There is breaking news now on Fox News Channel Conan O'Brien has just announced He is leaving NBC we had a lot of fun being here these last seven months but like everything in life The fun has to come to an end a decade too early so now everybody says what will Conan do Conan might be going to a competitor of NBC's he's a marketable guy who does appeal to younger viewers and may go to Fox or some other outlet he can go to Fox or come here and take my job Who would have imagined that the Mexican talk-show host would have the most job security I'm not going nowhere I'm right here every night, I'm not going nowhere same channel, same time Could you offer me position like Secretary of State Ambassador to Mexico, you know something where I could wear a badge You know George you need to change late-night. That's the kind of change I can believe in my fellow Americans. I stand before you an instrument of change There are many Americans who become disenfranchised with the landscape of late-night TV Correction perfect exist that we're taping the show in the middle of a street When I started they're like How are you gonna make it different but everybody has their own way to see what makes it different is the host I mean the format is basically the format and the host kind of dictates what the show is and you'll be different because you're different I Think you got I think you've got some Latino in you bring our buildings you put Trump in gold letters. That's true We love that you got five kids from three different baby mamas Check it out. It's creepy. No white girl Jorge. There's no smoke machine up here. I Know enough about you to know that you don't do talk show already though He does not do not my kind of thing, but for you What this moment is Glory my guest Sandra Bullock People said how did you get the president to do a promo? You know, I helped him get a birth certificate and that Had a Kenyan one. I swapped it out Check this dude out. Have you ever made gay porn? Do you watch the Conan O'Brien? Coenen fan not a Conan fan Welcome to lopez tonight 2010 And it's already a good year for me i'm still on the same network In the same time spot Six weeks. I've been on with a three week break That's Latino. That's full-time and that dude the other one the one with the gray hair cause I'm not the Leno I'll quickly they forget Jay Leno Hey, he's doing better than I thought He's moving back to 11:30 and then the other dude Conan O'Brien Maybe moving to Fox. Is that right? No, wait, he's moving in with Jamie Foxx But you know, I don't care that nobody watching Conan is like that girl in The Bachelor who gets the Rose, but then gets the boot in the post show It opens Everest and We've got big breaking news in the world of entertainment David according to the New York Times calm Conan O'Brien is now saying he won't do the Tonight Show following Jay Leno Conan O'Brien sent a letter to NBC. Why did he send a letter? Only white people can send a letter. To say that he's unhappy. A Mexican would just walk in: "Hey, tell them I'm not moving, eh?" He no longer wants to host The Tonight Show if the show is to air in any other timeslot angry at Conan for not accepting his offer NBC president Jeff Zucker Said that he'll keep Conan off the air for three years But that he'll also punish America by keeping Jay Leno on for seven more Conan O'Brien on The Tonight Show as he's taped his final show Seven months after it began after the taping was over Conan came out in front of the audience with a very personal message I could happiest man in the world. Thank you so much for everything that you've given us and We'll see You have got to get a job we have 14 kids Do something for this family Conan? The last Wednesday Steve, Koonin Who is the head of TBS? flew from Atlanta to Burbank sat in my office and said I have something that sounds really crazy and I want to propose this to You and let you know if I don't have your blessing this deal does not go forward He said what would you think about Conan O'Brien coming to TBS? And Taking the 11 o'clock spot and you go into midnight. I said, I think it's fantastic He says will you call Conan and tell him how you feel about TBS? How you feel? We do business and I said absolutely TBS and Warner Brothers and Telepictures has been nothing but great to Lopes tonight They've been nothing but great to me and Conan is a wonderful asset to the TBS family and also I believe that this combination almost the same sex Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball if you will will take late night into the nude into a new generation and Change the landscape Larry. I'm a Latino. I know something about landscape. It's gonna be fantastic. Come November George what did Conan say to you when you called him and said it was all right with you What did he say to you? You know, everybody's been asking me this question I haven't really answered his questions from the time that Conan I last spoke on Sunday I'm gonna tell you and I think Respectfully Conan will not have an issue with this What he was concerned with was that he wasn't gonna do to me what was done to him at NBC That was his biggest concern that he did not want to