Conan O'Brien to make TBS his new late-night home

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NEW YORK – Late-night mainstay Conan O'Brien is headed to TBS to resume his comedic duties with a talk show expected to debut in November, the network said Monday.

The program will air Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m. Eastern, shifting TBS' "Lopez Tonight," starring George Lopez, to midnight.

O'Brien quickly fired out a celebratory tweet.

"The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I'll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show," he posted Monday on Twitter.

The surprise announcement hit the same day O'Brien starts a two-month, nationwide comedy tour in Eugene, Ore., amid persistent reports that he was likely to claim Fox as his new late-night home.

Barring Fox, syndication was widely considered O'Brien's most likely option. Few if anyone mentioned TBS as a plausible destination.

O'Brien began serious talks with TBS just last week, the network said.

"In three months, I've gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I'm headed to basic cable," O'Brien said in a tongue-in-cheek-toned statement. "My plan is working perfectly."

Conan O'Brien to make TBS his new late-night home - Yahoo! News

Good move?

 

[droski]

his stock ain't too hot is it?

 

[kev20]

apparently on the level of george lopez

 

[Vol Mania 21]

personally conan is my fav. i hope he goes back to the format he had before the tonight show

 

[droski]

another white man taking a minorities job. sad day for america.

 

[Roughneck]

his stock ain't too hot is it?

How so? He can basically do whatever he wants on TBS.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

which will be awesome

 

[kev20]

How so? He can basically do whatever he wants on TBS.

my guess is, he was going the route of "who watches TBS?"

 

[chavisut]

Conan is the best around, he doesn't deserve to be stuck on cable.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

but on cable his show will prolly be better

 

[banman360]

either way is fine with me. leno is not entertaining at all

 

[Vol Mania 21]

neither is letterman

 

[kev20]

bring back Kilby!!!!!!!

 

[Vol Mania 21]

who

 

[kev20]

 

[Vol Mania 21]

lame

 

[kev20]

he was awesome!!

 

[Roughneck]

my guess is, he was going the route of "who watches TBS?"

Thats understandable but he did great at 12:30 following Leno. How could he not do well at 11:00 following The Office and Family Guy? I think his biggest issue will be that he is up against Stewart and Colbert.

He didn't really have too many options, Fox has affiliate issues, no network stations have room for him, and premium channels like HBO don't really fit his format. Also apparently TBS is basically giving Conan whatever he wants because they are making a push to become a player.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Guys: Hulu!

 

[BigPapaVol]

Conan is the best around, he doesn't deserve to be stuck on cable.

Can't touch Craig Ferguson.
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[volinbham]

The burning question is: what will replace the masturbating bear?

 

[TrueOrange]

his stock ain't too hot is it?

part of the procedure with the massive payment he got was NBC did not waive the clause saying that he can't work for any of the other major networks

so I think he's still having to work around that if he wants to do television

 

[banman360]

god willing the masturbating bear will return

 

[Roughneck]

god willing the masturbating bear will return

I don't think it can. I'm pretty sure that NBC owns the rights to all of the characters on the show like the masturbating bear, pimpbot, Conando, etc.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

never fear he'll have more characters. i really hope it'll be like it was at his late night show