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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 that's -- >> larry: conan has money. >> yeah that's pretty good for basic cable. not so bad. >> larry: what about where he's going to do the show from, lynnette? >> right now they're saying he'll number l.a. so he'll be able to retain that staff that he had before. the key is, where? a sweet openingalt the universal lot where he shot his last show. >> larry: could rent from nbc. >> that would ...

>> larry: back in january, conan said he wouldn't move "the tonight show" back 30 minutes so jay leno could start at 11:30. here's how george lopez joked about that at the time. >> conan o'brien sent a letter saying he wouldn't move to 12:05 to make room for jay leno at 11:35, which i don't 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 a half hour later? >> you know, i'm not surprised. i think having a lead-in like conan is goin...

♪ just can't wait to get on the road again ♪ >> larry: and now with willie on friday night -- that's going to be fun. two great songwriters told meet other day he's the best singer alive, willie nelson. bill carter, he's with the "new york times" national media reporter. he's in eugene, oregon, because tonight conan o'brien's tour starts. it's titled "legally prohibited from being funny on television tour." kicks off tonight. first time conan's ever done standup in theaters. lynnette rice is senior writer with "entertainment weekly," and lauren sanchez is correspondent for "extra." okay wh...

Currently occupies that 11:00 time slot. but it's 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 doesn't say something sexy as saying you're working for a broadcast network like fox. and this deal wouldn't 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 the 11:00 time slots. but it's cool. because if you look at somebody like john stewart or stephen ...

Hits have been basketball. >> that's 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 he's 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 it to you, lynnette? is "entertainment weekly," going to cover with this? >> absolutely. we try t...