get as they say on Twitter Leonard I am NOT getting Leonard I welcome Conan. I think that moving to midnight Hey, I've got to work in Howard later. Come on It's a dream come true and the pays the same Conan O'Brien only wanted to know that he could do the type of show that he wanted to do and his biggest concern Was that he was not going do to me what was done to him? That is not the case. And if you hear about that, you didn't hear from me That is not the case Conan O'Brien announcing yesterday. This is a great story that He's signing with her. Yes already signed with TBS Turner Broadcasting System To do a late night show at 11:30. I guess I think it's 11 o'clock 11 o'clock to do a late night show He's now gone from the host of The Tonight Show 2 TBS turn abroad just to basic cable system Conan I think you'll find our terms very attractive The network announced Monday the comedian will host a late-night talk show in November The cable channel says it will be an hour long and air Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m Lopez Tonight the show currently in that slot on TBS will shift to midnight The news comes as O'Brien begins a comedy tour in Eugene, Oregon He was quoted in the TBS news release saying in 3 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 Like I said, I 100% totally agree and think he is a great asset to the TBS late-night family Live via satellite here. He is my new partner in late-night Conan O'Brien Hello everybody Conan I'm happy that you're here, but I heard NBC was very strict about letting you appear on TV I'm not on TV George. You're my basic cable Recording come to the TBS. Yes. Yes to Conan's come. Yes Will you go I'm going I'm staying I'm going to midnight He's coming at 11 o'clock, and I'm going to midnight get the hell out of here. So You're gonna move for the white man Hey, he appreciate this I think the white man does appreciate him. Okay, you don't gotta clean up How you doing, you know, I'm doing I'm doing please save your words I'm doing great. I'm doing great. Thanks so much for having this is beautiful here. I'm just thrilled I'm just I'm thrilled to be here. Welcome to TBS and really welcome to basic cable. It's thrilling. Basically I Never heard basic cable get shrieks of excitement Remember This is really the kiss of death for a guy like Conan because TBS, you know, it's tough When you're on NBC you're you know You're you're a factor as I told him for many years stay on NBC at 12:30 Stay there be the guy who they're always gonna say boy. If only Conan had the tonight show would be huge That's what they used to say He'd get the young audience, you know become the myth. So to speak he had a great gig at NBC But he hungered for this Tonight Show hungered and He got it. He went from being the next big thing to you'll follow Jay Leno You'll take over the Tonight Show. You'll get the second-rate guests You'll be the you know it'll feel like four o'clock in the morning because Jay will already have done a ten o'clock and you will be screwed and then after we fire you Jay is gonna come back a hero. I mean you couldn't orchestrate the end of a career better than that all by your good friends at NBC and Beijing WNBC and now Ted insult injury didn't go to Fox For you, I was shocked. I wasn't Fox Listen, they're afraid they're not gonna put up all that money and get a to share They're not they make a fortune. How what is it rating at? that-air Robin they aired The Simpsons They've got reruns that make a fortune pods were still negotiating with with Conan and TBS just kind of swept in there and one of the problems Fox was having it's not a secret was a Lot of the affiliates didn't want to do it because the affiliates were making more money off of these sitcoms that they bought like Everybody Loves Raymond and Seinfeld and all these shows where they were making a lot of money and then if the network came in and said look you after a network show they weren't Gonna make nearly as much money. So it was a problem for the network's it was very expensive to do While Fox was kind of mulling it over TBS just kind of swept in and then just made the deal George Lopez made the right move Because listen, he wasn't getting any attention over there, right good guy good town, but these on TBS let's cone and go on Maybe he'll bring in an audience and then I'll get the UH and I'm gonna have the prayer and I won't have the pressure smart man Gets it. He probably just extended his show for another two or three years at least What can I? played again Well, listen conan needs a job Job job He's a young man who wants to continue work. He got a 40 million dollars So I'm some crazy number like that pay it was making money before so it wasn't like he needed even 40 million I know he's got a four day a week schedule which by the way for kid to put yourself on the map on TBS he ought to be working a five day a week schedule doesn't sound like No, it does not. It sounds like a guy who just got 40 million dollars and he can coast He should be on Monday through Friday and I doubt they're paying him a lot of money over a TBS. I really do it He wasn't in any position to negotiate So well, they gotta pay him