Conaco

Not to be confused with the oil company Conoco Inc., now ConocoPhillips.
This article is about the television production company. For the Congolese political party, see Convention Nationale Congolaise.
Conaco, LLC
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
Founded2001; 23 years ago (2001)
FounderConan O'Brien
Headquarters
Burbank, California
,
U.S.
Key people
  • Conan O'Brien
  • David Kissinger (president)
  • Jeff Ross
ServicesTelevision production
Number of employees
About 185 (until 2013)
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Conaco, LLC[3] is the television production firm 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,[4] has been president since 2005.[1]

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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6] Conaco produced O'Brien's late night talk show on TBS.[citation needed] Conaco also produced Eagleheart, a show starring Chris Elliott for TBS' sister network, Adult Swim.[7]

  1. ^ a b "NBC Universal Television Studio Co-President David Kissinger Joins Conaco Productions as New President" (Press release). NBC Universal Television Studio. 2005-05-25.
  2. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. 27 June 2013.
  3. ^ California Secretary of State Business Entities Database - Conaco, LLC.
  4. ^ a b de Moraes, Lisa (2010-05-14). "NBC picks up series from David Kelley -- and Conan O'Brien". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012.
  5. ^ Robertson, Lindsay (2010-01-27). "Conan's Surprising New Deal With NBC". Yahoo! TV Blog. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
  6. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2010-04-24). "EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros TV Signing Conan O'Brien's Company To Big Production Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  7. ^ Harris, Scott (2009-11-17). "Chris Elliott to Star in Cartoon Network Pilot 'Eagleheart'". AOL Television. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2010-04-26.