Conan O'Brien Names Exact Moment He Knew That Late Night Shows Were Dying
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Hint: It wasn't Colbert's cancellation or Kimmel's suspension that made the Oscars host determine that TV talk shows were doomed.
Conan O’Brien said when he appeared on “Hot Ones” to eat spicy wings, he realized late night talk shows probably didn’t have a prayer.
The comedian, who will again be hosting the Oscars on Sunday, addressed the dimming prospects for a milieu he starred in for 28 years ― on “Late Night,” “The Tonight Show” briefly and then “Conan.”
In 2024, O’Brien went on a theatrical journey of eating progressively spicier chicken wings while chatting with “Hot Ones” host Sean Evans. The clip has received more than 15 million hits since it dropped.
It also ignited a revelation for the comedian.
“That was the moment the scales fell from my eyes,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview posted on Monday. “If a guy can do World Series numbers with overhead that looked, to me, to be about $600, and you have every big star lining up to do his show or ‘Chicken Shop Date’ … that’s when I profoundly understood that late night shows are in trouble.”
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