something. Oh sure. I can't have their guy, you know Taking the subway to work. All right, but listen, I'm happy for him You got a job, but you really you know, the guy feels damaged Going it premieres, November 8th at 11 only on TBS very funny Welcome to my 2nd annual first show Oh In the ratings barbarian they're our good buddy Conan O'Brien show premiered Monday night boy Did he woof everyone take that Jay Leno while the ratings jumped in today? I can tell you Conan's new show called Conan drew more than 4 million viewers on its opening night on our sister network TBS that beat the daily show The Colbert Report David Letterman's the Late Show And yes, the show that Conan was done from The Tonight Show Well, people worked very hard to make this space for us We set up a special time-lapse camera in here to record the amazing transformation from what the studio used to look like Into what it looks like now There's just one drawback to being on basic cable, and that's that there are hundreds of channels Ok, and thanks to the whims of local cable providers finding TBS on your dial can vary wildly from town To town. I didn't know that yeah isn't within one town. It's on differences Yeah, and I had I had no idea when I made this deal. I really should have put some thought into this but Thankfully a good friend of mine has come up with a simple little song that's gonna help us all remember where to find TBS Anywhere in the country if we can all memorize this song, we'll be set please welcome my good friend raisin Oh This is a fun rhythm Mentone is either 17 or 62 depending how close to Florida you live Anis 10 is 39 and for Birmingham Here's advice. I give different providers have different rules over either on four five or 16 or 42 49. Yeah anything in between Hey, I get it. This is fun and it's so easy Well then sing along you guys, okay? Ready, here we go Thor's be 3085 Bruton 1857 enterprise Pennington to Columbia 109 piney 107. Those are woods with pine board No excuses, Alabama Well, first of all, I want to thank you for how gracious you've been and how great you've been for You know welcoming us over here to TBS and how that means so much to me in Conan and just this is a wonderful man I always wanted him to come over. So you read things in the press all I wasn't happy. None of that was true, right? I would tell people that's true. I'm happy that he's coming in that you're coming because together We are going to take late night into the future Andy Richter after beyond, baby Were from what I understand you were so eager to have us come over that you actually sabotage just the tonight tradition You were in Jays ear the whole time Whatever, you know, you were you were trying things that were different that we're funny that were innovative things in the studio things outside of The studio. Yeah, so you that's why the fit at TBS and you guys at 11:00 and me at 12? It's two hours of late-night talk that you will not see anywhere on any channel on TV Now maybe there'll be talk shows that actually make people stay awake as opposed to have help them go to sleep god I hope so Jim tell us what your title is. I am a manager of original productions for standards and practices They have standards and practices at Network my understanding when I moved to cable was that there's no standards and practices. Was that a mistake? Yes, I took a big pay cut to come to cable with the understanding that I could pretty much do whatever I wanted and you're saying that that was incorrect incorrect Okay, I can say brass right? Correct. How about bazongas? Yes, the scoliosis twins That makes no sense. Why would you okay that scoliosis is curvature of the spine I guess if you've got really big ones in that scoliosis Sexual positions, I'm gonna fire some slang at you for sexual positions. You tell me if they're okay the old Tokyo sandblaster Have you ever had you ever done the old Tokyo sandblaster Together Conan and I think that we can go into the future late night keeping it young keeping it real Are you doing Conan gonna be doing anything together? Oh, you know we did some promos but the shows are gonna overlap It'll be a little thing where I run over there and he runs over with me. So, okay Before we get started. Could you really quick punch my talkshow card? Because if I get them all then I get a free frozen yogurt See that all bro You know what? I can't man because you didn't get Conan to punch it. Oh, man. I forgot to get him it I got it. Anyway, I got in trouble. I did Sam Jackson's card and they came down on me, bro. All right I mean My next guest is an artist who builds miniature versions of the country's largest roadside attractions and homes What's my card, I'm so sorry. I forgot to get a punch from you. Oh, that's cool Take it easy All right, brother, yeah All I need now is Larry King and I am it's the first time that I've been on your set and it's very nice Conan It's been it's been three weeks. Yes, how are you enjoying? Basic-cable Conan? I like it. I love basic cable. That's great I'm not sure if you're aware of this A+E's Intervention Conan. I want them to know that they're going down if he and I have to become heroin addicts your