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April 12th, 2010 at 06:54pm
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What a shocker! Just when it looked like Fox had a deal to bring Conan O’Brien back to our TV screens, another network has snapped him up. Cable network TBS released a surprise statement this morning:
Conan Picks a Home – And It’s TBS
Comedy icon Conan O’Brien is joining TBS to host a late-night talk show that is expected to debut in November. The Emmy-winning comedian’s new program will be followed by Lopez Tonight, which will shift to a midnight time slot.
O’Brien began talks in earnest with TBS just last week, after George Lopez personally called him to ask that he consider joining the network’s late-night line-up. “I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in,” Lopez said. “It’s the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy.”
Said O’Brien: “In three months 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 and Lopez will give TBS a dynamic lineup in late-night television. TBS – which has built a programming slate that appeals to a young, diverse audience – expects O’Brien to be a long-term addition to the network’s late-night landscape. O’Brien will host his hour-long, yet-to-be-titled show Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m. (ET/PT).
We hear that the deal-breaker with Fox was the reluctance of their local stations to give up their lucrative 11 p.m. reruns for a late-night talk show. Also, the TBS deal allows Conan to own his show (as David Letterman already does) and tape in Los Angeles. It will be very interesting to see how the younger-skewing Conan-Lopez block will fare against the older and more entrenched Leno and Letterman.
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By Newstoob
Continue Reading TBS Lands Conan
January 23rd, 2010 at 01:48pm
Under Tom Hanks
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien has officially been laid to rest. Conan O’Brien hosted his final show last night.
After a 17 year run with NBC, O’Brien was forced to leave. O’Brien hosted Late Night with Conan O’Brien from 1993-2009 before he went on to his dream job as host of The Tonight Show. Prior to that, Jay Leno hosted The Tonight Show from 1992-2009. After only 7 months with O’Brien as host and poor ratings, NBC decided to replace O’Brien with Jay Leno. Although O’Brien’s fans have been pissed off at Leno and NBC, Leno decided to take the show back. This past week Conan O’Brien has had huge ratings and has even beat his competitor David Letterman.
Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Neil Young, Robin Williams, Adam Sandler, Pee-Wee Herman, and Barry Manilow are some of the celebrities that have stopped by O’Brien’s show this week to wish him well. Even though we all feel bad for Conan and are going to miss him, he did walk away with a $40 million severance package.
His last show was a bit somber. He was sad, and viewers could tell. Conan is an amazing talent. This won’t be the end of Conan. O’Brien was the valedictorian of his high school, and he graduated magna cum laude from HARVARD! The dude graduated from Harvard with two degrees: History and Literature.
Funny & Intelligent…WOW…his wife lucked out!
We wish you all the luck, Conan! We will miss you every second you are gone!!
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By BLZ
Continue Reading The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien Is Officially Over
January 15th, 2010 at 01:42pm
Under Jimmy Kimmel
Jay Leno’s show will be canceled, and he has signed a contract to come back and host ’The Tonight Show.’ Which means what? Conan O’Brien is out of a job!
Late night talk show hosts have been having a field day with all of this. Conan O’Brien has been handing out zingers every night, David Letterman is as giddy as a school girl, and Jimmy Kimmel even dressed up as Leno and poked fun at the situation. Unfortunately, the laughter is just covering up the unfairness Conan is going through. O’Brien was promised ’The Tonight Show.’ Within 7 months of hosting, NBC has gone into panic mode because he hasn’t gotten the ratings that Leno used to get. Although during the past week, O’Brien’s ratings have surged while Leno’s have actually gone down!
Last night on ’The Jay Leno Show’, Jimmy Kimmel had a guest appearance on the “10 At 10.” If you aren’t familiar with that, I will explain. (I assume an explanation is needed since nobody really watches Leno’s show). Leno asks 10 questions that are fairly benign, the celebrity who is appearing via satellite answers them. It’s like having the celebrity there, but ummm not! Anyway, last night, Kimmel was the celebrity on “10 At 10.” He basically took his answer time to roast Leno mercilessly. It was unbelievably uncomfortable and embarrassing for Leno. Although he tried to answer SOME of the questions honestly, most of them pertained to the Jay and Conan fued.
When Leno asked, “If you got to interview anyone in the world, who would it be? Kimmel replied, “You and Conan together.” Then, it went downhill from there. Leno asked Kimmel, “What’s the best prank you’ve ever pulled?” Kimmel answered with painting his aunts house orange and green and then added, “I told a guy that five years from now, I’m gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came. I gave it to him, and then I took it back almost instantly.”
When Leno asked Kimmel how many strip dances he has ever received, Kimmel responded with, “Strippers, I don’t like in general. Because you have this phony relationship with them for money, similar to when you and Conan were on The Tonight Show together, passing the torch.” Leno asked Kimmel, “What would you like to host that you haven’t yet?” Kimmel said, ” Oh this is a trick, right? Where you get me to host the Tonight Show and then take it back from me? Listen Lucy I’m not Charlie Brown I don’t fall for that trick.”
Plus, at the very end, Kimmel tells Leno, “Listen Jay, Conan and I have children. All you have to take care of are cars. I mean we have lives to lead here. You’ve got 800 million dollars. Leave our shows alone!!”
Conan is winning in the fan department. What NBC and Leno are doing to him are awful. I hope Leno fails. Conan O’Brien is brilliantly funny, and I think FOX should take this opportunity to pick him up! Unfortunately, Kimmel’s jokes are a sad reality. He speaks the truth. Leno sucks!
Team COCO!
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By BLZ
Continue Reading Jimmel Kimmel: Siding With Conan O’Brien On The Jay Leno Show!
