Conan O'Brien Timeline

2009 Jun 1 The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show on NBC, which premiered on June 1, 2009. It is the replacement for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and part of NBC's...
2009 Jun 9 Letterman's Late Show scores higher ratings than O'Brien's Tonight Show
On night seven of Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show run, David Letterman's Late Show finished on top, overnight ratings showed. Tuesday's Late Show featured Julia Roberts, who worked over t...
2009 Jun 11 NBC Declares O'Brien "The New King of Late Night"
A day after enduring headlines about how David Letterman had bested whippersnapper Conan O'Brien in Tuesday's ratings, NBC fired off a press release formally declaring O'Brien "the new ki...
2009 Dec 4 Conan O'Brien does "Tiger Woods Joke Caddy" Sketch
"The jokes practically write themselves." —Conan O'Brien
2009 Dec 5 Saturday Night Live Airs "Tiger Woods' Accident" Sketch
In both a skit and multiple "Weekend Update" jokes this weekend, NBC's comedy institution took on the golfer, who has admitted to letting his family down with "transgressions" that came t...