Conan O'Brien Announces New TV Show
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He's baaack!
Conan O'Brien, 46, is returning to nighttime TV on TBS, he confirmed to UsMagazine.com Monday afternoon.
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He'll go head-to-head against Jay Leno and David Letterman: O'Brien's show will air at 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, premiering after the World Series this November. George Lopez's Lopez Tonight will bump to midnight to accommodate O'Brien.
"I've gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I'm headed to basic cable. My plan is working perfectly," O'Brien, who opens his comedy tour Monday, said in a statement, which ended speculation he'd go to Fox.
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O'Brien stepped down from the Tonight Show in January after NBC revealed they would push it back to 12:05 a.m. so Leno could return to the coveted 11:35 p.m. slot.
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Lopez doesn't mind being bumped for O'Brien.
"I can't think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in," Lopez said in a statement. "It's the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy."
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39I love and miss Conan O'Brien!I look forward to watching his new show. I am a female in the Military and his humor makes my life less stressful. I love my Coney Dog and so does my daughter. We are devoted fans for life!!!!!!!!!!!
Good Luck Conan. You deserve it!
george is better than conan....DO NOT SCHEDULE CONAN FIRST... BAD DISCUSSION
keep george lopez first. conan is no good
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first.
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. he sucks.
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. he sucks.
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. YUK
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. he sucks.
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. he sucks.
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. he sucks.
george lopez is a million times funnier than conan.. no way conan should be first. he sucks.
George Lopez is a million times funnier than conan....HE SHOULD BE FIRST CONAN SUCKS
SWEET!
Conan,, you are bad to the bone for causing George Lopez to change his time slot because of YOU! You are as bad as the rest of those jerks at NBC for what you did to George.
Team Coco! Conan is awesome and wickedly funny so I can't wait for his return to television!
That's all great!
They want us to think that George personally called Conan and said, "Hey, take my 11pm time slot!" Give me a break. Conan did to George what he claims NBC and Leno did to him. What a hypocrite.
Ironically that all the hoopla was about Conan being bumped to midnight and Jay (who by the way did make mistakes, but initial firing was b/c Conan wanted his job and when Conan failed at the job he stole from Jay, and Jay took his own job back, somehow there was this weird, "Oh poor Conan" even though in reality he was let go over having terrbible ratings AND was paid $33 million dollars for sucking. How many of us get to do terrible jobs and get paid that much? Is it a suprise that Jay is on top of the ratings again and Conan is doing to George Lopez what he cried foul over? Conan the creep finally gets exposed.
How ironic is it that Conan is shifting somebody elses show to midnight to pave the way for his show, something he refused to do himself?. WHAT A HYPOCRITE!! The only difference is that George Lopez has a more humble attitude about it.