Conan Without Borders

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| genre = Comedy
Travel show

| runtime = 60 minutes

| creator = Conan O'Brien

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| presenter = Conan O'Brien

| starring =

| executive_producer = Conan O'Brien
Jeff Ross

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Mike Sweeney
Aaron Bleyaert
Ruthie Wyatt

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| num_episodes = 13

| company = Team Coco/Conaco

| country = United States

| language = English

| network = TBS

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Conan
Conan O'Brien Must Go

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Conan Without Borders is an American travel show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired on TBS in the United States as a series of specials on O'Brien's talk show Conan. The series began in February 2015 and included thirteen episodes when the series ceased production due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and the subsequent ending of Conan. A follow-up series, titled Conan O'Brien Must Go, was released on Max in April 2024.{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title='Conan O'Brien Must Go' International Travel Series Ordered by Max |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/conan-obrien-must-go-travel-series-hbo-max-1235580501/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=Variety |date=17 May 2023}}

The episodes do not follow the traditional talk-show format of Conan, instead following O'Brien as he travels outside of the United States and attempts to engage the locals and experience the unique cultural aspects of the area.

Background

O'Brien has a long history of featuring segments that occurred outside the traditional studio environment, dubbed "remotes", ever since his first late-night show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien.{{Cite news |last=Allen |first=Samantha |date=April 21, 2015 |title=The Lost Art of the Late-Night Remote |work=Paste |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/the-lost-art-of-the-late-night-remote/ |access-date=September 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205033554/https://www.pastemagazine.com/comedy/the-lost-art-of-the-late-night-remote/ |archive-date=December 5, 2020}} They became some of his best-received segments, including a famous remote when O'Brien visited a historic, Civil War-era baseball league.{{cite news |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |date=May 20, 2009 |title=Heeeere's . . . Conan!!! |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24Conan-t.html?pagewanted=all |url-status=live |access-date=December 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319080516/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/magazine/24Conan-t.html?pagewanted=all |archive-date=March 19, 2022}} The piece was one of O'Brien's personal favorites, later remarking, "When I leave this earth, at the funeral, just show this, because this pretty much says who I'm all about."{{Cite news |last=Greene |first=Steve |date=April 16, 2019 |title=Conan's 'Old-Time Baseball' Is the Highlight of Team Coco's Growing Archive Project |work=IndieWire |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/conan-old-time-baseball-late-night-archive-1202059246/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519000929/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/conan-old-time-baseball-late-night-archive-1202059246/ |archive-date=May 19, 2021}}

File:Conan O'Brien at U.S. Embassy Helsinki.jpg

The apotheosis of the Late Night remotes centered on the realization, in 2006, that O'Brien bore a striking resemblance to Tarja Halonen, entering her second term as president of Finland. Capitalizing on the resemblance and on the 2006 Finnish presidential election, O'Brien and Late Night aired mock political ads both in support of Halonen and against her main opponent, which influenced popular perception of the race,{{Cite news |last=Ritter |first=Karl |date=January 14, 2006 |title=Conan O'Brien's mock endorsement of Finnish president is no joke to her opponents |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/conan-obriens-mock-endorsement-of-finnish-president-is-no-joke-to-her-opponents/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515095335/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/conan-obriens-mock-endorsement-of-finnish-president-is-no-joke-to-her-opponents/ |archive-date=May 15, 2021}} and traveled to Finland shortly after the election.{{Cite news |last=Lemola |first=Johanna |date=February 13, 2006 |title=A Trip to Conelandia, Also Known as Finland |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/arts/television/a-trip-to-conelandia-also-known-as-finland.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718110853/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/arts/television/a-trip-to-conelandia-also-known-as-finland.html |archive-date=July 18, 2021}} "We took the show to Helsinki for five days," O'Brien recalled, "where we were embraced like a national treasure."{{cite news |author=Barish |first=Mike |date=January 26, 2010 |title=5 places Conan should go on vacation |work=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/26/conan.obrien.vacation/index.html?hpt=C2 |url-status=live |access-date=January 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615112558/https://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/01/26/conan.obrien.vacation/index.html?hpt=C2 |archive-date=June 15, 2021}} As part of the five-day trip, which was released as a one-hour special episode of Late Night, O'Brien met with Halonen at the Finnish Presidential Palace.{{Cite news |last=Huuhtanen |first=Matti |date=February 14, 2006 |title=Conan O'Brien meets Finnish president |work=Arizona Daily Sun |url=https://azdailysun.com/conan-obrien-meets-finnish-president/article_000fb024-18ed-5cff-ae04-f01ca7759da5.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524235247/https://azdailysun.com/conan-obrien-meets-finnish-president/article_000fb024-18ed-5cff-ae04-f01ca7759da5.html |archive-date=May 24, 2022}}

