‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ premieres on NBC 20 years ago this hour (1993)

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(Tuesday, September 14, 1993, 12:35 a.m. EDT) -- Late Night with Conan O'Brien, a late-night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien, debuted tonight on NBC-TV, replacing David Letterman who had moved his show to CBS after losing the chance to replace the retiring Johnny Carson on NBC's The Tonight Show to Jay Leno.