
“Look at the expression on my face,” O’Brien said after Colbert showed a photo of him atop the horse. “That’s a man who doesn’t know what to do with a horse. Turns out, I look into it, you’ve got to feed them, you’ve got to board them, you’ve got to treat them humanely. Everyone I tell says, ‘It’s from David Letterman!’ Oh, and guess what the horse’s name is? Dave!”
O’Brien kept the horse for two years but with costs mounting, his wife found a rather curious solution to the problem: they donated the horse to an equine massage center.
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