History

O'Brien began hosting the show Conan on TBS in 2010. The first international travel special on the show was in February 2015. Following the onset of the Cuban thaw, O'Brien became the first American television personality to film in Cuba for more than half a century.{{cite news |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=February 16, 2015 |title=Conan O'Brien Takes Show to Cuba |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/16/entertainment/feat-conan-obrien-show-cuba/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021153421/https://www.cnn.com/2015/02/16/entertainment/feat-conan-obrien-show-cuba/ |archive-date=October 21, 2021}} A few months later, O'Brien visited Armenia in an episode that featured his assistant Sona Movsesian, who is Armenian American.{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Bethonie |title=Here's what happened when Conan O'Brien went to Armenia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/11/18/heres-what-happened-when-conan-obrien-went-to-armenia/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220907132820/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/11/18/heres-what-happened-when-conan-obrien-went-to-armenia/ |archive-date=7 September 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Aslanian |first1=Karlen |title=Late night with Conan O'Brien... in Armenia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/15/conan-obrien-in-armenia |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=15 October 2015 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Horn |first1=John |title=Conan O'Brien on Bringing Conan to Armenia, Meeting Syrian Refugees, and Peaking in His 23rd Season |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/conan-obrien-reflects-on-trip-armenia.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Vulture |date=19 November 2015 |language=en-us}}{{cite magazine |last1=Snierson |first1=Dan |date=October 12, 2015 |title=Conan O'Brien is taking his late-night talk show to Armenia |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/12/conan-obrien-armenia |url-status=dead |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428065355/https://ew.com/article/2015/10/12/conan-obrien-armenia/ |archive-date=April 28, 2022}} While visiting, Conan guest-starred as a gangster on an Armenian soap opera.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/conan-obrien-guest-stars-as-841817/ |title=Conan O'Brien Guest Stars as a Gangster on Armenian Soap Opera |date=November 18, 2015 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 25, 2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727194811/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/conan-obrien-guest-stars-as-841817/ |archive-date=July 27, 2021}}

In April 2016, O'Brien visited South Korea in response to a fan letter urging him to visit, as well as a growing fan base online. His visit included a trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, which resulted in O'Brien and Steven Yeun also visiting North Korea on a technicality by stepping across the border line at the DMZ. Conan commented on the significance during the sketch, claiming, "The idea that you and I could be in North Korea, talking and communicating freely, seems like kind of a cool message."{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Jenny |date=June 25, 2021 |title=Thank You, Conan O'Brien, for Making Us Laugh Around the World |work=The New York Observer |url=https://observer.com/2021/06/conan-finale-conan-in-korea-essay/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625194412/https://observer.com/2021/06/conan-finale-conan-in-korea-essay/ |archive-date=June 25, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Epstein |first=Adam |date=April 11, 2016 |title=Watch American diplomat Conan O'Brien host a talk show on the North Korean side of the DMZ |work=Quartz |url=https://qz.com/659047/watch-american-diplomat-conan-obrien-host-a-talk-show-on-the-north-korean-side-of-the-dmz/ |url-status=live |access-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428065303/https://qz.com/659047/watch-american-diplomat-conan-obrien-host-a-talk-show-on-the-north-korean-side-of-the-dmz/ |archive-date=April 28, 2022}} These and subsequent hour-long international travel specials were branded Conan Without Borders and became part of their own series. Conan eventually travelled to thirteen countries in total.{{cite news |last1=Deggans |first1=Eric |title=After 28 Quirky Years, Conan O'Brien Is Leaving Late Night |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1009587267/conan-obrien-ends-tbs-show-leaves-late-night6052-story.html |access-date=September 5, 2022 |work=NPR |date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721030402/https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1009587267/conan-obrien-ends-tbs-show-leaves-late-night |archive-date=July 21, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Michael |title=Conan O'Brien Announces June Finale Date for His TBS Talk Show |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/conan-finale-date-tbs-june-talk-show-obrien-1234965648/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Variety |date=4 May 2021}}

