“The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I’ll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show,” Conan O’Brien, 46, tweeted.
 
O’Brien’s assumed move to Fox was highly anticipated. That being said, his shift to TBS raises the network’s profile considerably. Fox had expressed interest in nabbing O’Brien in order to win a spot amidst the crowded late-night field, but most affiliates air syndicated programs in the 11 p.m. timeslot.
 
In an earlier statement, O’Brien said, “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.”
 
As of right now, the presently untitled hour-long show will debut in November at 11/10c after the World Series. It will be airing Monday through Thursday. O’Brien’s show will be followed by George Lopez’s Lopez Tonight, which airs in that timeslot currently and has averaged over 1.2 million viewers in its first season alone.
 
He entered negotiations with TBS last week after Lopez called and asked him to join the network’s late-night lineup. In a statement, Lopez said, “I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in. It’s the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy.”
 
O’Brien, who hosted Late Night for 16 years, started The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (what he called his dream job) on June 1st of last year. He brought in lower numbers than Jay Leno had, in part because The Jay Leno Show provided a weaker lead-in than the 10 p.m. programming it replaced. And this January, NBC decided to move Leno back to 11:35 with a 30-minute show. It was to be followed by O’Brien at 12:05 a.m. But their plan backfired when the Late Night man chose to walk. He has since said that it was “the hardest thing I have ever had to do.”
 
Under the terms of his $45 million exit deal, O’Brien is required to remain off the air until September. Since his departure from CBS, the star has kept busy on Twitter and in planning his live comedy tour, the aptly named Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, which kicks off next Monday.