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Conaco

American production company

Summary

American production company

Field	Value
name	Conaco, LLC
logo	Conaco-2010-.png
logo_caption	Logo used from 2010 to 2021
type	Private
founded
founder	Conan O'Brien
hq_location_city	Burbank, California
hq_location_country	U.S.
products	Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Conan
key_people
industry	Media
services	Television production
num_employees	About 185
num_employees_year	until 2013
footnotes

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Conan

Conaco, LLC is an American television production company founded in 2001 and owned by entertainer Conan O'Brien. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Conan" and "Co", an abbreviation of company. The name is also a parody of the petroleum oil company Conoco. It has produced programs primarily for NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery, including O'Brien's Late Night, Tonight Show, and Conan. David Kissinger, former NBCU executive and the son of Henry Kissinger, has been president since 2005.

Conaco's first production credit was the short-lived 2001 reality show Lost. The firm also produced the Andy Richter series Andy Barker, P.I. for six episodes as well as the drama Outlaw, about a former Supreme Court justice (Jimmy Smits) who starts a law firm, which was canceled after a few episodes.

O'Brien's departure agreement with NBC following the 2010 Tonight Show conflict allowed Conaco to continue operation until the end of the production season. After that, Conaco switched affiliations to Warner Bros. Television, owned by Time Warner along with O'Brien's new network beginning in November 2010, TBS. Conaco produced O'Brien's late night talk show on TBS. Conaco also produced Eagleheart, a show starring Chris Elliott for TBS' sister network, Adult Swim.

Filmography

Current productions

Conan O'Brien Must Go (2024–present)
The Beast in Me (2025)

Upcoming productions

Untitled Max stand-up specials

Past productions

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2001–2009)
Lost (2001)
Andy Barker, P.I. (2007)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010)
Outlaw (2010)
*Conan *(2010–2021)
Eagleheart (2011–2014)
Deon Cole's Black Box (2013)
Super Fun Night (2013–2014)
The Pete Holmes Show (2013–2014)
People of Earth (2016–2017)
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2018) (TV pilot)
Final Space (2018–2021)

References

(27 June 2013). "YouTube".
[https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/Document/RetrievePDF?Id=201011710091-22700145 California Secretary of State Business Entities Database - Conaco, LLC.]
de Moraes, Lisa. (2010-05-14). "NBC picks up series from David Kelley -- and Conan O'Brien". [[The Washington Post]].
(2005-05-25). "NBC Universal Television Studio Co-President David Kissinger Joins Conaco Productions as New President". [[NBC Universal Television Studio]].
Robertson, Lindsay. (2010-01-27). "Conan's Surprising New Deal With NBC". [[Yahoo!]].
Andreeva, Nellie. (2010-04-24). "EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros TV Signing Conan O'Brien's Company To Big Production Deal". Deadline.
Finke, Nikki. (April 12, 2010). "Conan O'Brien makes TBS deal! How it all went down, and how Team Conan thought out of the network box all along".
Harris, Scott. (2009-11-17). "Chris Elliott to Star in Cartoon Network Pilot 'Eagleheart'".
Schneider, Michael. (2023-05-17). "‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ International Travel Series Ordered by Max".
Petski, Denise. (2025-08-13). "‘The Beast In Me’ Starring Claire Danes & Matthew Rhys Sets Netflix Premiere Date; First Look".
Hipes, Patrick. (2019-10-29). "Conan O'Brien-Backed Stand-Up Specials Set For HBO Max".
Andreeva, Nellie. (2018-09-14). "'Don't Hug Me I'm Scared': Conaco & Super Deluxe Team For TV Series Based On Cult U.K. Web Shorts".
Pelling, Joe. (May 31, 2022). "Joe Pelling confirms that Channel 4 series of "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" is not being produced with Conaco.".

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