BREAKING NEWS ALERT!!! Conan is BACK!

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From CNN:

Conan O’Brien will host a new late-night talk show on TBS, the cable TV network says.
 

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Negative Nancy.


This is a genius move by TBS. There will be SO much hype surrounding this that their ratings will go WAY up for a time. Sure, they may drop again, but Conan is pretty strong in the primary demographics and he has a slew of rabid fans who will follow him. But the first few weeks when he face-pounds Leno it'll be sweet, sweet nectar.
 
Yeah and you thought Mystic River was a good movie.

I'll be firmly in Dave's camp. WOOOOOO!!! Coooonaaaannn!!

 
This isn't really a matter of opinion. Conan going to TBS is a bad fit just objectively. The show might still be good, but the network and him don't fit. And his fans never watch TBS, and the people that watch House of Payne and Lopez Tonight REALLY aren't gonna watch Conan past the first episode.
 

Dave

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HoP is not the best lead in for CoCo, I will admit. But TBS WILL get a bump in ratings from this.

My only real worry are those people who still have network access but not cable.
 

Dave

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CONAN HEADED TO TBS!

I'll merge this with the thread I started a couple hours ago on the subject....
 
Oh shit, I had missed the thread.


I'm worried Conan has accepted a deal that's basically going out to pasture to die... Will the internet "scene" even release a talk show that's on TBS? :(
 
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This isn't really a matter of opinion. Conan going to TBS is a bad fit just objectively. The show might still be good, but the network and him don't fit. And his fans never watch TBS, and the people that watch House of Payne and Lopez Tonight REALLY aren't gonna watch Conan past the first episode.
pretty much this. I'm not getting cable just to watch Conan.
 
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Matt²

ahh...umm. ok then.. what shows are ON Tbs that are noteworthy? (Another nail in the coffin?)
 
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Steven Soderburgin

lol, can't wait for this thread to be bumped for about a few days after Conan's new show premiere, and then never be bumped again.
 

Dave

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I'm renaming you & Charlie as Doug & Wendy Whiner.

For Christmas I think I'm getting you guys the Transformers box set.
 
Oh man, I miss Conan every day, but this TBS business has made me more nervous than excited. And its in part thanks to Doug and Wendy Whiner over there. :(
 
Look, I'd love for the new show to be entertaining and funny, but I don't think that's gonna make it not be a failure.

And of course there's no way TBS is gonna cancel it so I think you're safe, Mex
 
Well, Leno's ratings have dropped from last year and are still dropping. Experts predict that by this Christmas he’ll be fighting to get 4.0… this was even before Conan announced his return. I’m willing to give TBS a chance and honestly, Cable is where it’s at! I don’t care about what other people think, I’ll be watching Mondays to Thursdays, every week.


I hope he does well and I hope in 2-3 years that his old network can truly go suck a dick.
 
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