In a surprise announcement today, TBS broke the news that Conan O’Brien will headline an 11 p.m. late-night show for the cable network beginning n November.
His program will serve as a lead-in to Lopez Tonight, which currently airs at 11 p.m. but will shift to a midnight time slot. The network said O’Brien only began talking to execs there last week, and only after Lopez called O’Brien himself. “I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as a lead-in,” Lopez said in a statement. Added O’Brien, “In three months I’ve gone from network TV to Twitter to performing live in theaters, and now I’m headed to basic cable. My plan is working perfectly.”
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