Conan Issues Apology Over Rudolph Snafu

Last night, we were the first to point out the striking similarities between a video on Conan last night about Sarah Palin shooting Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and a similar skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live 2 weeks ago. Now, Conan O'Brien has issued a video apology to the folks from Jimmy Kimmel:

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Tom Hanks Makes Big Splash On 'Conan'

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 9, 2010 @ 7:34pm PST

Tom Hanks was a frequent?guest on Conan O'Brien's late night shows on NBC and also appeared on Conan's final Tonight Show,. Tonight, he experienced some second-hand Splash?experience on Conan's new TBS show. (Recall that mermaid he starred in?) Here are the opening jokes from Conan's monologue, both about his new network. "That’s right?-- the whitest man in show business is back -- on the second blackest channel on TV.... You know what’s great? Now that we’re on the air, TBS can finally stop running promos for our show. Unfortunately, that leaves an 18-hour hole in their schedule."

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Fans Start Camping Out For Conan Launch

Team Coco says 5 of "our most die-hardest-ever fans" are already camped out for standby tickets on Forest Lawn Drive outside the Warner Brothers lot in advance of Conan O'Bren coming back to late night television Monday at 11 PM ET/PT. "We popped over and took them some soda, granola bars, and these crazy giant TBS buttons that *laugh* when you squeeze them." You'd think the TBS publicists could have at least collected a crowd:

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Conan draws viewers into "Live Cam" Stunt

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday, October 21, 2010 @ 10: 27 pm PDT

Conan O'Brien received a sampling of solid pre-launch with the release of 24 hours of the Live Cam of CoCo show late night coming comedian at offices. According to preliminary estimates, some 660 000 viewers listens to check the live stream at a given time in the window 24 hours on 24, which ended earlier today.For comparison, the average audience was that TBS gets at 11 PM with George Lopez, this should be a promising sign for Conan debut November 8 TBS. .the ' average audience at any time during the flow of CoCo Cam live was 13 000, with thousands more watch the clips on YouTube highlight.

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