In April 2017, O'Brien visited Mexico for "Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico". The episode featured some of the traditional features of his talk show, including an opening monologue, which he delivered in Spanish, and had an entirely Mexican staff, crew, audience, and guests.{{cite news |last1=Fienberg |first1=Daniel |title='Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico': TV Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-reviews/conan-borders-made-mexico-review-982336/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1 March 2017}}{{cite news |title=Conan goes to Mexico City for more 'Conan Without Borders' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-conan-going-to-mexico-20170127-story.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=27 January 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220907141849/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-conan-going-to-mexico-20170127-story.html |archive-date=7 September 2022}}

The series' final episode before the onset of travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic aired in September 2019, and Conan ended in June 2021.{{cite news |last1=Shanfeld |first1=Ethan |title=Conan O'Brien Says He's Far From Retirement, Teases New 'Conan Without Borders' |url=https://variety.com/video/conan-obrien-without-borders-far-from-retirement/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Variety |date=10 August 2021}} O'Brien traveled to thirteen countries in total. In August 2021, O'Brien stated he was interested in continuing Conan Without Borders in some capacity after the COVID-19 pandemic, with TBS stating in 2020 that the specials would continue to air on their channel.{{cite news |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title=Conan O'Brien to End TBS Late-Night Show in 2021, Sets Weekly HBO Max Variety Series |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/conan-obrien-tbs-ending-hbo-max-1234833815/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Variety |date=17 November 2020}}{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=Conan O'Brien Talks HBO Max Series & 'Conan' Finale As 'Inside Conan' Podcast Rebooted For Season 3 |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/conan-obrien-talks-hbo-max-series-conan-finale-as-inside-conan-podcast-rebooted-for-season-3-1234859880/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Deadline |date=21 October 2021}}

The international shows became available on Netflix{{cite news |title=10 travel shows on Netflix that offer a virtual escape |url=https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/entertainment/tv/2020/03/18/10-best-travel-shows-netflix-stream-right-now/2865275001/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=USA Today |date=10 April 2020 |language=en}} before moving to HBO Max.{{cite news |last1=Tedder |first1=Michael |title=CNN And HBO Have Very Public Breakup Over Streaming War |url=https://www.thestreet.com/investing/cnn-and-hbo-have-very-public-breakup-over-streaming-war |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=TheStreet |date=20 December 2021 |language=en-us}}

On May 17, 2023, it was announced that a four-episode international travel series titled Conan O'Brien Must Go was in production, to be released on Max. The series will feature O'Brien meeting various fans in person whom he had previously featured via video calls in his podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Fan.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/conan-obrien-must-go-travel-series-hbo-max-1235580501/ |title=Conan O'Brien Must Go' International Travel Series Ordered by Max |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=May 17, 2023 |website=Variety.com |publisher=Variety |access-date=May 17, 2023}}

Reception

The series became some of O'Brien's most popular work, winning an Emmy in 2018 and being nominated in 2019.{{cite web |title=CONAN Without Borders |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/conan-without-borders |website=Television Academy |access-date=6 September 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=TBS' Revamped 'Conan' Gets A Premiere Date |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/conan-premiere-date-2019-half-hour-show-tbs-1202522271/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Deadline |date=18 December 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Goldstein |first1=Ian |title=Every Conan Without Borders International Special, Ranked |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-conan-without-borders-foreign-specials-ranked.html |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Vulture |date=8 November 2019 |language=en-us}} The first episode in the series, "Conan in Cuba", was watched by around 1.81 million people according to Nielsen ratings, up from Conan's typical average of 642,000.{{cite news |last1=de Moraes |first1=Lisa |title='Conan In Cuba' Clocks 2 Million Viewers On Opening Night – Update |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/conan-cuba-ratings-1201386722/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Deadline |date=5 March 2015}}

In a 2017 review by Daniel Fienberg for The Hollywood Reporter, he stated "Conan’s global adventures have become his TBS show's greatest piece of differentiation from the dozen other shows in the late night and talk show space."

