The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
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About
"A beloved host's short, doomed late-night reign"
When Conan O'Brien finally inherited the desk after years as heir apparent, he brought his surreal, absurdist comedic voice to a historically buttoned-up institution. Sketches got weirder, musical guests got looser, and the host's genuine delight in the ridiculous carried monologues that felt more like a comedy show than a corporate broadcast. It's loose, funny, and a little chaotic in the best way. Then real-world network drama abruptly cut the run short, leaving the whole season as an odd, bittersweet footnote before Conan reinvented himself elsewhere.
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the loose, absurdist comedy Conan brought to a historically stiff institution.
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you want tidy, traditional late-night rather than a run overshadowed by network turmoil.
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Season 12009
7.33K1456h 6m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Will Ferrell/Pearl Jam | 7.3 | 71 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Tom Hanks/Green Day | 7.3 | 43 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Bradley Cooper/Sheryl Crow | 7.3 | 39 | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Gwyneth Paltrow/Joel McHale/John Mayer Trio | 6.2 | 29 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Ryan Seacrest/Patton Oswalt/Chickenfoot | 7.5 | 29 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | David Duchovny/Anna Friel/Bill Burr | 7.5 | 31 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Eddie Murphy/Angela Kinsey/Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal | 7.2 | 36 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Dane Cook/Steven Ho/Rancid | 7.6 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Norm Macdonald/Jim Gaffigan/Neko Case | 8.5 | 38 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Jamie Foxx/Kevin Nealon | 7.4 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Joe Torre/Will Arnett/Spinal Tap | 7.1 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | Larry David/Lauren Conrad/Gavin Rossdale | 7.4 | 26 | — | |
| ▶ | 13 | Kobe Bryant/William Shatner/Incubus | 7.5 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 14 | Eva Mendes/Christopher Mintz-Plasse/The Dead Weather | 7.3 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 15 | Shia LeBeouf/Phil Jackson/Holly Williams | 6.5 | 27 | — | |
| ▶ | 16 | Cameron Diaz/Johnny Strange/Pete Yorn | 6.5 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 17 | Lisa Kudrow/Billy Mays & Anthony Sullivan/Elvis Costello | 7.2 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 18 | Brandon McMillan/Kerry Washington/Wilco | 7.4 | 21 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Brüno/Stephen Moyer/Cirque du Soleil Zumanity | 7.5 | 28 | — | |
| ▶ | 20 | Snoop Dogg/Jerry Ferrara/Adele | 7.1 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 21 | Howie Mandel/Alanis Morissette/Death Cab for Cutie | 7.4 | 22 | — | |
| ▶ | 22 | Samuel L. Jackson/Kevin Connolly/Andrew Bird | 7.0 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 23 | Meredith Vieira/Captain Andy Hillstrand/Al Madrigal | 6.9 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 24 | Larry King/Zooey Deschanel/Playing for Change | 7.4 | 22 | — | |
| ▶ | 25 | Bob Newhart/Cat Deeley/Ray LaMontagne | 7.2 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 26 | Jeff Goldblum/Bill Engvall/Hair | 7.3 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 27 | Michael Phelps/Paget Brewster/Sugar Ray | 7.5 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 28 | Dana Carvey/Anthony Anderson/Allison Iraheta | 7.2 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 29 | Gerard Butler/Venus Williams/Daughtry | 7.1 | 22 | — | |
| ▶ | 30 | Seth Green/Steven Ho/Demi Lovato | 7.3 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 31 | Adam Sandler/Peter Sarsgaard/Kate Voegele | 6.5 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 32 | Jonah Hill/Cheryl Hines/Dan Naturman | 6.7 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 33 | James Spader/Jack McBrayer/Mat Kearney | 7.4 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 34 | Zach Galifianakis/Keke Palmer/Jason Aldean | 7.1 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 35 | Seth Rogen/Rose Byrne/Eric Hutchinson | 6.4 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 36 | Meryl Streep/Judd Apatow/The Fray | 7.1 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 37 | Heidi Klum/Steve Zahn/Jimmy Carr | 7.2 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 38 | Rainn Wilson/Rachel Maddow/Chicago | 7.4 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 39 | Jack Dagger & Tonya Kay/Paul Giamatti/Regina Spektor | 7.0 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 40 | Hank Azaria/Adam Richman/Ben Harper and the Relentless Seven | 7.2 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 41 | Ashton Kutcher/Charlyne Yi/Gomez | 6.7 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 42 | Jeremy Piven/The Human Cannonballs/All-American Rejects | 6.9 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 43 | Sienna Miller/Steve Schirripa/Deon Cole | 7.1 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 44 | Jonas Brothers/Ed Helms | 6.9 