By refusing NBC's offer of a "Tonight Show" shifted to a post-midnight, post-Jay Leno time slot, host Conan O'Brien has protected the 56-year-old tradition of that program. And he's also protected the 46-year-old Conan O'Brien.
He says delaying the show "will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting"
Jay Leno's new show will be freshly baked five nights a week with three times the comedy of his former "Tonight Show," the comedian promised.
When it came to second bananas, Ed McMahon was second to none.
In an interview with Larry King, Ed McMahon recalls the origins of one of the most famous Johnny Carson skits.
People.com: Ed McMahon Dies at 86updated: Tue Jun 23 2009 18:36:00
TV's popular sidekick was battling cancer and had pneumonia in January
Conan O'Brien kicked off his new gig on "The Tonight Show" with a bit showing him in a mad cross-country run from New York to Los Angeles, arriving at his locked studio only to realize he'd left his keys behind.
iReporters give their reviews of Conan O'Brien's "Tonight Show" debut.
O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno, as Letterman jokes, "I knocked off another competitor"
The host thanks Monica Lewinsky, Michael Jackson and Bill Clinton in front of a cheering crowd
You'd think someone who lasted 17 years as host of a television program in this day and age -- particularly a show as venerable as NBC's "Tonight Show" -- would be receiving praise and honor.
"The Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien will not be the same as the show was with Jay, Johnny, Steve or Jack.
Jay Leno plans "something really unusual and different" when he hands over "The Tonight Show" to Conan O'Brien on May 29, 17 years after Johnny Carson left the hosting duties to him.
The actor-filmmaker is on the guest roster for the Tonight host's last week
Is Bobby Jindal following the model of a young Bill Clinton?
Ed McMahon rap
updated: Thu Sep 25 2008 19:22:00
Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer has the latest headlines in entertainment, including news about Ed McMahon rapping.
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