Jordan Schlansky is an American television producer known primarily for producing Conan O'Brien's talk shows Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Conan.
Early life Schlansky grew up on Long Island, New York, to a family is of Polish descent. He attended the University at Buffalo.
Career Schlansky began working at NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien as an intern in 1994. After receiving several promotions, culminating in the position of associate producer, Schlansky accompanied O'Brien to Los Angeles to produce The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Although Schlansky made cameo appearances on Conan as early as 1995, it wasn't until the 2008 writer's strike when O'Brien scheduled an impromptu interview with Schlansky that led to a regular segment. In a TeamCoco Q&A, O'Brien stated that the initial segments with Schlansky generated a "cult of Jordan."
Remote segments with Schlansky and O'Brien have included couples counseling, coffee tasting, escape rooms and personal intervention on location in parts of the world such as Italy, Japan, Argentina and Austria. On the October 30, 2020 podcast Inside Conan, comedian Robert Smigel credited Schlansky for having introduced television audiences to his puppet persona Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. In the final week of Conan, host O'Brien jokingly looked back on 26 years of working with Schlansky and said: "I still have no idea what he does for my show.” Beginning in December 2023, O'Brien and Schlansky began hosting The Conan & Jordan Show on Conan O'Brien Radio SiriusXM.
Personal life A Star Wars fan since childhood, Schlansky believes the saga is the "greatest story ever told". His knowledge gained him the title "Resident 'Star Wars' expert" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In various remote segments with O'Brien, Schlansky revealed that he met his wife at a CVS and that O'Brien threw him a bachelor party, much to his displeasure.
Work Television Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (2003) – associate producer Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (2004) – producer, director Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2003–2009) – associate producer The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) – producer Conan (2010–2020) – associate producer Conan O'Brien Must Go (2024–present) – supervising producer
Radio The Conan & Jordan Show (2023–present) – co-host
Awards and nominations Year Association Award category Result 2007 The Office: The Accountants Daytime Emmy Won 2007 Pale Force Daytime Emmy Nominated 2024 Conan O'Brien Must Go Primetime Emmy Nominated 2025 Conan O'Brien Must Go Primetime Emmy Won
References
External links
Jordan Schlansky’s Origin Story. Team Coco Radio. March 31, 2023. SiriusXM Channel 106. "Conan" Producer Jordan Schlansky on All Things Conan O'Brien. May 25, 2023. Cheddar.com.