--- description: Comedian Conan O’Brien arrived in Cuba on Thursday to film a March episode of his late-night TBS 'Conan' talk show. title: Conan O'Brien Brings His Show to Cuba image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90916d04d808caa4/69877f673c16391780451c94/rtr3l4gd.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Conan O'Brien Just Filmed an Episode in Cuba by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2015 3:37 AM CUT  Conan O'Brien arrives at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California April 13, 2014 Conan O'Brien arrives at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California April 13, 2014Danny Moloshok—Reuters by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2015 3:37 AM CUT Comedian Conan O’Brien [has just spent](http://deadline.com/2015/02/conan-obrien-cuba-tbs-1201374174/ "undefined") several days filming in Havana for the March 4 episode of his late-night TBS _Conan_ talk show, promising viewers a rare insight into Cuba since the 1962 U.S. embargo. The last time an American show of its kind visited the country was in 1959, when Jack Paar of the _Tonight Show_ interviewed Fidel Castro. Conan used the Presidents’ Day holiday, when he does not air a live episode, to make this trip to Cuba, which he has been discussing for months, _Deadline_ reports. Conan’s entry into Cuba comes after the U.S. announced plans to normalize ties with Cuba in December 2014. \[[_Deadline_](http://deadline.com/2015/02/conan-obrien-cuba-tbs-1201374174/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3710656/conan-obrien-cuba-episode/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3710656/conan-obrien-cuba-episode/"},"headline":"Conan O'Brien Just Filmed an Episode in Cuba","datePublished":"2015-02-16T03:37:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:12:17.477Z","description":"It's the first time a U.S. talk show has visited the country in decades","url":"https://time.com/3710656/conan-obrien-cuba-episode/","keywords":["celebrities","Cuba topic","Conan O'brien","conan","Havana"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90916d04d808caa4/69877f673c16391780451c94/rtr3l4gd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90916d04d808caa4/69877f673c16391780451c94/rtr3l4gd.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Conan O'Brien arrives at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California April 13, 2014","caption":"Conan O'Brien arrives at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, California April 13, 2014","creditText":"Danny Moloshok—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3710656/conan-obrien-cuba-episode/","name":"Conan O'Brien Just Filmed an Episode in Cuba"}}]}] ```