>> you came all this way just for me >> yes >> conan o'brien ♪ ♪ >> look at that! ♪ >> oh, my god! coming album, the new track is called "under you. here's a little bit of it. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ >> also, yesterday, foo announcing an upcoming free streaming event set for this sunday, getting fans excited that this actually might be the moment where the band officially reveals who will be joining as the official new drummer for their upcoming tour. it will be their first without late band mate taylor hawkins who passed away in march of last year the album "but we are here" drops on june 2nd. >>> and finally, eddie murphy, the legendary comedian is in talks to take on an iconic hollywood role you might remember detective - >> you are making a terrible mistake. if maria is not a murderer, and i say she is not, you are sending an innocent girl to the guillotine >> excuse me, francois >> and another thing >> that, of course, was peter sellers has the bumbling inspector in the 1964 pink panther movie, "a shot in the dark." now six decades later, eddie murphy is in talks to step into that role. a li

and conan o'brien airtime to fill.cripted series like grey's anatomy and gossip girl shortened the postseasons wall reality tv got its recut moment with big brother and celebrity apprentice. district ended up costing the california economy estimated $2 billion and affected more than 30,000 jobs. amomonth the concessions writers ultimately want, streaming shows would have to hire good writers with budgets big enough. [crowd chanting] for stewart was on the picket lines. she has been part of the wga since 2014. >> we have minimum. have health insurance thanks to union, all of that is thanks to union workers who struck in the past and earn those for us and now -- >> matt: she started as an intern on "the colbert report." >> i was so excited and then as the years went on, i started to seek longer and longer gaps in employment. it was harder to get jobs and it was harder to have jobs that would last for long enough in order to qualify for health insurance. i have seen my life as a writer go from something where i felt like

which is how we got this incredible moment with conan o'brien, filling airtime on live tv by spinninge go. susie, are you ready to time this? we're going for 41 seconds. if you do this, it will be television history. here we go, and -- that's a good spin. that's a good spin. oh yes. look, oh -- okay, hold on, hold on, hold on. wait! susie, what was the time on that spin? it looked to me. >> 36 seconds. >> ultimate indignity. trust me, there is time to do it again. let's not be in a rush to do it right away. >> that is the stuff of tv legends. the 2007 writers strike, lasting 100 days, during which time conan o'brien, personally, paid the salaries of 75 writers on his show, to help them make ends meet. now, today, for the first time in 15 years, the union representing over 11,000 scripted tv, and film writers across the country, has, once again, gone on strike. just like last time, there is a lot of support for this union. today, late night legend, jay leno, went to the picket line to show his support, and handed donuts to striking writers. this was stephen colbert, last night, announc

steven, you're a great guest of conan o'brien's, and he said of you, this is an excellent complement.antly humiliated when i like them feeling myself. whenever i'm feeling myself, wham, i just get it. >> stephen: can you name a time? >> steven: just recently on the "beef" premier, like i'm having a good time, and then all of a sudden i'm trying to be so cool and bam, ran into the glass door. so hard. and i'm like anybody see that? and their like we all saw that. and if you see some of the interviews, like i've a slight knot. it's gone now. when i was young, too, i was so serious about making sure that i was not the odd man out that i would make myself the odd man out on accident. like i was part of the school orchestra and we had this one night of troy country fiddlers thing that we had to do. and everybody's like all right, get your western gear and country gear and come to the concert. i'm like, mom, dad, i have to have western gear or else i'm going to look so stupid. so i forced my parents to take me to the gap and buy me overalls and a checkered shirt which was like more expensiv

front of a live audience without any writers, which is how we got this incredible moment with conan o'brienirtime on live tv by spinning his wedding ring. >> here we go, suzy, are you ready to time this? we're going for 41 eks, if we do it, this will be television history. here we go, and that's a good spin, that's a good spin. oh, yeah. hold on. suzy, what was the time on that spin inthat looks like a good spin to me. >> 36 seconds. >> ultimate indignity. trust me, there's time to do it again. let's not -- let's not be in a rush to do it right away. >> that is the stuff of tv legends. the 2007 writers strike lasted 100 days during which time conen o'brien personally paid the salaries of 75 writers on his show to help them make ends meet. now, today for the first time in 15 years the union representing over 11,000 scripted tv and film writers across the country has once again gone on strike. and just like last time there is a lot of support for this union. today late night legend jay leno went to the picket line to show his support and hand out donuts to striking writers. this was stephen c

. >> oh, so many - >> jimmy: sure conan o'brien. >> yeah, well, all right [ light laughter ] >> jimmyr book. you know - the list is amazing people and you turned it into a podcast >> yeah. >> jimmy: and this is great. it's a great thing you have to listen to it it's such great conversation >> "the light podcast. so for those who missed the book tour, we recorded every conversation edited it down to the best of the best you know, it touches on the book but we also each share our own story of finding light and developing friendships and relationships. it's really a fun set of conversations that are now on audible. >> jimmy: and then you have one of the interviews -- or the conversations -- were with oprah winfrey. >> the one and only. >> jimmy: yeah [ light laughter ] [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: oprah winfrey. and it airs. >> that oprah. >> jimmy: that oprah and it's airing on april 25th on netflix it's a special >> yeah. that will be televised because when you're with oprah, you just televise it [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: i just feel like -- yeah, you have to televise it. yeah, b

show debuts here on cbs, followed a week later by chevy chase on fox, and a week after that by conan o'brien "arsenio," and "nightline." >> it became a crowded space, and the competition became that much more difficult. >> in the third corner, his ratings fading rapidly, arsenio hall. some tv writers think that arsenio could be the big loser in this free for all. >> when letterman came in, it essentially diluted arsenio's brand, because there were so many alternatives. >> i'm sad to see you go, because america is going to have a big chunk missing out of its existence. >> losing arsenio -- yeah, it was bad. he was the lone voice, gone. >> david letterman had the suits at nbc pausing for a moment. did we make the right choice? because he came out gangbusters and he was beating jay leno in the ratings. >> there's some people who say you blew it, that by picking leno to replace carson over letterman, that that was a big programming mistake. >> it was a shaky start. a really, really shaky first season start. >> well, it's true confessions time for actor hugh grant, who's trying hard to put his re