If you tuned in to NBC at 12:35 a.m. on September 13, 1993, you witnessed late-night history in the making. Thirty-year-old Conan O’Brien had just taken over the decade-old Late Night,leaving TV critics, audiences, and even David Letterman with the same question: Who? O’Brien, now regarded as one of the best hosts in the medium—had minimal on-camera experience when he landed the job. As he once quipped to a journalist who’d called him a relative unknown, “Sir, I am a completeunknown.” O’Brien opens up to Andrew Buss about his first year at the helm of one of late night’s most beloved franchises for a juicy oral history, also featuring the voices of Letterman, Lorne Michaels, and more comedy luminaries.
Elsewhere in HWD, Natalie Jarvey breaks down the year that broke Hollywood; Richard Lawson reviews The Color Purple;David Canfield asks whether this may be the year a queer actor makes it to the Oscar podium; and The Crown executive producer Suzanne Mackie tells all about the Netflix series’ emotional finale.
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