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Conan O'Brien's premiere as host of NBC's "Tonight Show" drew the highest overnight ratings for a Monday episode in four years.

Will Ferrell has been booked as the first guest on the first episode of “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien,” airing June 1.

Conan O'Brien will be his final guest on May 29.

Andy Richter, who served as Conan O'Brien's "Late Night" show sidekick from 1993-2000, has signed on to be the announcer on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" when the re-consumated 11:30 p.m. NBC stalwart kicks off anew June 1. In between taking on a role rendered iconic by former "Tonight Show" announcer Ed McMahon and ankling his sidekick gig on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" in May 2000, Richter has been involved in several comedy series.

Just What Conan O'Brien Needed: A big, Abe Vigoda-blessed sendoff. Overnight ratings for O'Brien's final Late Night were up a whopping 44 percent over the show's season average, NBC said today.

No. 2,725 and no more counting. After 16 years, the prominently coiffed, long-limbed host of NBC's Late Night With Conan O'Brien bid farewell Friday with a star-studded and...

It's hard to believe, really. Not that Friday night is the last "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" ever.