Is Conan OBrien going to move his late night television show to be on Fox?
The peacock ruffled Conan O’Brien’s feathers — and now he’s ready to fly the coop. The “Tonight Show” host feels like the redheaded stepchild of late-night TV after NBC’s abrupt decision to cancel Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. experiment after just five months — and return the car-loving comic to O’Brien’s coveted 11:35 p.m. slot. “This level of sh- – -iness was not expected,” one source said. “He’s done a great job for NBC. He moved his entire staff, he moved his family to LA. And five months later, they repay him like this?” As it stands now, the source said, “Conan would be happier somewhere else.” RED ALERT! “Tonight Show” ratings dived after Conan O’Brien took over. NBC RED ALERT! “Tonight Show” ratings dived after Conan O’Brien took over. The pompadoured host has “many options,” including a move to Fox, which for years has been looking to create its own late-night show. In fact, he has already spoken with Fox, The Wall Street Journal’s Web site reported last night. MICHAEL STARR: NBC: DON
The peacock ruffled Conan O’Brien’ s feathers — and now he’s ready to fly the coop. The “Tonight Show” host feels like the redheaded stepchild of late-night TV after NBC’s abrupt decision to cancel Jay Leno’s 10 p.m. experiment after just five months — and return the car-loving comic to O’Brien’ s coveted 11:35 p.m. slot. “He’s done a great job for NBC. He moved his entire staff, he moved his family to LA. And five months later, they repay him like this?” As it stands now, the source said, “Conan would be happier somewhere else.” options,” including a move to Fox, which for years has been looking to create its own late-night show. In fact, he has already spoken with Fox, The Wall Street Journal’s Web site reported last night. MICHAEL STARR: NBC: DON’T LET DOOR HIT YOU… NBC yesterday said Leno’s 10 p.m. talk show would end on Feb. 11, with the start of the Winter Olympics. Network Chairman Jeff Gaspin confirmed that he was pushing a new late-night arrangement: Leno at 11:35 p.m., ho
No deal has been announced with Fox but TMZ said Fox has registered ConanOnFox.com as a domain. when you click on CONANONFOX.COM, it redirects you to a Twitter page which shows Conan on Fox. You must have a Twitter account to access the page. TMZ later added this update: There are rumblings at Fox that the network did not register the URL. We can’t get anyone to go on the record and say that, but we’re told top bananas are scrambling to figure it out. Conan O’Brien reportedly has reached a deal with NBC that will pay him $32.5 million to buy out his contract and provides and additional $7.5 million for his staff. If Conan does sign a deal with Fox the value of the contract over the next three years would be deducted from the $32.5 million NBC would otherwise ay O’Brien. Sources:
