Read more Conan O'Brien stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6408/conan-obrien.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:18:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73469/shatner-reads-the-real-levi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tonight Show got the last laugh on Levi Johnston. The soon-to-be Playgirl model threatened to sue if Conan O’Brien didn’t retract Wednesday’s poetry session, featuring William Shatner dramatically reading Levi’s supposed Tweets. So O'Brien admitted they were actually written by “a clever impostor posing as the witty Levi Johnston”—...http://www.newser.com/story/73469/shatner-reads-the-real-levi.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 7:29:18 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73395/shatner-poeticizes-levis-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnly a dramatic reading by William Shatner can give Levi Johnston’s tweets the gravity they truly deserve. Shatner visited The Tonight Show yesterday to poeticize Twitter gems such as, “Maybe I’m a genius and not even know it. Maybe I don’t exist and it only seems like I do. Maybe...http://www.newser.com/story/73395/shatner-poeticizes-levis-tweets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 9:00:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73137/letterman-scandal-is-ratings-gold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Letterman’s scandalous admission of intraoffice sex and his role in a blackmail scheme appear to have titillated audiences. CBS’ Late Show is up 13% in total viewership for the season over last year. Sure, Dave is off 8% in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, but that’s nothing compared to the...http://www.newser.com/story/73137/letterman-scandal-is-ratings-gold.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 16:20:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72676/kathy-griffin-im-having-levis-baby.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKathy Griffin was on the Tonight Show yesterday to promote her new book Official Book Club Selection— or, rather, to discuss her "Brangelina situation" with Levi Johnston, as she described it to Conan O'Brien. "I am in a serious, committed relationship with Levi Johnston, and I resent that you're suggesting...http://www.newser.com/story/72676/kathy-griffin-im-having-levis-baby.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 11:50:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71523/dear-conan-newarks-not-funny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere have been some hilarious moments in Conan O'Brien's mock feud with Newark mayor Cory Booker, but there's nothing funny about the plight of America's inner cities, writes Bob Herbert. O'Brien and his audience are mocking a place that, like too many others in America, is "poverty-stricken, run down, often...http://www.newser.com/story/71523/dear-conan-newarks-not-funny.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 4:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70768/newark-mayor-bars-conan-from-nj-in-playful-feud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConan O’Brien and Newark Mayor Cory Booker have been lobbing insults back and forth—O’Brien on the Tonight Show , Booker via YouTube—for the past week. It started when Conan made a joke about Booker’s drive to improve Newark's health care—it "consists of a bus ticket out of Newark....http://www.newser.com/story/70768/newark-mayor-bars-conan-from-nj-in-playful-feud.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 17:51:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70733/abc-cbs-urge-stars-to-boycott-leno.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJay Leno touched off a firestorm of industry backlash as he launched his primetime show, and it’s not over yet: Rival networks ABC and CBS are encouraging their stars to boycott The Jay Leno Show since it competes with their own 10pm series, the Los Angeles Times reports. Julia Louis-Dreyfus,...http://www.newser.com/story/70733/abc-cbs-urge-stars-to-boycott-leno.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 10:07:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70496/conan-i-hit-my-head-so-hard-i-understood-lost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConan O'Brien was back at work today on the Tonight Show , and joking about a stunt accident Friday that gave him what he calls a slight concussion. According to an NBC transcript of tonight's monologue, O'Brien says he hit his head so hard that for five seconds he understood the...http://www.newser.com/story/70496/conan-i-hit-my-head-so-hard-i-understood-lost.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 21:56:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70377/conan-out-of-hospital-returns-to-show-monday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConan O'Brien is home from the hospital after whacking his head during a Tonight Show stunt. "Conan is resting comfortably," said an NBC statement. "He is expected to return to work on Monday." Guest Teri Hatcher spilled details on the accident, which reportedly happened while the pair was filming a...http://www.newser.com/story/70377/conan-out-of-hospital-returns-to-show-monday.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 27 Sep 2009 13:03:57 CDT