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 45 | Eric Bana/Mary Lynn Rajskub/Flo Rida | 7.3 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 46 | Kyra Sedgwick/Hugh Dancy/Lyle Lovett | 7.1 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 47 | Jon Hamm/Robbie Maddison, Adam Jones and Mike Mason/Cobra Starship ft Estelle | 7.1 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 48 | Gordon Ramsay/B.J. Novak/Willard Wigan | 7.2 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 49 | Robin Williams/Piers Morgan/All Time Low | 7.6 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 50 | Shaquille O'Neal/Demetri Martin/Jack Ingram | 6.7 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 51 | Bill Maher/Nick Cannon/Kings of Leon | 7.4 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 52 | Quentin Tarantino/Mark Feuerstein/Smokey Robinson | 7.6 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 53 | Bradley Cooper/Jon Lovitz/Franz Ferdinand | 7.0 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 54 | Mike Tyson/Keith Barry/Matisyahu | 7.3 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 55 | Nigel Marven/DJ Qualls/Colbie Caillat | 7.6 | 30 | — | |
| ▶ | 56 | Norm Macdonald/Thomas Haden Church/Pitbull | 8.6 | 29 | — | |
| ▶ | 57 | Elijah Wood/Mila Kunis/Cheap Trick | 7.5 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 58 | Senator John McCain/Frank Caliendo/Third Eye Blind | 6.5 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 59 | Sandra Bullock/The Little League World Series Champions/Gina Yashere | 7.4 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 60 | Jennifer Connelly/Zane Lamprey/Ziggy Marley | 7.3 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 61 | Kate Beckinsale/Richard Lewis/Dhani Harrison | 7.3 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 62 | Tom Arnold/Tim Meadows/Reba McEntire | 7.2 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 63 | Dennis Quaid/Mr. & Mrs. G/Paolo Nutini | 7.1 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 64 | Antonio Banderas/Bill Hader/Chris Cornell | 7.3 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 65 | Charlize Theron/Steven Ho/Dave Matthews Band | 7.2 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 66 | Jennifer Aniston/Melanie Oudin/Phoenix | 7.3 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 67 | Aaron Eckhart/Michael Strahan/Yeah Yeah Yeahs | 7.4 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 68 | Megan Fox/Louis C.K./Kevin Skinner | 7.5 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 69 | Courteney Cox/Ted Danson/Nelly Furtado | 7.4 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 70 | Ricky Gervais/Chicken Charlie/Lynyrd Skynyrd | 7.5 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 71 | Rebecca Romijn/Lisa Lampanelli/Monsters of Folk | 6.8 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 72 | Martin Short/Tim Gunn/Wynonna | 7.4 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 73 | Dave Salmoni/Joel McHale/India Arie | 7.1 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 74 | Drew Barrymore/Joe Talamo/Paramore | 6.8 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 75 | John Krasinski/Patton Oswalt/Quinn Dahle | 7.3 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 76 | Kate Walsh/Jesse Eisenberg/Brad Paisley | 7.0 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 77 | Michael Moore/Seth MacFarlane/Rodrigo Y Gabriela | 6.9 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 78 | Drew Carey/Joe Buck/Joshua Bell with Tiempo Libre | 7.1 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 79 | Ellen Page/Kevin Nealon/Dierks Bentley | 7.2 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 80 | Edward Norton/Kristen Bell/Anvil | 7.7 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 81 | Jason Bateman/Selena Gomez/Toby Keith | 7.1 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 82 | Christian Slater/Jimmie Johnson/Backstreet Boys | 6.6 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 83 | Jeff Garlin/Zack Hample/Lady Antebellum | 7.0 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 84 | Jamie Foxx/Jason Alexander/Grizzly Bear | 7.2 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 85 | Ice-T/Eddie Izzard/The Flaming Lips | 6.9 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 86 | Serena Williams/Ken Jeong/Rascal Flatts | 7.0 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 87 | John C. Reilly/Dr. Sanjay Gupta/Matt Braunger | 7.1 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 88 | Cory Booker/Max Records/Dashboard Confessional | 7.1 | 18 | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 89 | Kathy Griffin/Captain Chesley Sullenberger/Wolfmother | 7.4 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 90 | Garry Shandling/Paula Deen/Julian Casablancas | 6.8 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 91 | Chris O'Donnell/Lindsey Vonn/Uncle Kracker | 6.6 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 92 | Denis Leary/Rob Mies/The Swell Season | 6.3 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 93 | Susie Essman/Don Young/Alice in Chains | 7.0 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 94 | Ewan McGregor/Shaun White/Tegan and Sara | 7.1 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 95 | Neil Patrick Harris/Paul Teutul Sr./Creed | 7.5 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 96 | Amy