Conan O'Brien makes surprise move to TBSReutersMonday, April 12, 2010; 2:02 PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Conan O'Brien is joining cable television network TBS to host a late-night talk show, expected to start in November, in a surprise move following his bitter departure from NBC's "The Tonight Show".TBS, a division of Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Broadcasting System, said on Monday that O'Brien, who had been in talks with rival Fox for several weeks, began negotiations in earnest with the cable channel just last week."Conan has been the comedic voice for a generation. TBS already has a huge audience of young comedy lovers, and Conan's show will give these fans even more reasons to watch our network," Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, said in a statement.O'Brien was forced to quit "The Tonight Show" in January after just seven months in the job as low viewership brought complaints from NBC affiliates. Under a $45 million exit deal with NBC, O'Brien was barred from launching a new TV show before September.Instead, the red-haired comedian is kicking off a comedy tour on Monday called "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television.""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 joked about the move to TBS, which has fewer overall viewers than broadcast networks NBC, CBS, ABC or Fox.Show business newspaper The Hollywood Reporter said on Sunday that talks between Fox and representatives of O'Brien had run into problems with Fox's local affiliates over the cost of commitments to sitcoms or other syndicated programs already booked for the late-night slot.TBS said O'Brien would be a good match for the network, which has a strong comedy slate and a young audience.O'Brien's new TBS show will precede "Lopez Tonight," the comedy show hosted by George Lopez, which will shift to a midnight time slot, TBS said.(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Cynthia Osterman)
He will be the Yang to George Lopez's Yen.
Someone needs to put George's show out of its misery. He is terrible. Now - Dane Cook - that guy is effing funny!
ratings, ticket sales and dvd sales say your full of shit. Lopez is stupid as fuck. Worst comedian ever. EVER.
A lot of dumbasses in the world.
yeah yeah I know - it was a tongue in cheek desperation attempt to take up for the guy. Miserable fail on my part.. I guess its just subjective. I like that brand of humor. I can also recognize when something is funny even if I dont really like the comedian - I just find George Lopez the most unfunny person ever. So you liked Foot Fist but not Dane Cook? What the hell....
Who said they thought Lopez was funny? I'm pretty sure everyone was just agreeing that Dane Cook is not funny.
George Lopez is funnier than Dane Cook...but so is watching the grass grow at my house.
Cook actually has jokes - even if he isnt your brand of humor....Lopez goes on tangents about life and him being Hispanic - that are not funny while making faces half the time that make him look as if he were constipated. Id like to shove a rake up his ass for impersonating a comedian.
I celebrate Dane Cook's entire catalogue.
Cook steals his jokes from actual comedians who ARE funny except he just screams them loud and obnoxiously with exaggerated motions.phuk him.
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