Conan O'Brien Clocks In for 60 Minutes

CoCo will finally open up about leaving The Tonight Show in sit-down with venerable news program

By Josh Grossberg Apr 28, 2010 5:01 PMTags
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Watch out, NBC—CoCo is back.

In his first TV appearance since signing off from The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien will surface Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes.

And presumably dish on the whole NBC fiasco.

The comedian will be grilled by Steve Kroft in a segment that will also include footage from O'Brien's hugely popular stage show, the Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour. O'Brien will also discuss his forthcoming late-night gig on TBS, premiering in November.

One thing O'Brien isn't supposed to talk about: his old bosses, per the terms of his depature deal. Then again...

"He flirts with the restrictions," Kroft tells the New York Times.

Big Red's exit settlement also forbade him from appearing on TV before May 1. Although 60 Minutes doesn't air until May 2, it was taped before the end of the embargo, something Kroft & Co. had to work around.

Says Kroft: "I think we'll just show me talking to him and have to blank his face out."

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