O'Brien himself reflected in an interview with Stephen Colbert in 2017 that the show helped him fulfill his "greatest joy" in "trying to make people laugh that don't even speak English, don't know who I am. [...] It's a little bit of sort of diplomacy through comedy. I like to show that Americans are curious, we're humbled. We're okay to look ridiculous. It's okay if you laugh at us."{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=Lexy |title=A Look Back at Conan O'Brien's Most Memorable Travel Moments |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/conan-obriens-conan-borders-8-memorable-moments-1202771/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=17 April 2019}}

O'Brien received some criticism for visiting Israel in the series, especially by supporters of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and also by progressives within Israel itself,{{Cite web |last=Culture |first=Ryan Smith Senior Pop |last2=Reporter |first2=Entertainment |date=2023-11-17 |title=Celebrities' Israel visits have long been criticized |url=https://www.newsweek.com/celebrities-israel-visits-have-long-been-criticized-1844769 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Newsweek |language=en}} who viewed it as a piece of hasbara, diplomacy which attempts to improve foreign perceptions of Israel and dissuade views of Israel as an apartheid state.{{Cite news |title=In Israel, Conan O'Brien Became a Patsy for Netanyahu's Propaganda |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2017-09-05/ty-article/in-israel-conan-obrien-became-a-patsy-for-netanyahus-propaganda/0000017f-db7f-db22-a17f-ffff9bf20000 |access-date=2024-01-02}}{{Cite web |last=Awad |first=Amal |date=2017-09-27 |title=Conan O'Brien and his fantastic marketing campaign for Israel |url=https://www.newarab.com/opinion/conan-obrien-and-his-fantastic-marketing-campaign-israel |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=www.newarab.com/ |language=en}} O'Brien discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the episode, which he described as "incredibly complex and polarizing".

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Conan in Cuba

| Aux1 = N/A

| Aux2= Cuba

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|3|14}}

| ShortSummary = With relations between the United States and Cuba improving, O'Brien and a film crew went to Havana for four days around the weekend of February 14–15{{cite tweet|number=567480556498059264|user=ConanOBrien|title=1/2: I just spent the last four days shooting my show all around the city of Havana. I made countless friends and had one of the best|author=Conan O'Brien|date=17 February 2015}}{{cite serial|title=Full Episode – Mon. 3/16 – Kevin Nealon, Maia Mitchell, And Musical Guest Tobias Jesso Jr.|series=Conan|last1=O'Brien|first1=Conan (host)|last2=Nealon|first2=Kevin|author-link2=Kevin Nealon|network=TBS|date=March 16, 2015|url=http://teamcoco.com/video/full-episode-mon-3-16-kevin-nealon-maia-mitchell-and-musical-guest-tobias-jesso-jr|time=20:40|quote=[O'Brien:] That was the weekend that I was shooting our Cuba show, but...there was an amazing SNL 40th....|access-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320061601/http://teamcoco.com/video/full-episode-mon-3-16-kevin-nealon-maia-mitchell-and-musical-guest-tobias-jesso-jr|archive-date=March 20, 2015|url-status=dead}} to tape segments for an episode. Conan visited a cigar factory and learned the rumba.{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3733177/conan-obrien-visit-cuba/|title=Watch Conan O'Brien Improve Diplomatic Relations With Cuba|magazine=Time|access-date=March 5, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305153834/http://time.com/3733177/conan-obrien-visit-cuba/|url-status=live}} The episode marks the first time an American late-night talk show has filmed in Cuba since Jack Paar interviewed Fidel Castro on The Tonight Show in 1959.{{cite magazine|title=Conan O'Brien Just Filmed an Episode in Cuba|url=https://time.com/3710656/conan-obrien-cuba-episode/|magazine=Time|access-date=February 15, 2015|date=February 15, 2015|archive-date=February 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216132024/http://time.com/3710656/conan-obrien-cuba-episode/|url-status=live}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Conan in Armenia

| Aux1 = Sona Movsesian

| Aux2 = Armenia

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|11|17}}

| ShortSummary = The episode centered around taking his long-time assistant Sona Movsesian back to her ancestral homeland of Armenia to connect with her heritage.{{cite web|url=http://teamcoco.com/celebs/armenia?page=2|title=Conan Armenia|website=TeamCoco|access-date=November 29, 2015|archive-date=December 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208094255/http://teamcoco.com/celebs/armenia?page=2|url-status=live}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Conan in Qatar

| Aux1 = Michelle Obama

| Aux2 = Qatar

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|1|25}}

| ShortSummary = Conan traveled to the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar with First Lady Michelle Obama.{{cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel |title=Watch Conan O'Brien Perform 'Seven Nation Army' for Troops |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-conan-obrien-cover-white-stripes-seven-nation-army-for-troops-115473/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=4 February 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://teamcoco.com/celebs/mission-conan|title=Mission Conan|access-date=January 22, 2016|website=TeamCoco|archive-date=January 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127175216/http://teamcoco.com/celebs/mission-conan|url-status=live}} The episode's alternative title was Mission Conan.