ass is going down We will do what it takes. We will do what it takes. TLC has a show 19 kids living in a house I'm Latino, but this is by choice The ShamWow guy Is apparently Latino. hi, it's Vince with ShamWow. You'll be saying WOW every time you use this towel. It's like a chamois It's like a towel. It's like a sponge. This is for the house the car the boat they RV All I can say is Sham Wow Anybody who thinks you could clean your whole house with one rag has to be? Has to be a Mexican Who does that? Conan O'Brien would make a good Sham Wow guy Sham Wow the dude is all hyper he's got the hair Hi everybody You were just kind enough to be on my show I'm not used to not having a desk I'm usually how no one wants to see this I am I am 98% leg. That's why I have a desk those fuckers as no one wants to see all those are some tremendous gams. Thank you this is the sad thing and maybe you can relate to this but a lot of comedians we We just want to make people laugh and we're so needy for laughs that will do almost anything I think on the spectrum of comedians I'm on the really sick end Where if someone tells me we've got this idea and we're gonna shoot you with a gun in the shoulder with a real bullet But it's really gonna be funny. I think there's part of me that would say like, how do you think it really? Really like that Yeah, they're very low all y'all just try and shoot me like little took this part over here What if you hit me in the heart Linda let's get you That's it. I'll tell you what. Have you ever are gonna get shot by an audience. This would be the audience that would shoot you People who come together but they applaud violence that's very nice what I hate for wash you up. Oh Man, this is a great idea. I love being on your show. Thank you for how you were you were hilarious and thank you So much for having me here Go find everybody Mr Of the way we were Hey, so in case you didn't hear the news TBS has decided not to renew Lopez tonight, but that's alright You guys see the news unemployment is at an all-time high for Latinos it just got a little higher TBS is cancellation Wednesday of late night series Lopez tonight has also put the spotlight on the ratings Performance of its lien and Conan both series have been declining at roughly the same rate with Lopez registering the same 30 percent declines across demos that Conan has faced when you had the talk show on TBS, right and You were doing great You were averaging about a million. Oh, yeah, let's keep this clear You were on TBS that's not easy to have talk show on TBS and get any kind of rating Okay, your ratings were really good on TBS with like the first year we struggled to get picked up struggled to get picked up and then the second year Your the ask Conan they came to ask me that the guy Steve Koonin over there TBS flies in and he sits in the office And he's like, you know, we have a chance to get Conan. You know, what do you thinking about? What do I think you know, I'm gonna run this company. My understanding was that the George Lopez talk show Yes was doing 140 it was doing well really well and getting a good sized audience. I mean suppose the best An average age of 33, which is remarkable 33 years old And then TBS decides, this is the part. I can't Understand TBS decides they have to have Conan O'Brien. Yes, they have to have them they must have or they lose them to Fox And so that comes out on your ass because what time are you on at 11:00 at 11:00? So they decide they want to put Conan at 11:00. Yes, and in a sense, that's it for me Well, what's kind of funny is that that's what was being done to Conan with Jay Leno. That's right Did you say to call him? What wait a second you taking my job? No, I did not I actually told Conan truth truth I call it. They asked me to call him. So so I called Conan victim I've never I've known Conan. I want you to call Conan tell him that it's a great place to work Even though he's gonna take your time you're slots in my slot And you did that I what the fuck are you doing? You know listen, man? Even they do if you don't if you say no then you're not gonna move then though. You're out that year So you were smart. You said you know what rather than lose my gig I'll move my show to twelve o'clock What do I care? Yeah, but that did you in right? When you move to twelve there's less people watching. His numbers weren't strong at the end of the hour. There's really nobody watching and You know less faces less eyes less rating litora number stronger than Conan's. Yes, isn't that some different right now, even with the 70 million dollars that they spent on Conan. My numbers are better than his do you think? That is a loaded question contraction. We had traction. Why do you think they did that to you? well, I think they wanted Conan and I think you know, they they I'm gonna tell you something. Nobody knows this guy Conan comes into my office. He calls Conan a folk hero Really? Oh, and I said, he said he's a folk hero people love him. And I said, oh, alright. He's a folk hero And I said it and I guess I'm you know, nothing in the Latino community and that's an audience That's not watching fucking TBS. All right, not a folk hero. So