Shows Like Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien's direct successor show — same host, same irreverent late-night sensibility, with Andy Richter returning as sidekick.

Conan's short-lived Tonight Show run — same host transitioning the Late Night formula to an earlier slot.

The exact slot Conan inherited — Letterman's original Late Night, also created by Lorne Michaels, with the same weird, audacious sensibility that shaped Conan's show.

Letterman's CBS continuation that ran in direct parallel to Conan's Late Night, sharing the irreverent late-night DNA.

Conan's direct successor in the 12:35 NBC Late Night slot — same Lorne Michaels production, same franchise.

Current occupant of the NBC Late Night chair Conan held — same franchise, same irreverent late-night format.

The defining late-night talk show that established the format Conan inherited and subverted.

Mainstream NBC late-night successor in the franchise lineage — celebrity, music, comedy bits.

Network late-night peer with the same irreverent sensibility and celebrity-interview-plus-bits format.

Network late-night with comedy-driven irreverent sensibility, occupying the slot Conan's contemporaries built.

Surreal parody of the late-night talk show format — exactly the kind of weirdness Conan's show pioneered.

Absurdist anti-talk-show that pushes the strangeness Conan dabbled in to its chaotic extreme.

Surreal parody talk show airing in the same era as Conan, sharing the absurd celebrity-interview comedy spirit.

Comedy-driven celebrity chat show — different country and tone but same celebrity-interview-plus-laughs core.

Letterman's post-network long-form interview show — same lineage, different format, for fans of the era.

Late-90s irreverent comedy-news format that grew up alongside Conan and shared the same audience.

Comedy-news evolution of the late-night format — comedic host, satirical bent, weekly cadence.

Loose celebrity-comedian conversations in a non-traditional format — appeals to fans of Conan's interview chemistry.

Sarcastic comedy panel show contemporary with Conan, sharing the irreverent music-and-pop-culture sensibility.

Sharp satire of the very late-night talk-show world Conan was joining — essential companion viewing for fans of the era.