You’ve heard the news, right? Late-night yakker Conan O’Brien and his former 1993–2000 Late Night sidekick Andy Richter are joining forces again.
The auspicious coupling will take place when O’Brien takes the helm of his new gig on NBC’s Tonight Show, which will thence be known as The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. I get goosebumps just writing that since I’ve never been a fan of The Chin.
Richter will assume announcing duties, as well as an occasional part in comedy segments. His sidekick role won’t involve couch work, however, which is fine by me, as long as he …read more

Late-night talk-show superstar Conan O’Brien is so huge right now, he’s getting a double-length, two-hour block of time devoted all to him during his appearance on next week’s new edition of Bravo’s Inside the Actors Studio.
When the episode airs on Monday, January 26 at 8pm EST, host James Lipton will ask the NBC staple numerous questions about his showbiz career, ranging from his early days at the Harvard Lampoon to his current gig, and even his stint as a congressional intern. They also cover the stuff in between, such as O’Brien’s tenure writing for Fox’s never-ending cartoon The Simpsons …read more

It was *so* good to catch funnyman Eddie Izzard, last seen on the small screen in the prematurely canceled FX dramedy The Riches, hanging out with Conan O’Brien on his chat show early this morning. If you didn’t already know, the British standup comedian and standout actor has a prime role in the upcoming Tom Cruise mega-buzz flick Valkyrie.
The movie is about Hitler and Nazis and assassination attempts and a whole bunch of other depressing whatnot, which is why I’ve been having a mighty hard time understanding why it will be released on Christmas Day. With Eddie in …read more

In preparation for tonight’s 30 Rock third-season premiere, Tina Fey dropped by Late Night with Conan O’Brien on Tuesday, October 28, to shoot a whole lotta breeze with the host about a whole lotta stuff.
Watch the two-part interview in the videos following the jump to get stoked for Liz Lemon’s imminent return. Can’t believe it’s almost time … or that NBC scheduled the premiere this far into the fall season.

Anyone who’s not watching Craig Ferguson on the Late Late Show (CBS, 12:35 a.m., EDT) is missing out. You think just because you saw this guy on The Drew Carey Show for years you know him? Nonsense! A cranky Scottish man who invites us in by tapping on the camera every night and giving us a warm wave before announcing “it’s a great day for America”? That’s what you need at that time of night (or, if you’re like the rest of us, whenever TiVo makes it happen).
Does he do the same jokes every night? Yeah, well, pretty much. But …read more

The big news on Thursday — aside from Wesley Snipes getting sentenced to three years in the slammer, although that’s not technically comedy — is how NBC is definitely going to make good on all the rumors circulating since last year and announce soon that former Saturday Night Live player Jimmy Fallon will replace Conan O’Brien if O’Brien should leave his Late Night show to replace Jay Leno on The Tonight Show.
Fallon as a replacement for Conan? Uh! I’m bored already.

If you’ve been hiding in your closet or visiting a faraway planet the last couple of weeks, you might not know that much-adored Office star John Krasinski has been making waves in a new feature film, alongside Academy Award winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger.
The movie in question is called Leatherheads, and although it hasn’t performed as well as expected at the box office, there’s a good chance it will do well on DVD — just from all the women rushing to buy it because of Clooney and Krasinski’s presence.
Krasinski showed up — always a good thing — for a …read more

Samantha Who? star Christina Applegate stopped by Late Night with Conan O’Brien last Friday to chat and promote Monday’s return of her hit ABC sitcom.
To the delight of fans watching, the Married with Children veteran talked a little about her old days on the hallmark comedy, particularly what it’s like to watch it now, after all these years, and to see international versions of it. Apparently, the show was remade in Germany with an entirely new cast but using the same scripts translated. I can’t even begin to imagine how weird that must be.
Check out the two-part interview …read more

…and a shorts-wearing Will Ferrell — get a look at those legs!
Former Office worker Rashida Jones took some time out of her busy schedule a few weeks ago to promote her new Farrelly Brothers sitcom Unhitched on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
After O’Brien got over his pleasant surprise that Jones is one quarter Irish — thanks to her mother Peggy Lipton’s mother — she and the host discussed lots of things.
O’Brien is well aware of the Farrelly style of outlandish comedy, although he’s never met the siblings. But, even he recognizes a lawsuit just waiting to happen when Jones …read more

Right after Will Arnett finished yakking it up with Conan O’Brien on Monday’s Late Night, none other than rapper and reality-TV star Flavor Flav himself stepped out to entertain the audience with his unique presence.
If you’ve been reading Comedy Centric, you know Flav has a new half-hour comedy series coming called Under One Roof, which will be netlet MyNeworkTV’s first original sitcom ever.
Flav was making the rounds on the late-night chat circuit to promote his current bread and butter, however, VH1’s hit Flavor of Love. The show is currently in its third and final season and doing so well …read more