After 28 Quirky Years, Conan O'Brien Is Leaving Late Night
Despite his longevity, O'Brien has always seemed like a host who never fit in easily on television – perhaps, at least in part, by design. He plans to debut a weekly variety show on HBO Max.
Conan O'Brien keeps saying this goodbye is a good thing.
After 28 years as a late night talk show host, spanning three different shows on two networks, he leaves the nightly grind tonight. He'll sign off from his TBS show Conan, presumably for good.
But in watching a run of half-hour episodes leading up to tonight's finale, it seems there's something else going on underneath the smiles, nostalgia and good times.
Featuring a roster of longtime pals, the final episodes can't help feeling a little like a wake – if a fun and good-natured one. Seth Rogen let it
