The comedian and former late-night talk show host will be given the Kennedy Center’s annual comedy honor at a ceremony in ...

The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was first given to comedian Richard Pryor in 1998. Over the years, it’s been handed ...

Comedian and host Conan O’Brien is the newest recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy.

O’Brien became a household name as the host of Late Night With Conan O’Brien since 1993, serving as the lead-out for Leno’s Tonight Show, which debuted a year earlier. As both shows became ratings ...

The battle for 'The Tonight Show' went public on Jan. 12, 2010 when Conan O'Brien refused to move the show's time to ...

The audience members who gave Conan O’Brien a standing ovation upon his ... for cutting into his 10 minutes on the late-night NBC talk show — likely remember that for a moment, the Tonight ...

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor honours individuals who have "had an impact on American society in ways similar to" Twain ...

O’Brien is best known for hosting the late-night talk shows “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan.” Before his more than two-decade ...

His travel series “Conan O’Brien Must Go” sparked popular and ... O’Brien reemerged later in 2010 with a new talk show on the cable station TBS. Despite the channel’s lower profile ...

And that he did. O’Brien went on to incorporate international travel into his TBS talk show and hosted the Emmy-nominated Max travel series “Conan O’Brien Must Go.” The podcast host ...