Continuing in the path of his post-NBC life, Conan O’Brien picked a very new media way to announce the name of his new TBS show, premiering November 8: YouTube.

In a two-minute announcement, which he says was filmed in one take, he revealed the big news. The new show will be called…Conan.

Late night comedy television has consistently been a location for heated competition – recently, more so than ever. (“Late night wars” has to be one of the most populated non-cable news tag pages on Mediaite.)

But this week, Jimmy Fallon and Craig Ferguson did their parts to end the wars and become BFFs.

After collaborating in the Jay Leno-bashing during the NBC late night wars, David Letterman and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reminisced on the experience during Kimmel’s guest spot on the CBS late show last night.

Both described it as “fun,” but only Kimmel was armed with a few more jabs.

The rumors were true – Conan O’Brien is going on tour, beginning April 12 in Eugene, Oregon.

The news was announced via his Twitter feed this morning, a website has been set-up (TeamCoco.com, of course) and more details about what to expect have been revealed.

“When it comes to going downhill, nobody is faster (than Lindsey Vonn), except NBC.”

(Jay Leno – 3/1/10)

“Welcome to The Late Show. My name is Dave Letterman. Same time, same host.”

(David Letterman – 3/1/10)

Lost in all the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno NBC late night drama was how it would affect the late, late night host Carson Daly.

Well he’s back, tonight, with a new Executive Producer (Stewart Bailey, formerly of The Daily Show), the same unique post-studio style, and a star-studded first week of Oscars-related guests. Mediaite talked to Daly about his “near-death” late night experience, the jabs from other late night hosts, the “new” MTV and more.

After 95 episodes, the epic failure known as The Jay Leno Show airs its final episode tonight. Of course, Leno himself will be back after the Olympics, comfortably at 11:35pm all over again. Which was pretty much the problem to begin with – the 10pm offering started as a similar product to the Tonight Show, and only became more like the old format as time went on.

The most buzzed about commercial during the CBS broadcast of the Super Bowl? The 15 second promo for Late Night with David Letterman that featured David Letterman, Oprah and Jay Leno. Almost immediately upon airing the spot, one could almost hear the viewing audience ask collectively “how did that happen?” We learned a bit from the NY Times last night, and tonight we heard from Leno, who shared his side of the story.

NBC had been counting on the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics to defibrillate its faltering ratings and break the pattern of myopia and ineptitude, culminating in the Late Night Wars, that has marked Jeff Zucker’s tenure as CEO. The president of NBC’s sports division, Dick Ebersol, now finds himself the author and guarantor of another ordeal for NBC – one that the network itself concedes may cost them upwards of $250 million.

How, exactly, does this happen: A 15-second Superbowl ad featuring David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey and…Jay Leno? After taking shots at Leno for basically the whole month of January — mean ones — and getting a few below-the-belt zingers right back, Letterman is the last person whom I would have expected to see sharing screen time with his former arch-rival.

And yet — turns out it was his idea.

In his appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show today, Jay Leno told the host that “NBC could not have handled it worse, from 2004 onward,” while being interviewed for the first time about his return to The Tonight Show. Leno went on to say he was “devastated” when NBC honcho Jeff Zucker asked him to pass on The Tonight Show six years ago, and that he told “a little white lie” in sharing his support publicly for Conan O’Brien.

Mediaite’s Rachel Sklar was a guest on CNN’s “Reliable Sources” with Howard Kurtz to discuss NBC’s late night imbroglio, Conan O’Brien‘s last Tonight Show and whether Jay Leno is really the bad guy in all this. With The Wrap’s Ray Richmond and the Baltimore Sun‘s David Zurawik.

Conan O’Brien signs off The Tonight Show forever tonight, and judging from last night’s show, the tone has gotten more sentimental.

Conan’s show has been at the top of its game recently, and it’s true he really got screwed by NBC. But don’t feel sorry for Conan O’Brien.

I feel like I must begin this post with a disclaimer: I’ve never been a Jay Leno hater, or a Conan O’Brien nut. Always liked and enjoyed Conan, often chuckled at Jay despite the uncompromising edict from the cool kids that he was terrible and lame and hackey. So if it seems from my various [...]

It was nice watching Conan stick it to his bosses, spending boatloads of NBC’s cash on a Bugatti Veyron and licensing fees for The Rolling Stones song “Satisfaction.” And when NBC pulled the Conan clip to save money on streaming The Stones song online, it seemed like Conan really showed them. But now it’s being reported that he borrowed the car.

Is Jay Leno not satisfied with how despised he is right now? The former — and soon-to-be — Tonight Show host been taking hits from arch-rival David Letterman, sure — but did he have to go after Letterman’s wife? It doesn’t take a genius to know that Leno’s attack is a low, mean blow, but check inside to see exactly what he said.

It’s — finally — official: Conan O’Brien is leaving NBC. The fifth host of the Tonight Show will have that title until 12:35 a.m. early Saturday morning EST, when his final tonight show will end and he will officially be done at the network.

The price tag for NBC: $40 million-plus.

As Conan and NBC were sealing their final agreement of separation in some sad, awkward signing ceremony in an L.A. conference room, this clip was airing on NBC: Conan proudly announcing that he’d spent $1.5 million on a Bugatti Veyron Mouse and put whiskers and ears on it — “There it is ladies and gentlemen – the most expensive car in the world dressed up like a mouse” — and soundtracked it with the Rolling Stones classic, “Satisfaction,” complete with ridiculously expensive licensing fees. Hey man, art isn’t easy. Neither, apparently, is revenge.

Negotiations between Conan O’Brien and NBC recently hit a snag over Tonight Show staff compensation, as the $40 million or so NBC is reportedly paying Conan not to do The Tonight Show apparently has the network a bit reluctant to shell out anything more. However, even if and when the two sides work that issue out, another complication, referenced by O’Brien on last night’s show, looms – intellectual property.

There’s a weird silver lining to Conan O’Brien‘s situation: He’s never been so beloved. The support he’s enjoyed has been ridiculous — there were nationwide rallies, for God’s sake, and he now has attack dogs taking the nastier shots for him (see: Letterman, the Internet). Which has left him — and his staff — free to sort of…enjoy this.

Is FOX preparing for Conan O’Brien to join their network?

From the looks of a Twitter page registered to Twentieth Century Fox, it looks like the company is at least covering their bases in case it really does happen.

Jeff Zucker was on Charlie Rose last night, somewhere between Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien on the clock — though clearly not between them in allegiance. Lest anyone think that an 11th hour reprieve for Conan is possible — dressing in orange for rallies can only do so much — It seems clear that Zucker has moved on.

Again, just to be clear: Jay Leno would like you to know that this is not his fault. Here’s what Leno would like you to know: He doesn’t have an agent or a manager — a handshake is all right by him. His version of the Tonight Show was #1 when NBC asked him to [...]

I’m no Carnac the Magnificent, but I think it’s safe to say that digital video will be around for some time. And it’s clear that social video sites are not only cutting into the culture of television, but also redefining how TV is watched for the digital generation. In the realm of late-night television, there [...]

Most of the defense we’ve seen in the press in NBC’s late night chaos during the past two weeks is from Team Conan, and as the Conan O’Brien and Jay Leno fate is sealed (likely today), we’re hearing from Team Leno today.

So Team Leno wants to convey it’s not Jay’s fault – but is it our fault?