Conan O’Brien will appear on 60 Minutes on Sunday

Conan O’Brien will break his post-NBC silence Sunday night when he gives his first interview about his departure from The Tonight Show to CBS’s 60 Minutes.

Conan O’BrienIn the deal he signed that settled his contract with NBC, Mr. OBrien agreed not to have any interviews in print or on broadcast until after May 1.

The piece Sunday night, reported by the correspondent Steve Kroft, will include highlights from Mr. OBrien’s current stage tour. But it will center on the comic’s comments about the fractious events surrounding his decision to leave NBC rather than accept having his show pushed back a half-hour to make room for Jay Leno to return to late-night television.

But Mr. OBrien is still under restrictions not to disparage NBC or Mr. Leno. “He flirts with the restrictions,” Mr. Kroft said in a telephone interview.

Mr. O’Brien will be able to comment on his new deal with the cable channel TBS, however.

The limitations imposed by NBC will mean that 60 Minutes will take some unusual steps to promote this week’s show. Because Mr. OBrien cannot appear on television before Saturday, “60 Minutes” will have to be creative with its on-air promotions this week, Mr. Kroft said. “I think we’ll just show me talking to him and have to blank his face out,” Mr. Kroft said.

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