I said, okay cool. He's a folk hero listen When when when they don't want you there just write it out as long as as you can go don't you think it's amazing in? Television how when they want you they will build you up to be a god Yes, and then when they decide they're done with you. They will actually put you down and knock you mm you know, you know the thing is the thing is Is that you know, we were very diverse You know why at 50 cent on I had Far East Movement first time bieber's first late-night talk-show Prince was on Janet Jackson was on a very diverse Show and different kind of book had no desk and edgy. You know, we I gave up marijuana brownies We took shots and sometimes I think did you give up marijuana bro? Yeah, you smoked a lot of weed I said no. Not anymore. I did I did it. But anyway, so getting back to TV, so get it back to the TV so We go to the up fronts the second year and Conan is like the guy they extend us they cancel show they extend it and they pick him up - like 2017 People have said that ponen may have actually saved Lopez from cancellation before second season back Onan mandated it for his reputations purposes while some trying to spin Conan's bumping of Lopez tonight to midnight as a demotion for Lopez if Anything it was a life preserver So we know it, you know, we know it's a word like we'll just do the shows that we want to do Let me ask you some is it racism you think because she had the ratings? No, it's not but the embracing its love of its love of white they love each other so much But it doesn't we have the tape. Do you think that's it? Because really what you're describing is Everything our race this is not about race. It's about numbers. It's about money and it's about love of Themselves so I would not I'm not gonna say it's about race, but when you say that it's a love of white No, they love to they're working with each other. So they're in love. So that's a rate So, you know, you're left out of the party cuz your brand no, no. No, I didn't say that. You said that? Sony announced they're doing a sequel to The Smurfs movie So today I lost some work because I'm brown, but also I got some work because I'm blue I just say no. I don't feel it's racism. Was it racism that Jay Leno went and took did to him? No, no, that's the same situation. But but then again, you know Conan went out of year He went on tour he flew around You know lamenting about he'd been fucked over and they gave him a check for forty million dollars. I didn't get shit I got two weeks When they went when you went on @midnight it kind of was the death knell for the show We're having a good time Howard. If you're gonna die die that way I want to take one second talk about something serious today not long ago couple hours ago it was announced that TBS is not renewing George Lopez's show for a third season and I know you do. I have very strong feelings about this and I wanted to talk about it. Had it not been for George Being so incredibly supportive of me a year and a half ago I would not have come to TBS and we would not be doing this show right now I owe that man a lot and frankly. It makes me very sad the TBS and George could not work this out. I Really like the part of a late-night lineup with George and I wish that this could have continued So tonight all of our thoughts are with George and his entire staff and crew We understand believe me how hard this is for all of you and we wish you all the best When they asked me to do a talk show, I wanted it to be inclusive and I wanted it to be fun I want to thank my fans who have followed me from stand up to my sitcom and to Lopez tonight one more time, baby Let's do it. This is it Shane the banished or late night You still watch Conan and you keep in touch with Conan at all, no, you know, I don't you know, he said to me When he called me when I got canceled he called up and said listen man if you ever need anybody to bend to Call me and I'm like dude you got a paycheck for 40 million dollars I'm not gonna vent to you exactly I got 36 hours to get out of the building being all my posters and you know I took my computer. Obviously. I always try to take a computer But but you know, we didn't get the same respect that NBC gave him and he bitched for two years. Yeah I mean I took my hit like a man and I went away So you think Conan do you think Conan was a little soft and how he took that off? Oh, yeah You know act like the world had ended. I've been through a transformative event in the last three and a half months Just really nice. I got screwed give you a big jack man. People lose their jobs all the time I'm not sure really Sam to be completely honest if that was a job that I Would have wanted to do the rest of my life It seems to be a job where you're a lifer, you know, and and it takes so much time that you know I'm enjoying the fact that I can do so many different things animation or being this and being that you know That's what he wants to do. Yeah, it should go to somebody that that's what they want to do So so I think he's in the right place. So he was cool. Yeah, yeah he was very cool I'll be happy if I leave this place with the computer that they gave me Seriously?
