The State Of The Entertainment Business With Jeff Ross

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.8 • 59.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Conan talks to executive producer Jeff Ross about the current landscape of the entertainment industry and why Conan could never pull off a daytime talk show. Wanna get a chance to talk to Conan? Submit here: teamcoco.com/apply

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0:00.0	Conan O'Brien needs a fan.
0:06.0	Want to talk to Conan?
0:07.4	Visit team cocoa.com slash call Conan.
0:10.7	Okay, let's get started.
0:13.1	Hey, it's our Thursday episode.
0:14.5	Normally we talk to fans in this spot.
0:16.7	But today we're going to try something a little different.
0:19.1	I'm going to talk to someone who I've known for 32 years, and he's definitely not a fan.
0:24.2	I'm talking about Jeff Ross, executive producer, extraordinaire.
0:30.4	He and I started out together on the old late night show back in the day.
0:34.2	And Jeff, you're the guy that understands the business of Hollywood. I don't.
0:39.6	I'm kind of an outsider, an artist because of a Michelangelo roaming the streets.
0:46.0	Painting his great masterpieces, heading the clouds. But you, you get the business. What's going on in
0:50.3	Hollywood these days? I just want to know, Jeff Ross, what's going on in Hollywood? How's
0:55.9	the business? Am I being a sandbag? No, this is not a sandbag. This is me questioning you. What's
1:02.1	going on on the business? The business, Jeff. I hear that studios are... It's tough out there. It's
1:08.2	tough out there. What's going on? I don't know what's happening. Well, I only hear what's happening because our world is pretty good. Our world is good.
1:15.2	Our world is good. Are we thriving in the business? Yes. Okay. Okay. I have no idea. I have no idea what we're doing.
1:21.6	But what a strange world. When we started out together back in 1993, we met in April of 1993. I was 29
1:31.1	when I met you. Now I'm older than that. And you've, you've somehow got 70 years older and I've
1:40.7	gotten even younger. But now, you know, we've got this podcast empire, and I'm having a lot of fun.
1:48.0	It's all great.
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