 Lorne Michaels, who is the executive producer of "30 Rock" and who used to produce "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", was O'Brien's mentor.Michaels told "The Hollywood Reporter" in March 2010 that O'Brien would "prevail" from his departure of "The Tonight Show".In addition, O'Brien appeared as himself on "30 Rock"s first season episode "Tracy Does Conan" that was broadcast on December 6, 2006.