LOS ANGELES — Conan O'Brien has found a new home.
The 46-year-old comedian will return to late-night television with a new show on TBS, the cable network revealed Monday.
"In three 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," the former Tonight Show host joked in a statement.
O'Brien's hour-long, yet-to-be-titled show is expected to debut in November. It will air Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m., shifting Lopez Tonight to a midnight time slot. The comic began talks in earnest with TBS just last week, after George Lopez personally called him to ask that he consider joining the network's late-night line-up.
"I can't think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in," Lopez said. "It's the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy."
By adding O'Brien to the mix, TBS has fully entered a competition traditionally dominated by the major broadcast networks.
"Conan has been the comedic voice for a generation. TBS already has a huge audience of young comedy lovers, and Conan's show will give these fans even more reasons to watch our network," said Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks.
O'Brien famously left his Tonight Show gig in January after NBC sought to move his program back a half-hour to accommodate Jay Leno.
The funnyman is currently touring the United States and Canada with his live show dubbed the Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.
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