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Conan O'Brien Mulls Move to CNBC


Struggling NBC-owned cable network CNBC is currently in talks to get second runs of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. CNBC wants to air Late Night a day after it airs on NBC, most likely at 10 pm, starting next month. Sources tell The Biz that the channel is just waiting for O'Brien to sign off on the deal.

Moving Late Night into prime time would likely mean the mercy killing of McEnroe, the train wreck of a talk show with former tennis star John McEnroe. Ratings for McEnroe have occasionally been too low for Nielsen to measure. CNBC will also have an opening at 7 pm when the Washington-based talk show Capital Report goes away, but we're betting on 10 pm.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

 

[Escape Goat]

McEnroe-who?

 

[Drozmight]

More Conan is good!

 

[Malleymal]

Conan O'wned??? maybe , no ? ok.. nevermind..

 

[xsarien]

Conan O'wned??? maybe , no ? ok.. nevermind..

McEnrowned

 

[Malleymal]

McEnrowned

TOuche`

 

[Dan]

Are Conan reruns not on Comedy Central any more?

 

[VistraNorrez]

No Conan is no longer on CC, which sucks, so I'm happy if this is true.

On a sidenote, McEnroe's show films close to my school and we were supossed to go to a taping of his sometime next month. Looks like it won't happen now. The people are really disorganized over there, they tried to schedule us on a day they don't even film, apparantly. Oh well, didn't care about the show, just wanted to miss class.

 

[mightynine]

YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!

Heh.

 

[luxsol]

Didn't CNBC used to run Conan in the afternoons like this two or so years ago?

 

[theo]

game. set. match. o'brien.

i think mcenroe had an unforced error, as in he couldn't force anyone to watch his show

 

[Socreges]

Ratings for McEnroe have occasionally been too low for Nielsen to measure.