Peter White Television EditorJeff Ross, executive producer of TBS’ Conan, is no stranger to the late-night business, having worked with Conan O’Brien since 1993.
He has seen more than most in the late-night trenches, having been showrunner of NBC’s The Tonight Show during the Jay Leno fiasco in 2010.Conan has been on the WarnerMedia-owned network for ten years and was retooled into a half-hour format in 2019.
The host and Ross, who oversee a booming digital business and podcast factory via Team Coco, are now considering what the future holds.Ross told Deadline that he’s questioned the future of the genre and believes late-night shows are now “kind of dinosaurs in the business”.
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