Conan O'Brien makes his "Tonight Show" debut tonight.
The audience line outside Conan's new west coast studio began forming in the wee hours, with die-hard fans ecstatic about the new "Tonight Show" host.
After 17 years at the helm, Jay Leno officially handed off "The Tonight Show" seat to Conan last Friday.
As the first and longest running late night show in television history, "The Tonight Show" has always been number one in its time slot, and as only its fifth host in 55 years all eyes will be on Conan to continue the winning streak.
Even as he cracked nervous jokes about the new job, he was serious about one thing: He's gotta make'em laugh.
"What helps me is just to focus on the job at hand and think, really, nothing's changed," he said.
Helping him do that will be some old late night carry-overs, like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Andy Richter, his old side kick.
Still, don't expect the same show in a different time slot.
He'll have some heavy hitting names to help him do that this week, starting with Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam tonight, and Susan Boyle and Tom Hanks tomorrow night.
