Conaco

Not to be confused with the oil company Conoco Inc., now ConocoPhillips.

Conaco, LLC

Type	Private
Industry	Media
Founded	2001
Founder	Conan O'Brien
Headquarters	Burbank, California, United States
Key people	Conan O'Brien David Kissinger (president) Jeff Ross^[1]
Services	Television production

Conaco, LLC is the television production firm owned by entertainer Conan O'Brien. It has produced programs primarily for NBCUniversal, including O'Brien's Late Night and Tonight shows. David Kissinger, former NBCU executive and the son of Henry Kissinger,^[2] has been president since 2005.^[1]

Conaco's first production credit was the short-lived 2001 reality show Lost. The firm also produced the Andy Richter series Andy Barker, P.I. for six episodes as well as the drama Outlaw, about a former Supreme Court justice (Jimmy Smits) who starts a law firm, which was canceled after a few episodes.^[2]^[3]

O'Brien's departure agreement with NBC following the 2010 Tonight Show conflict allowed Conaco to continue operation until the end of the production season.^[4] After that, Conaco switched affiliations to Warner Bros. Television, owned by Time Warner along with O'Brien's new network beginning in November 2010, TBS.^[5] Conaco produces O'Brien's late night talk show on TBS.^[3] Conaco also produced Eagleheart, a show starring Chris Elliott for TBS' sister network, Adult Swim.^[6]

Productions

Current productions

Conan (2010–present)
People of Earth (2016–present)

Past productions

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2001–2009)
Lost (2001)
Andy Barker, P.I. (2007)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–10)
Outlaw (2010)
Eagleheart (2011–14)
Deon Cole's Black Box (2013)
Super Fun Night (2013–14)
The Pete Holmes Show (2013–14)

References

1 2 "NBC Universal Television Studio Co-President David Kissinger Joins Conaco Productions as New President" (Press release). NBC Universal Television Studio. 2005-05-25.
1 2 de Moraes, Lisa (2010-05-14). "NBC picks up series from David Kelley -- and Conan O'Brien". Washington Post.
1 2 Conaco at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
↑ Robertson, Lindsay (2010-01-27). "Conan's Surprising New Deal With NBC". Yahoo! TV Blog. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (2010-04-24). "EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros TV Signing Conan O'Brien's Company To Big Production Deal". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
↑ Harris, Scott. Chris Elliott to Star in Cartoon Network Pilot 'Eagleheart'. AOL Television. Retrieved 2010-04-26.

External links

Conaco at the Internet Movie Database

Conan O'Brien

Television hosting	Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) episodes sketches 54th Primetime Emmy Awards (2002) 58th Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–10) episodes sketches Conan (2010–present) episodes sketches Christmas in Washington (2011–12) 2014 MTV Movie Awards (2014) 5th Annual NFL Honors (2016)

Other television work	Not Necessarily the News (writer, 1985–87) The Wilton North Report (writer, 1987–88) Saturday Night Live (writer, 1988–91) Lookwell (writer, 1991) The Simpsons (writer, producer, 1991–93) Andy Barker, P.I. (creator, 2007) Outlaw (executive co-producer, 2010) Eagleheart (executive producer, 2011–14) Super Fun Night (executive producer, 2013–14) The Pete Holmes Show (executive producer, 2013–14) People of Earth (executive producer, 2016–present)

Other work	The Harvard Lampoon (writer, editor, president, 1981–85) Happy Happy Good Show (cast, 1988) The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour (2010) Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary, 2011)

Collaborators	The Basic Cable Band Pierre Bernard Greg Daniels Joel Godard Steven Ho Brian McCann Mike Mitchell Jimmy Pardo Andy Richter Jordan Schlansky Robert Smigel Brian Stack Abe Vigoda Reggie Watts Max Weinberg Jack White Will Forte

Related articles	Awards Conaco Pale Force Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 2010 Tonight Show conflict The War for Late Night Conan blimp Late Night with Conan O'Brien episodes Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Conan episodes 2010–11 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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The Tonight Show

Tenures Allen's Paar's Carson's Leno's first O'Brien's Leno's second Fallon's

Hosts	Steve Allen (1954–57) Jack Paar (1957–62) Johnny Carson (1962–92) Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–14) Conan O'Brien (2009–10) Jimmy Fallon (2014–present)

Announcers/sidekicks	Gene Rayburn Franklin Pangborn Hugh Downs Ed McMahon Edd Hall John Melendez Andy Richter Wally Wingert Steve Higgins

The Tonight Show Band	Leno era I (Marsalis/Eubanks) O'Brien era (Weinberg) Leno era II (Minor) Fallon era (Questlove)

Bandleaders	Skitch Henderson José Melis Milton DeLugg Doc Severinsen Branford Marsalis Kevin Eubanks Max Weinberg Rickey Minor Questlove

Episodes	Carson's tenure Leno's first tenure O'Brien's tenure Leno's second tenure Fallon's tenure

Taping locations	Hudson Theatre NBC Studios New York NBC Studios Burbank Universal Studios Hollywood

Prime-time spin-offs	The Steve Allen Show The Jack Paar Program The Jay Leno Show

Recurring sketches	Miss Miller Carnac the Magnificent Floyd R. Turbo Headlines Leno era sketches O'Brien era sketches Fallon era sketches

Production companies	Carson Productions Big Dog Productions Conaco Broadway Video

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