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Conan Speaks—On 60 Minutes

By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | April 28, 2010 | +

Conan O’Brien‘s contractual TV-interview-muzzle agreement with NBC reportedly expires on Saturday, May 1, and the next night O’Brien will be giving his first on-air interview since the Jaypocalypse to Steve Kroft on 60 Minutes.

The gag order’s expiration is timed fortuitously, promotion-wise, since it comes after Conan’s deal with TBS, in the midst of his stage tour, and just before his (I assume) unveiling at TBS’s annual spring “upfront” presentation for advertisers, who will be paying more attention than usual this year.

I have to imagine the interview will lean heavily on the events at NBC and O’Brien’s feelings toward Jay Leno. But at this point, honestly, I’m as much or more interested in how he might reconceive his show for cable. What does Tuned Inland want Kroft to ask him about?

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  • originalray

    I think Conan’s Tonight signoff was a clear indication that he’s not going to spend any time trashing Leno. That’s a shame. I hope he’ll be a guest on the Late Show; maybe Letterman can draw him out but, if not, then Dave can still say a few choice words about the whole mess.

  • Rorschach

    I know he can do interviews but I was under the impression that he still couldn’t badmouth NBC yet. I could be wrong on that. Either way I bet he focuses on the future, and I’m hoping for that also.

  • anon76

    Conan’s stage tour is still largely about ‘the incident’ (as he calls it), though much more about his feelings towards NBC than his Jay. My guess is he’ll talk about it almost exclusively in the interview, especially if Rorschach is wrong about the gag order ending.

    ps- Conan is great on stage, see him if you can!

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