Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Conan O’Brien’s long-awaited move to HBO Max — well, make that now just “Max” — is finally happening.
Max has officially ordered “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” a four-episode international travel series currently in production. Scroll down to watch a first look.
The series was set to be announced Wednesday at Warner Bros. Discovery’s upfront presentation. According to Max, the new show will follow O’Brien as he travels the globe visiting people he has met through his podcast “Conan O’Brien Needs a Fan” (in which he chats with listeners from around the globe).
In a press release, O’Brien quipped, “My fans around the globe never asked me to visit them, so I did.” “Conan O’Brien Must Go” fulfills the promise first made when O’Brien announced in 2020 that his self-titled TBS late-night show “Conan” would end in June 2021.
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