“Conan O’Brien Should Go” is lastly going. The long-in-the-works challenge, introduced final yr throughout Warner Bros. Discovery’s upfronts presentation, has been given a premiere date: Thursday, April 18 on Max.

O’Brien introduced the premiere date of the present’s 4 episodes on Saturday at SXSW, throughout an on-stage dialog with comic Nick Kroll.

The “Conan O’Brien Should Go” open is narrated by filmmaker Werner Herzog. “I cannot verify or deny the id of who that individual is,” O’Brien quipped.

“Conan O’Brien Should Go” is impressed by O’Brien’s podcast, “Conan O’Brien Wants a Fan” (wherein he chats with listeners from across the globe), and follows the host as he meets up with followers in Norway, Thailand, Argentina, and Eire. Conaco produces the present, with O’Brien and Jeff Ross as government producers.

O’Brien stated the manufacturing would spend between per week and 10 days taking pictures in a rustic.

“There are humorous folks all around the globe they usually all have their very own rhythm,” O’Brien stated. “Everybody in Eire is a comic… I really like speaking to individuals who don’t know who I’m, don’t care. I’m a connection junkie, I like to attach with folks. I feel this present is my technique to get my repair.”

“Conan O’Brien Should Go” fulfills the promise first made when O’Brien introduced in 2020 that his self-titled TBS late-night present “Conan” would finish in June 2021. A part of the plan was for O’Brien to launch a weekly sequence for HBO Max, the place he had signed a deal for a brand new weekly selection sequence to premiere the next yr.

However 2022 got here and went with no signal of a brand new O’Brien present. Or, for that matter, any new installments of his journey specials, “Conan With out Borders,” which had additionally aired on TBS.

As for the brand new present, “The look can get extra cinematic. We get to make use of drones and now we have the cash to make use of costumes. Now we have much more we are able to do than once we had been within the discipline on per week off,” O’Brien stated of doing this present vs. the one-off “Conan With out Borders” specials.

“Conan” ran for 11 years on TBS, the capper to his 28-year stint in late night time. “Conan With out Borders” has visited 13 nations and has gained an Emmy. 

Because the finish of “Conan,” O’Brien has targeted on constructing his “Crew Coco” media firm, with a concentrate on a rising podcast empire. That features “Conan O’Brien Wants a Buddy” (with Conan O’Brien, Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley), which has amassed greater than 427 million downloads. Crew Coco, which was acquired by SiriusXM in 2022, consists of digital and branded content material, reside occasions, merchandise and different manufacturing.