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Conan
Created byConan O'Brien
Presented byConan O'Brien
Narrated byAndy Richter
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsStage 15, Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California
Running time60 minutes
Production companyConaco
Original release
NetworkTBS
ReleaseNovember 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)[1]
Related
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009)
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010)

The Conan O'Brien Show is the working title of an upcoming American late-night talk show featuring Conan O'Brien, scheduled to premiere November 8, 2010[2] on TBS. The show will air Mondays through Thursdays beginning at 11:00 pm ET / 10:00 pm CT. O'Brien's addition will move Lopez Tonight with George Lopez back one hour to midnight ET / 11:00 pm CT.[3] O'Brien refused at first to do to Lopez what had happened to O'Brien at NBC, but agreed to join the network after Lopez called to persuade him to come to TBS.[4]

History

As part of an agreement with former home NBC, Conan is not allowed to begin a new show until September 2010. He is also not allowed to use his sketches due to intellectual property issues, although this will be in some ways dodged (much like the issue that David Letterman had when he moved to CBS): the Masturbating Bear, for example, was simply renamed the "Self-Pleasuring Panda"[5] for O'Brien's live comedy tour, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, which began on April 12 and ended on June 14.

O'Brien's production company—Conaco—will reportedly own all rights to the show.[6] It is expected that most of O'Brien's staff will follow him to the new TBS show, although it was rumored that Conan's longtime bandleader Max Weinberg had been relieved of his duties over issues with performing for Bruce Springsteen.[7] Representatives for O'Brien dismiss the claim, saying no decisions have been made regarding the show;[8] Weinberg's representatives have declined comment to the press.[9]

On May 16, 2010, it was announced that Conan will launch his new show at Stage 15 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, California, where Lopez Tonight also tapes and not far from where his Tonight Show predecessor and successor Jay Leno tapes at his studio.[10] In an interview with Entertainment Weekly Magazine, Andy Richter implied that he will indeed return to the airwaves with O'Brien in November 2010.[11]

Outside the US

In Canada, the program will air on CTV Monday to Thursday night (Tuesday to Friday morning) at 1:05 a.m. local time. The unusually late time slot – two hours after its airing in the United States for viewers in the Eastern Time Zone (CTV Atlantic viewers will see the program at 1:05 a.m. AT / 12:05 a.m. ET) – is due to Canadian content requirements for national and local newscasts in the 11:00 p.m. hour and CTV's existing commitments to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 12:05 a.m. and The Colbert Report at 12:35 a.m. Network executives have also indicated that the program is likely to air earlier on CTV-owned specialty channel The Comedy Network, although likely not during the 11:00 p.m. ET hour, when Daily and Colbert air on that channel.[12]

Selling rights to a Canadian channel was necessary since TBS is no longer available in Canada, and WPCH-TV (Peachtree TV), the local Atlanta station owned by Time Warner through which Canadian cable subscribers received TBS programming prior to October 2007, had previously said it had no plans to broadcast the new O'Brien program.[13]

Broadcasters for other international markets have yet to be confirmed.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/05/19/tnt-tbs-unveil-new-programming-including-conan-obrien/51846
  2. ^ http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/tnt-and-tbs-announce-development-slates
  3. ^ Frazier Moore, Associated Press (April 12, 2010). "Conan O'Brien to Make TBS His New Late-Night Home". ABC News. Retrieved April 12,2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ Bill Carter (April 12, 2010). "How the Conan O'Brien-TBS Deal Happened". The New York Times. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  5. ^ Scott Sepich (April 13, 2010). "Conan O'Brien Revives Edgy 'Late Night' Vibe at First Live Show". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  6. ^ Finke, Nikki. Conan O'Brien makes TBS deal! How it all went down, and how Team Conan thought out of the network box all along. Deadline.com. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  7. ^ "Al Kooper talks Dylan, Conan, Hendrix, and lifetime in the music business". Gimme Noise. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  8. ^ Pastorek, Whitney. Max Weinberg NOT dropped from Conan's TBS show ... Because no one's been added yet. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  9. ^ http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/419302_tvgif30.html
  10. ^ Conan O'Brien to shoot TBS talk show on Warner Bros. TV lot EW.com. Retrieved 2010-05-16.
  11. ^ http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/25/andy-richter-conan-obrien-tbs-special/
  12. ^ Paul Waldie (2010-06-03). "CTV unveils fall lineup". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  13. ^ Bart Jackson (April 13, 2010). "Conan O'Brien okays deal for new talk show". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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