Conaco

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

Conaco Productions

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

Conaco 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 cancelled 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 and owns full rights to O'Brien's late night talk show on TBS.^[6] Conaco is also producing Eagleheart, a show starring Chris Elliott for TBS' sister network, Adult Swim.^[7]

1 Productions
- 1.1 Current productions
- 1.2 Past productions
2 References
3 External links

Productions

Current productions

Conan (2010–present)
Eagleheart (2011–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 (2009–2010)
Outlaw (2010)

References

^ ^a ^b "NBC Universal Television Studio Co-President David Kissinger Joins Conaco Productions as New President" (Press release). NBC Universal Television Studio. 2005-05-25. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20050525nuts02.
^ ^a ^b de Moraes, Lisa (2010-05-14). "NBC picks up series from David Kelley -- and Conan O'Brien". Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2010/05/nbc-picks-up-series-from-david.html.
^ 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!). http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/conans-surprising-new-deal-with-nbc--947. 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. http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/exclusive-warner-bros-tv-signs-conan-obriens-company-to-big-production-deal/. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
^ Finke, Nikki. Conan O'Brien makes TBS deal! How it all went down, and how Team Conan thought out of the network box all along. Deadline.com. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
^ 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 (2009–2010) episodes sketches Conan (2010–) episodes sketches Christmas in Washington (2011)

Major appearances	"Bart Gets Famous" (The Simpsons, 1994) "Xmas Story" (Futurama, 1999) "The Denial Twist" (The White Stripes 2005 music video) "Valentine's Day" (The Office, 2006) "Tracy Does Conan" (30 Rock, 2006) Who Made Huckabee? (2008)

Other television work	Not Necessarily the News (writer, 1985–1987) The Wilton North Report (writer, 1987–1988) Saturday Night Live (writer, 1988–1991) Lookwell (writer, 1991) The Simpsons (writer, producer, 1991–1993) Andy Barker, P.I. (creator, 2007) Operating Instructions (executive producer, 2010) Outlaw (executive co-producer, 2010) Eagleheart (executive producer, 2011–)

Other work	Harvard Lampoon (writer, editor, president, 1981–1985) Happy Happy Good Show (cast, 1988) The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour (2010) Live at Third Man (live album, 2010) Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary, 2011)

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

Related articles	Conaco Pale Force Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 2010 Tonight Show conflict The War for Late Night Conan blimp The Flaming C DC Comics character

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The Tonight Show

Tonight Starring Steve Allen • Tonight Starring Jack Paar • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (episodes) • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (episodes) • The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (episodes) • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (episodes)

Hosts	Steve Allen (1954–1957) • Jack Paar (1957–1962) • Johnny Carson (1962–1992) • Jay Leno (1992–2009, 2010–present) • Conan O'Brien (2009–2010)

Announcers/sidekicks	Gene Rayburn • Hugh Downs • Ed McMahon • Edd Hall • John Melendez • Andy Richter • Wally Wingert

Tonight Show Band	Leno era (Eubanks) • O'Brien era (Weinberg) • Leno era (Minor)

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

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

Prime-time spinoffs	The Steve Allen Show • The Jack Paar Program • The Jay Leno Show

Recurring sketches	Carnac the Magnificent • Floyd R. Turbo • Leno era sketches • O'Brien era sketches

Production companies	Carson Productions • Big Dog Productions • Conaco

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