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

AP via Houston Chronicle ^ | April 12, 2010, 12:42PM | FRAZIER MOORE

[a fool in paradise]

...The program will air Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m. Eastern...

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...

"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."

...After giving O'Brien "Tonight," NBC sought to keep Leno on board with a prime-time show that quickly flopped. An attempt to move O'Brien to a post-midnight slot drew O'Brien's ire, and he walked away with a $32 million settlement package.

Although that put him in play for other networks, the deal barred him from appearing on TV until September. ___

TBS is owned by Time Warner Inc.

[Gritty-Kitty]

I am Mexican-American (for lack of a better term) and I can’t stand that a-hole, Lopez. He is a Democrat “Republicans are racist” hack and the way he laughs at his own unfunny jokes is pathetic. Even he can’t genuinely think that that crap is funny. His fake laugh sounds like something he picked up on Sesame Street while fantasizing about being Bert’s roomate. FU Lopez!

[dfwgator]

Carlos Mencia is much funnier.

[Blue Ink]

I’m guessing his show will be based in LA. Easier to book guests.