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Conan Does Korea

| Aux1 = Steven Yeun

| Aux2 = South Korea
North Korea

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|4|9}}

| ShortSummary = Conan traveled to South Korea along with Steven Yeun; the visit also included a trip to the Korean DMZ, technically resulting in an additional trip by crossing the border into North Korea.{{cite news |title=Conan O'Brien travels to South Korea with 'Walking Dead' star Steven Yeun |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-conan-obrien-south-korea-trip-20160331-story.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=31 March 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Jung |first1=E. Alex |title=Conan O'Brien Made a Cameo on a Korean Romantic Drama Like Some Tall, Magical Cupid |url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/watch-conan-obrien-korean-drama-cameo.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Vulture |date=19 February 2016 |language=en-us}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Conan in Berlin

| Aux1 = Flula Borg

| Aux2 = Germany

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|12|7}}

| ShortSummary = Conan traveled to Berlin, Germany along with Bavarian comedian Flula Borg.{{cite news |last1=Mandell |first1=Andrea |title=Conan O'Brien takes Berlin in new special |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2016/12/05/conan-obrien-takes-berlin-new-special/94982938/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=USA Today |date=5 December 2016}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico

| Aux1 = Diego Luna, Vicente Fox, and Sofia Niño De Rivera

| Aux2 = Mexico

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|3|1}}

| ShortSummary = The visit was made in response to the actions and effort made by President Donald Trump to build a wall across the southern border. Guests included Diego Luna and Vicente Fox, and stand-up performance from Sofia Niño De Rivera.{{cite web|url=http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-announces-made-in-mexico|title=Conan Announces "Conan Without Borders: Made In Mexico"|website=TeamCoco|access-date=January 27, 2017|archive-date=January 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127060430/http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-announces-made-in-mexico|url-status=live}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Conan Without Borders: Israel

| Aux1 = Lior Raz and Gal Gadot

| Aux2 = Israel
Palestine

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|9|19}}

| ShortSummary = The visit was made in response to Trump associate Jared Kushner's attempts to further the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9UUKBroqfE|title=Conan Announces "Conan Without Borders: Israel" – CONAN on TBS|publisher=Team Coco|via=YouTube|date=16 August 2017|access-date=2 September 2017|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903165155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9UUKBroqfE|url-status=live}} Within the same episode, he also crossed the Wall and visited Palestine, where he talked to pro-Palestinian activists.{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Bethonie |title=How Conan's Israel episode confronted the country's 'polarizing' political issues |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/09/20/how-conans-israel-episode-confronted-the-countrys-polarizing-political-issues/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209095132/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/09/20/how-conans-israel-episode-confronted-the-countrys-polarizing-political-issues/ |archive-date=9 December 2021}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Conan Without Borders: Haiti

| Aux1 = N/A

| Aux2 = Haiti

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|1|27}}

| ShortSummary = Conan visited the island nation in response to President Donald Trump's alleged description of the country and parts of Africa as "shithole countries".{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/369211-conan-to-film-show-in-haiti-in-response-to-trumps-shirthole-comments|title=Conan to film show in Haiti in response to Trump's 's—hole' comments|first=Brett|last=Samuels|work=The Hill|date=January 16, 2018|access-date=January 16, 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Conan in Italy

| Aux1 = Jordan Schlansky

| Aux2 = Italy

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|11}}

| ShortSummary = Conan and producer Jordan Schlansky visit Italy, with Conan hoping to expose Schlansky as a fraud.{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Megh |title=Conan O'Brien Is in Italy Filming His Next 'Conan Without Borders' Special |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/02/conan-obrien-is-in-italy-filming-his-next-conan-without-borders-special.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Vulture |date=12 February 2018 |language=en-us}}{{cite news |last1=Chow |first1=Andrew R. |title=What's on TV Wednesday: 'Conan Without Borders' and 'GI Jews' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/arts/television/whats-on-tv-wednesday-conan-without-borders-and-gi-jews.html |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=11 April 2018}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = Conan in Japan

