Many in Hollywood are trying to digest the flight of U.S. film and TV productions from the country, and all the unemployed entertainment workers that have been left in its wake. It turns out Conan O’Brien is one of them.
The late-night host-turned-podcast extraordinaire turned his attention to the offshoring of American production work in a recent podcast appearance with executive producer Jeff Ross. Mulling the discrepancy between the bevy of shows available on streaming services versus the number of people they personally know who are unemployed, O’Brien and Ross centered on the volume of shows being made overseas.
But ”I don’t think it’s the whole problem,” said Ross of the overseas production. “I think things got really expensive and out of control in this country, in this town, of all places.”
O’Brien pointed to a recent bit he pitched for the 2026 Oscars as an eye-opening
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