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For him. >> larry: a great audience? >> yeah a huge audience and another big thing for conan going to, as he said basic cable, "extra" has learned his budget for the show is the same as it was at nbc. so thats -- >> larry: conan has money. >> yeah thats pretty good for basic cable. not so bad. >> larry: what about where hes going to do the show from, lynnette? >> right now theyre saying hell number l.a. so hell be able to retain that staff that he had before. the key is, where? a sweet openingal...

>> larry: back in january, conan said he wouldnt move "the tonight show" back 30 minutes so jay leno could start at 11:30. heres how george lopez joked about that at the time. >> conan obrien sent a letter saying he wouldnt move to 12:05 to make room for jay leno at 11:35, which i dont understand, because latinos have no problems to be told to come into work a half hour later! right? >> larry: all right, are you surprised, lynnette rice that george lopez completely agreed with in move to go back...

♪ just cant wait to get on the road again ♪ >> larry: and now with willie on friday night -- thats going to be fun. two great songwriters told meet other day hes the best singer alive, willie nelson. bill carter, hes with the "new york times" national media reporter. hes in eugene, oregon, because tonight conan obriens tour starts. its titled "legally prohibited from being funny on television tour." kicks off tonight. first time conans ever done standup in theaters. lynnette rice is senior w...

Currently occupies that 11:00 time slot. but its a win-win for everyone. tbs, conan and george who has a successful show but now will have the lead in of conan. >> larry: and tbs in 95% of the homes. lynnette, what do you make of this? >> on paper it probably doesnt say something sexy as saying youre working for a broadcast network like fox. and this deal wouldnt have been made possible had they been able to work a deal with fox. fox had the problem of trying to convince the stations to clear th...

Hits have been basketball. >> thats right. and that will help conan, too. it will give him exposure. >> larry: have you interviewed phil kent? tbs answers him in all of the nomenclature in all of this. has he given you the information for the story? >> i spoke with steve koonan, head of turner entertainment. he met with conan personally and of course hes also the guy who talked to george lopez and said to george, this is a good job to move back an hour, and george agreed. >> larry: so how big is...

Sent back alone a plane back to russia after his adoptive mom had enough of him. whos to blame here, next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. conan obrien is back in the late-night game announcing today that hell have his own show on tbs beginning in november. we should note that tbs owned by time warner, cnns parent company. so conan and i are now working for the same people. as is george lopez, who currently occupies the 11:00 p.m. time slot. hell move to midnight. and hes happy to d...