‘The Tonight Show’ to Welcome Conan O’Brien as Guest, 14 Years After Exit

Fourteen years after Conan O’Brien left “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno, the comedian will appear on the late-night program as a guest.

O’Brien will be on the April 9 show to promote his new travel series “Conan O’Brien Must Go” for Max.

Jimmy Fallon took over for Leno as host in 2014.

O’Brien moved from NBC’s “Late Night” to its flagship show for seven months beginning in 2009 before departing in one of the more acrimonious television transitions.

“And I just want to say to the kids out there watching: You can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it, too,” O’Brien said in a monologue before his departure, calling “The Tonight Show” the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.

O’Brien didn’t stay off the airwaves for too long, returning to late-night in November 2010 on basic-cable network TBS. “Conan” would run for nearly 11 years. (The first episode beat Leno’s “Tonight Show” in the ratings.) (AP)