The entertainment world is reeling today, trying to absorb a shocking piece of news.
No, Kate Gosselin is not pregnant with 14 sets of albino Siamese twins. Nope, Simon Cowell and Susan Boyle didn’t spend the weekend driving around LA on a meth-taking bender. And wrong again, because Frankie Boyle most certainly did not move to Calcutta to minister to the sick and dying.
Honestly, where do you people get your news from?
No, the story is this: Conan O’Brien is moving his chat show and his precarious hairstyle to TBS, not Fox. Shocked? Hell, yeah you are.
Few entertainment stories have gathered as much painfully unwarranted attention well-deserved coverage over the last few months as the playground scrap between two middle-aged rich men titanic struggle of wills fought by two of television’s chat colossi.
Traditionally, the big scrap in late night chattery has been between gap-toothed David Letterman and humongous-chinned Jay Leno (seriously, have you seen the thing? It’s like he’s mothering an ostrich’s egg in there). The poor schmucks whose shows followed these two have tended to be forgotten by executives and viewers alike.
Until Leno decided that he was sick of making telly for the elderly, tweekers, and whoever else is awake when his show was on. So he moved himself to the early evening, allowing wafty-haired funnyman Conan (or “CoCo” to his fan) to take the treasured late night spot. Then…
…yadda yadda… failed experiment… blah… Leno demands moving back, O’Brien says no… waffle… Leno wins, O’Brien resigns, lots of tears and suddenly TV’s hottest chat property is on the market.
Which, if you haven’t already killed yourself by firing staples into your lungs, brings us to today’s news. Conan O’Brien has decided to ignore the obvious choice of presenting a show on Fox (lots of viewers, no similar shows, owned by Rupert Murd… by Rupe… no, we can’t do it).
Instead, he’s gone with basic-cable channel TBS (network motto: “Very Funny”. Yeah, we’ll be the judge of that, ta very much. Seems a bit like the TV channel equivalent of wearing a wacky tie and telling us to “look out for me, I could do anything!!!!!!!!!”).
So, having been bullied out of his job, surely Conan will begin life with his new employer in a thankful, reflective, harmonious frame of mind? He’ll definitely try his best to fit in around the channel’s current nighttime talk show host, George Lopez. Won’t he, E! Online?
TBS also announced that O’Brien’s untitled show will air four nights a week, Mondays through Thursdays, at 11 p.m. George Lopez’s Lopez Tonight late-night chatfest already airs on the cable net, but will get pushed back to midnight to accommodate O’Brien’s new venture.
Oh, for the love of…
Conan: you recently wept on television because a bigger boy had bullied you. Now, given another chance, what’s the very first thing you do? Before you’ve even put your teabags and little bottle of milk in the staff fridge?
We’re warning you, O’Brien: you need to check yourself very carefully in the mirror over the next few months. We fear for what is to come, we really do…
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TSA says
Lopez was the first to say that he invited O’Brien to come take the 11 pm slot, and welcomes him warmly.
Henry says
I think its a bad move by TBS putting Conan on over Lopez tonight at 11:00. If anything they should have put Conan at 12:00. After all Lopez tonight was killing Conan in the ratings at that time slot thats why NBC moved him. Wont be watching TBS at that time slot anymore. BAD MOVE!
Mikey Loco says
Georgr Lopez is the one who called Conan and sold him on the Idea of coming to TBS so get your facts straight before posting articles that make you look stupid for not researching you Jabroni.
Carousel says
Get your facts straight. A simple google search would suffice.
manicmailman says
ya seriously… conan wasnt sold so easily until lopez called him and encouraged him to come over… jesus
Goober says
NY Post is reporting that TBS forced Lopez to support Conan publicly, or they would not renew his contract. Furthermore, if Lopez gets canceled in the 12pm slot, Conan gets to produce a new show in its place. So it is in Conan’s interest for Lopez to get canceled at 12pm.
Conan is a sneaky hypocrite who isn’t funny! I will never watch his show.
christian acosta lani says
conan o brian please leave geoge lopez alone he is more funnny that you leave tbs you dont make me laugh you are the stuped man alive please leave you dont deserve tbs. you look laik a pencile but shote
tazer says
welcome to show business, fact is Conan is funnier and will have better ratings than lopez so its only natural, and he is funner than leno only he didnt have the ratings yet because he didnt have enough time.