Conan O’Brien Says Late-Night Might Die, But Stephen Colbert Won’t “Go Away”: “Not Gonna Happen”

Conan O’Brien Says Late-Night Might Die, But Stephen Colbert Won’t “Go Away”: “Not Gonna Happen”

Although The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is coming to an unceremonious end, Conan O’Brien is confident its host isn’t going anywhere. While speaking Saturday at his induction into the Television Academy Hall of Fame, the 5x Emmy-winning comedian praised Colbert as “too talented and too essential” and shared his thoughts on the future of late-night television. “Yes, late-night television as we have known it since around 1950 is going to di…

Conan O’Brien Says Late-Night TV ‘Is Going to Disappear,’ But That’s a Good Thing for Comedy

Conan O’Brien said that late-night shows will eventually “disappear” from television amid the “seismic change” in the industry, but that hosts like Stephen Colbert — whose Late Show run will end next year — are “too talented and too essential to go away.” Speaking at the Television Academy Hall of Fame on Saturday, O’Brien — a veteran of Late Night, Conan, and (briefly) The Tonight Show — said that, “Yes, late-night television, as we have know…

Conan O’Brien Says Late Night TV is Dying, But Stephen Colbert Is ‘Too Talented and Too Essential to Go Away’

As he accepted one of this year’s top Television Academy honors, star Conan O’Brien admitted that the award came at an unusual time. Speaking on Saturday to the audience at the Television Academy Hall of Fame, O’Brien noted that at this moment, “there’s a lot of fear about the future of television, and rightfully so. […]