# Conan O'Brien

> Conan O'Brien is an American comedian, writer, podcaster and producer whose career arc reads like a writer's room dare: Harvard Lampoon president, Saturday Night Live and Simpsons writer, a 28-year run hosting late-night for NBC and TBS, and a second act built around the chart-topping podcast 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend,' the HBO Max travelogue 'Conan O'Brien Must Go,' and a 2025 Oscars hosting gig that drew the show's biggest ratings in years. He sold his media company Team Coco to SiriusXM in 2022 and in March 2025 received the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

- **Role:** Host of 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend' and 'Conan O'Brien Must Go'; founder of Team Coco
- **Organizations:** Team Coco, SiriusXM, Conaco, HBO Max
- **From:** Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Valedictorian, Brookline High School, B.A., History and Literature, magna cum laude, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Five Primetime Emmy Awards (writing on SNL; talk show categories), 26th recipient of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2025), Hosted 'Late Night' (1993-2009), 'The Tonight Show' (2009-2010), and 'Conan' (2010-2021) - over 28 years of late-night television

## Career timeline

- **1985** — Graduates Harvard, having served two terms as president of the Harvard Lampoon
- **1985** — Joins HBO sketch show 'Not Necessarily the News' as a writer
- **1988** — Hired to write for 'Saturday Night Live'
- **1991** — Joins 'The Simpsons' writers' room; writes 'Marge vs. the Monorail' and 'Homer Goes to College'
- **1993** — Plucked from obscurity to host 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' on NBC
- **2009** — Takes over 'The Tonight Show'
- **2010** — Leaves NBC after the late-night shuffle; launches the 'Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television' tour
- **2010** — Debuts 'Conan' on TBS
- **2018** — Launches the 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend' podcast
- **2021** — Ends 'Conan' after 11 seasons on TBS
- **2022** — Sells Team Coco to SiriusXM
- **2024** — Premieres 'Conan O'Brien Must Go' on HBO Max
- **2025** — Hosts the 97th Academy Awards
- **2025** — Receives the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center
- **2026** — Returns to host the 98th Academy Awards

## Achievements

- Five Primetime Emmy Awards (writing on SNL; talk show categories)
- 26th recipient of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2025)
- Hosted 'Late Night' (1993-2009), 'The Tonight Show' (2009-2010), and 'Conan' (2010-2021) - over 28 years of late-night television
- Wrote the celebrated Simpsons episode 'Marge vs. the Monorail'
- Hosted the 97th Academy Awards (2025) to the program's highest ratings in five years
- Sold Team Coco to SiriusXM in 2022
- Author of the bestselling memoir-essay collection material delivered live and in print across decades

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Continues weekly episodes of 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend' on SiriusXM and YouTube
- **2025-05** — Team Coco launches full video podcast episodes on YouTube
- **2025-03** — Receives the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
- **2025-03** — Hosts the 97th Academy Awards; renewed to host again in 2026

## Links

- Website: https://teamcoco.com
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ConanOBrien
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConanOBrien
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teamcoco/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teamcoco
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@teamcoco

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