Though I agree most of his interviews on TBS are lacking (with exceptions, of course), he can be a great interviewer, if his Serious Jibber Jabber series shows anything. He's interested in asking in-depth questions to interesting people there, instead of just essentially setting up jokes/stories the guest can tell on…

Though most of his guests are typical late night fare (with rare exceptions, including when he had Mel Brooks on for a Sid Caesar tribute), it seems like maybe 60-70% of his musical guests and comedians are relative unknowns, and he seems to have put a lot of emphasis on putting people like those up on television.

It's weird to think Conan's going to be the longest-serving late night host once Letterman retires. He still seems like he's the new guy, despite being on air for 21 years. Assuming he wants to keep his show going that long, Conan could very easily pass Letterman's 34 year record down the road. He's only 51 right now.

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They don't necessarily have to fill the last 22 minutes with comedy, though. They could just fill that slot with Stewart's interviews, which frequently go for 20-30 minutes online.

I think Conan didn't blow up the format because he had been doing that format for 16 years at that point on NBC, and to great success. I don't think he wanted to blow it up. Granted, his TBS show became very formulaic for a long while (it's starting to remind me of Late Night more and more as of late), but even at his…

I just pray Colbert blows up the monologue-comedy sketches-interviews with boring celebrities-comedian/musical act format. He could do that and nothing else and the show would be a massive success in my eyes. I wonder if CBS would do that though.

It's possible Colbert could have Stewart as an executive producer on the Late Show. Viacom and CBS are all under the same corporate umbrella.

Stewart said in an interview with Vulture that he's incredibly happy where he's at and wants to keep doing what he's doing now. They asked him if he'd be interested in Letterman's job, he said no and said Colbert would do great. I think Jon realizes what a good thing he has going for him at TDS. Comedy Central won't…

I doubt it. He'll have only been hosting his HBO show for about six months, so I doubt he'll want to leave that quickly. Plus, it's likely his show will be stylistically similar to The Daily Show, and I don't think it makes sense to have The Daily Show followed by The Daily Show Part 2, as funny as Oliver is.

Not sure how to feel about this. On one hand, Stephen Colbert is brilliant and will likely do an amazing job taking over Letterman's job, especially if his entire crew follows him to CBS. He has the potential to reinvent traditional late night TV for the first time, really, since Letterman started Late Night on NBC.

He wouldn't fail. He's way too brilliant to do that.

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This is a good choice IMO. Conan has by far the youngest audience for any late night show (if I recall, the median age is 34. The next closest is Colbert at around 45ish). His social media reach is the best of any late night host after Fallon, so it's a good choice.

I'm hoping Seth Meyers ends up modeling his show a bit after Conan's early Late Night days. After 20 years, Conan is now perfectly at ease being the joke and at telling a hilarious monologue, but early on, he was best served as the straight man (as he still often is). Meyers was at his best playing the straight man on…