A news by 4usnews:His opening monologue, as expected, revolved around his unceremonious departure from the role he wants to NBC for many years, and his arrival in TBS, whose lineup includes old sitcoms like “The King of Queens” and “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
“Welcome to my new show. It’s called” Conan “,” the bearded 47-year-old comic told the sound Burbank stone’s throw from his former employer. “People ask me why I named the show” Conan. “I did so, I would be more difficult to replace.
“It’s a stormy night,” he added. “I am very pleased that the cable … The truth, ladies and gentlemen, I dreamed of being host a talk show on basic cable since I was 46.
“And everything will be very good, I am pleased to report right now … that we are already number 1 in the key demographic TBS’s -.. People who can not afford HBO”
seven months O’Brien in “The Tonight Show” ended in January on the background of unsuccessful repair of programming on NBC, who appointed his successor, Jay Leno a few years earlier.
Leno was given a variety show, which aired weeknights at 10 pm, but his low ratings are outraged branch network. The struggling network have decided to restore Leno to his old slot of 11:35 pm and O’Brien declined offers to follow him half an hour. He received $ 45 million exit deal, and it was announced in April that it would begin a new show on TBS.
He spent the enforced break, nursing his wounds, starting a national tour comedy, and basking in anger directed at NBC on behalf of their fans.
TBS show followed the traditional format: O’Brien delivered one-liners in the studio audience repaired to the table where he cracked wise with his longtime sidekick Andy Richter against the lunar conditions, and then interview a couple of actors on the promotional trail, Seth Rogen and Michelle Lee.
Somewhat unusual, he graduated to show by strapping on a guitar and sang along with the White Stripes frontman Jack White on the cover of Eddie Cochran’s “Twenty Flight Rock”.
Running pre-revealed gag depicted O’Brien Time machine guns – “The Godfather”-style – from assassins NBC.
Another showed him a little on the trail in search of work. His first interview with Don Draper, the 1960′s advertising drama “Mad Men”, goes bad, when the executive tells him: “This is 1965 and you’re two years.” Jobs at Burger King and the Clown as a party of children also go wrong. Finally, TBS offers him a contract that promises to pay him “substantially less”. O’Brien was happy to characters.
In fact, O’Brien reportedly earning at least $ 10 million a year on TBS, comparable to the one he made on NBC. Syndication and foreign sales also increase his salary....
