In Conan’s interview with John Oliver, they go into it a bit.
Long story short: the weekly show takes a lot of the pressure off and HBO was willing to pay the same amount to Oliver for less shows because he promised the quality would go up.
It did.
Conan discussed how doing a nightly show nearly killed him because it’s just so much you have to do for each episode. It’s why he loves the fact that he moved 100% to podcasts.
In Conan’s interview with John Oliver, they go into it a bit.
Long story short: the weekly show takes a lot of the pressure off and HBO was willing to pay the same amount to Oliver for less shows because he promised the quality would go up.
It did.
Conan discussed how doing a nightly show nearly killed him because it’s just so much you have to do for each episode. It’s why he loves the fact that he moved 100% to podcasts.
Interesting! Was this a podcast or TV interview?
I think he’s not doing a show anymore but I could be wrong.