Conan O'Brien To Announce Name Of New TBS Show TODAY

UPDATE: Conan has confirmed the name and premiere date of his new TBS show on New York Magazine's pop culture blog Vulture as well as his Team CoCo web site. And the name? "Conan." Just "Conan." It will premiere on TBS this November 8, 2010.

In a video shot inside Conan's strikingly bare office (which he calls "crappy") he explains how he's been bombarded with questions about the show. Then, after the obligatory drumroll, he held up a white piece of paper on which he had scrawled "Conan."

"Conan. Simple. Pure, like the man himself," Conan said

Vulture's show insiders say that "O'Brien and team pretty much settled on the name weeks ago." While the name is certainly not a surprise, it does conflict with previous information from The Hollywood Reporter that "Conan" wasn't available. Vulture addressed this misconception, saying "One stumbling block could have been the Conan the Barbarian franchise, which has included comics, books, films and, in 1997, a short-lived TV series called Conan. But now, it's clear that all issues have been worked out."

WATCH:

PREVIOUSLY: Yesterday on Twitter, Conan O'Brien hinted that today, Wednesday Sept. 1, will be the day he announces the name of his new series on TBS. The tweet, shown below, jokes that he would have named the show yesterday had it not been for the fact that "The Return Of Nanny McPhee" was already taken.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that one name won't likely be in play: "Conan." It turns out, "A company called Conan Properties International owns the trademark. It has been using the title in connection with promoting the Conan the Barbarian films for decades."

Conan reportedly negotiated with NBC to use his name in the title of another show, so we're curious to see what he comes up with. Whether it's something as simple as "The Conan Show," or an elaborate joke, like many we're just happy to see him getting back on the air.

Check back later today for an update if Conan follows through with his plans to announce the name, which will likely happen again via Twitter.

Comments

[magnetplanner]

08:46 AM on 09/05/2010

Looks like he is still in self-pity mode. He's going to continue to do it his way to prove that it was circumstances (e.g., poor lead-in ratings from Leno's show) that killed his stint on The Tonight Show. If he really wants to compete and win viewers he might want to broaden the appeal of his humor with a few new writers.

[whyus]

09:18 PM on 09/03/2010

Pardon me while I yawn.

[MichaelMC]

04:30 PM on 09/03/2010

Ruh-roh. Not a particularly auspicious start.

[olddognewtrick]

03:58 PM on 09/03/2010

Trump In The Front?

[Village]

03:20 PM on 09/03/2010

He's not having this show taken away from him and given to another. They can't give away a show with him name on it.

[Tom Sutpen]

01:01 PM on 09/04/2010

Uhhh . . . the full title of that catastrophe was 'The Tonight Show, with Conan O'Brien'

Just for the record.

[Habiby Johnson]

08:07 AM on 09/05/2010

your a f aa --g bro. Why are you doing your best to somehow demein Conan's popularity/success in all your post. Noone cares about you

[moop]

11:55 AM on 09/07/2010

Isnt there a thread where you could be licking Jay Lenos boots?

[Lee Hartgrave]

02:39 PM on 09/03/2010

So, now Conan O'Brien is no longer Irish. He has dropped the last name, because he wants to get away from that Irish thing on his new show. Question: Is he going to get a face transplant also? Maybe something Italian might look nice. Lee Hartgrave - Humorist.

[TheFreedThinker]

04:37 PM on 09/03/2010

Humorist isn't your profession is it?

[KingofChing]

01:16 PM on 09/03/2010

Nobody cares and nobody's going to watch his moronic show.

[rhomsky]

06:21 PM on 09/03/2010

Wow! Nobody? You are already winning, I read and replied to your post. Go Team KingChing!

[Theatrixnyc]

11:53 AM on 09/04/2010

Especially the unemployed writers from The Tonight Show, with Jay Leno.

[Bat Wrangler]

02:22 AM on 09/03/2010

It's such a hard name to remember. Sarah Palin might have trouble with it.

[cookerman45]

02:07 AM on 09/03/2010

Nothing New.

[HoldenLitgo]

02:02 AM on 09/03/2010

Good name. Though O'Brien would work, too.

[3x10p8]

10:16 PM on 09/02/2010

He's done, he just doesn't know it yet.

[Tom Sutpen]

01:18 AM on 09/03/2010

Depends on what you mean by 'done.'

[Theatrixnyc]

11:53 AM on 09/04/2010

Done with that c r a p network that is NBC.

[unami]

07:20 PM on 09/02/2010

Left To The Wolves: Irish victims of NBC terror

[1other1]

04:30 PM on 09/02/2010

Ho hum.

[d45]

04:04 PM on 09/02/2010

How about Extreme Hair Makeover?

[unami]

07:22 PM on 09/02/2010

I hear ya, enough with the hair already-DO SOMETHING with it. Try gel. Tenax was great.

[cookerman45]

02:08 AM on 09/03/2010

i just wish he was funnier.

[rhomsky]

06:23 PM on 09/03/2010

Totally off of the topic but your avatar/pic is really weird and creepy.

[bmcadams]

03:25 PM on 09/02/2010

why does the headline on the comedy home page say "internet shrugs" but there's no mention of what that's supposed to mean in the article? i'm assuming it means there wasn't a huge amount of interest (i.e. web traffic) to the youtube video, but why put something so snarky like that in the headline and then ignore it completely in the article? it's a credibility issue.

[Habiby Johnson]

07:56 AM on 09/05/2010

There wasnt a huge amount of traffic due to a youtube error that kept the video views at like 200 even though many more had seen it. I know this cos i watched it on the day it came out and heaps of comments pointed out that fact