| Aux1 = N/A

| Aux2 = Japan

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|11|28}}

| ShortSummary = After finding out that the Japanese town of Hokuei, Tottori is also well known as "Conan-Town" (named for the popular anime/manga character Conan Edogawa, whose creator, Gosho Aoyama, is a Hokuei native), Conan makes a visit to the country.{{Cite news|url=https://soranews24.com/2018/08/29/conan-obrien-announces-trip-to-japan-in-negotiation-over-rural-tottori-prefectures-conan-town/|title=Conan O'Brien announces trip to Japan in negotiation over rural Tottori Prefecture's Conan Town|date=August 29, 2018|work=SoraNews24|access-date=November 30, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=November 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071824/https://soranews24.com/2018/08/29/conan-obrien-announces-trip-to-japan-in-negotiation-over-rural-tottori-prefectures-conan-town/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Aslanian |first1=Emily |title=Conan O'Brien Says 'Conan Without Borders: Japan' Is 'Humiliating But Hilarious' |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/731862/conan-without-borders-japan-conan-obrien-special/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=TV Insider |date=27 November 2018}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = Conan Without Borders: Australia

| Aux1 = Steen Raskopoulos, Becky Lucas and Rhys Nicholson

| Aux2 = Australia

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|4|17}}

| ShortSummary = Conan traveled to Australia in response to a video sent by Hugh Jackman in which he points out that Conan had not gone to his country yet.{{cite news |last1=Huff |first1=Lauren |title=Conan O'Brien Survives the Outback and Learns Local Slang in Australia Special |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/conan-obrien-survives-outback-embraces-local-slang-australia-special-1202822/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=17 April 2019}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Conan Without Borders: Greenland

| Aux1 = N/A

| Aux2 = Greenland

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|9|3}}

| ShortSummary = When President Donald Trump announced his plans to buy Greenland, Conan decided to travel to the country to secure the purchase.{{cite news |last1=Altman |first1=Randi |title=Matt Shaw on cutting Conan Without Borders: Ghana and Greenland |url=https://postperspective.com/matt-shaw-on-cutting-conan-without-borders-ghana-greenland/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=PostPerspective |date=27 February 2020}}{{cite magazine |last1=Legaspi |first1=Althea |title=See Conan Unsurprisingly Find No One Who Supports Sale to U.S. in Greenland |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/conan-greenland-special-watch-879742/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=4 September 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220907143505/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/conan-greenland-special-watch-879742/ |archive-date= 7 September 2022}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Conan Without Borders: Ghana

| Aux1 = Sam Richardson

| Aux2 = Ghana

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|11|7}}

| ShortSummary = Along with Sam Richardson, O'Brien visited following an invitation from the U.S. Ghanaian Embassy to visit the country during "The Year of Return", an initiative to bring awareness to African-American heritage, marked by the 400th anniversary of the African slave trade.{{cite news |last1=Beresford |first1=Trilby |title=Conan Travels to Ghana, Comes Face-to-Face With "Fantastical" Conan-Shaped Coffin |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/conan-travels-ghana-sees-conan-shaped-coffin-1240586/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=7 November 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/conan-obrien-sam-richardson-ghana-special.html|title=Conan to film show in Haiti in response to Trump's 's—hole' comments|first=Megh|last=Wright|work=Vulture|date=June 14, 2019|access-date=June 14, 2019|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117205217/https://www.vulture.com/2019/06/conan-obrien-sam-richardson-ghana-special.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Hinds |first1=Julie |title='Detroiters' star Sam Richardson goes to Ghana for 'Conan Without Borders' special |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2019/11/07/conan-special-ghana-detroiters-sam-richardson-detroiters-comedy-central/4175686002/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |work=Detroit Free Press |date=7 November 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Pedersen |first1=Erik |title=Conan O'Brien Heads To Ghana For Primetime 'Conan Without Borders' Special On TBS |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/conan-obrien-ghana-conan-without-borders-special-tbs-sam-richardson-1202634166/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |work=Deadline |date=18 June 2019}}

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References

Category:Conan O'Brien

Category:American English-language television shows

Category:TBS (American TV channel) original programming

Category:Television series by Conaco