Editing Late Night with Conan O'Brien (section)

===Set design===
O'Brien's ''Late Night'' had three long-term permanent sets, but retained the basic structure used when Letterman occupied Studio 6A: the performance space at the viewer's left, and the desk area, to the viewer's right, where interviews were done. O'Brien did his monologue in the performance area, emerging at the start of each episode from the area where musical guests perform. The Max Weinberg 7 were in the corner made by the stage-right wall and the wall in front of the audience. The desk area had a desk for O'Brien, a chair and couch(es) to the viewer's left for guests (and originally Andy Richter), and a coffee table.

Primarily, set changes involved the background behind the desk and chair and couch. The original set, used from the show's debut in 1993 until August 6, 1996, was primarily yellow, and the desk background resembled the living room of a New York City apartment, with windows that looked out at a Manhattan backdrop; it was modeled after Lorne Michaels' office.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/16/garden/the-set-makes-the-host.html |title=The Set Makes The Host |last=Louie |first=Elaine |date=April 30, 2005 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 10, 2023 |quote=Not so Conan O'Brien. The set of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," at the 30 Rockefeller Center studio his predecessor used, is tidy. The set, which looks like a hip men's club, was inspired by the office of Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of "Late Night" and "Saturday Night Live."}}</ref> For years afterwards, O'Brien mocked this original set, particularly its "mustard color". The two subsequent set designs featured darker blues and violets to emulate the feel of nighttime, with the final set featuring a balcony railing in front of a backdrop with the view from the top of Rockefeller Center. This set debuted on September 4, 2001, and necessitated changes almost instantly as its backdrop view of New York City contained the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], which was [[September 11 attacks|destroyed a week later]]. A special curtain was used to obstruct the towers until October, when the curtain became a permanent part of the set design even after the backdrop was altered. During his final week of episodes, Conan took an axe to parts of the set, giving it out to audience members as souvenirs, not wanting to allow it to simply be thrown away.