Poehler/Magic Johnson and Larry Bird/The Bravery | 6.7 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 97 | Jim Carrey/Olivia Wilde/Zac Brown Band | 6.2 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 98 | Cory Monteith/Harland Williams/Pixies | 7.3 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 99 | Kelsey Grammer/Major Brian Dennis & Nubs/David Gray | 7.4 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 100 | Jessica Biel/Super Dave Osborne/John Fogerty | 7.3 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 101 | Heather Locklear/Dr. Drew Pinsky/Rod Man | 6.7 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 102 | Al Gore/Jim Parsons/Jason Mraz | 6.9 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 103 | Reese Witherspoon/Gabourey Sidibe/Kris Allen | 7.0 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 104 | Kristen Stewart/Judd Apatow/Carrie Underwood | 6.8 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 105 | 50 Cent/Jane Lynch | 7.5 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 106 | Seth Green/Heidi Montag & Spencer Pratt/The Brian Setzer Orchestra | 7.0 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 107 | Nicole Kidman/Anderson Cooper/Leona Lewis | 7.1 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 108 | Eva Mendes/Bon Jovi | 6.4 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 109 | Taylor Lautner/Jon Lovitz/Timbaland ft Nelly Furtado & SoShy | 7.1 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 110 | Jack McBrayer/Marisa Miller/Weezer | 7.4 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 111 | Norm Macdonald/Gretchen Bleiler/Dan Cummins | 8.7 | 35 | — | |
| ▶ | 112 | Pee-Wee Herman/Donald Faison/Bon Jovi | 7.7 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 113 | William Shatner/AnnaLynne McCord/Mary Poppins | 7.3 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 114 | Tobey Maguire/Chris Colfer/Rickie Lee Jones | 7.5 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 115 | Jenny McCarthy/Gabriel Iglesias/Switchfoot | 6.3 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 116 | John Travolta/Rod Stewart | 7.1 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 117 | Rachel McAdams/Mindy Kaling/Diane Birch | 7.4 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 118 | Howie Mandel/Deepak Chopra/Michael McDonald | 6.6 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 119 | Josh Brolin/Tillie the Dog Artist/Chad Daniels | 6.7 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 120 | Snoop Dogg/Carl Reiner | 7.1 | 15 | — | |
| ▶ | 121 | Ben Stiller/Michael Voltaggio/30 Seconds to Mars | 7.0 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 122 | Zach Braff/Bear Grylls/Tony Bennett | 7.4 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 123 | Tom Arnold/Cheryl Hines/Adam Lambert | 7.2 | 19 | — | |
| ▶ | 124 | Megan Mullally/"The Situation" & "Snooki"/Norah Jones | 7.0 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 125 | Wanda Sykes/James Cameron/Myq Kaplan | 7.3 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 126 | John Krasinski/Claire Smith/Robin Thicke | 7.5 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 127 | Nigel Marven/Sam Worthington/Foreigner | 7.6 | 33 | — | |
| ▶ | 128 | Christina Applegate/David Gregory/Silversun Pickups | 7.0 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 129 | Lance Armstrong/Carson Daly/Kid Cudi | 6.7 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 130 | Elijah Wood/Derek Fisher/Dwayne Perkins | 6.9 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 131 | Ethan Hawke/Patton Oswalt/Katharine McPhee | 7.5 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 132 | Queen Latifah/Chris Pratt/Juston McKinney | 7.3 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 133 | Matthew Broderick/Robin Tunney/Ke$ha | 7.5 | 16 | — | |
| ▶ | 134 | Jackie Chan/Emily Blunt/Jencarlos | 7.1 | 23 | — | |
| ▶ | 135 | Michael Cera/Aziz Ansari/OK Go | 7.3 | 21 | — | |
| ▶ | 136 | Gary Oldman/Dax Shepard/Vampire Weekend | 7.0 | 17 | — | |
| ▶ | 137 | Tom Brokaw/Zachary Levi/Rosanne Cash | 7.7 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 138 | Ricky Gervais/Bryce Dallas Howard/Whitney Cummings | 8.0 | 31 | — | |
| ▶ | 139 | Rob Lowe/Jane Krakowski/Hilary Hahn | 6.9 | 18 | — | |
| ▶ | 140 | Jeff Bridges/Mary Lynn Rajskub/Lifehouse | 7.5 | 20 | — | |
| ▶ | 141 | Martin Scorsese/Colin Firth/Kooza from Cirque du Soleil | 7.7 | 22 | — | |
| ▶ | 142 | Quentin Tarantino/Paul Bettany/Spoon | 8.6 | 42 | — | |
| ▶ | 143 | Adam Sandler/Joel McHale/Joss Stone with Raphael Saadiq | 7.4 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 144 | Robin Williams/Barry Manilow | 7.7 | 36 | — | |
| ▶ | 145 | Tom Hanks/Will Ferrell/Neil Young | 8.5 | 108 | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Conan O'Brien Self - Host
The Tonight Show Band Themselves - House Band
Andy Richter Self - Announcer
Jimmy Vivino Self - The Tonight Show Band: Guitar, Self - Bandleader
Jerry Vivino Self - The Tonight Show Band: Saxophone, Self - The Tonight Show Band, The Tonight Show Band: Saxophone
Richie 'La Bamba' Rosenberg Self - The Tonight Show Band: Trombone
Mark 'Love Man' Pender Self - The Tonight Show Band: Trumpet
James Wormworth Self - The Tonight Show Band: Percussion
Mike Merritt Self - The Tonight Show Band: Bass
Scott Healy Self - The Tonight Show Band: Keyboards
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