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Of trying to be funny, they were more interested in pushing a political agenda. I was never as comfortable with comedy where i needed to make a point about something, so i always thought that when trump came along, what a lot of people have to revert to is, doesnt he saw . I hate that guy. [bleep]. And those arent jokes. So i think it is just, you know, im really going Out On A Limb here saying that is his greatest crime. [laughs] i think he has hurt political comedy by being so outlandish himself. Jeanine and bill maher is no stranger to taking on the woke mob. The leftwing comic is also taki...

Through wthis whole thing, hey, it's just a business. well, people of that caliber talent, they want to go where they can love their work and work with people that appreciate them. >> and that's the big advantage that cable tv has never network. network, at the end of the day, still with its lower audience numbers, has to please a much bigger crowd than cable ever has to. look at what conan is coming into. he's going to follow "family guy" and "the office." you couldn't ask for a better audience than the lead-in he's going to get from those two shows. if he would have been hat fox, who knows w...

Hollywood. three, it never would have happened without the blessing of george lopez. "extra" learned that lopez called conan personally and said do this deal. i'm okay with it. because as you just said, he 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. what do you make of this? zbln paper, it doesn't look as 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 wor...

And, frankly, there's no difference today between cable and network, is there? it's either channel 14 or channel 100. >> for the most part. tbs is in 80% of homes which is basically full coverage. frankly, more than conan would have had at fox to begin w that's appealing for him. you're right. it's true that cable is an equalizer. and now also people watch -- especially the young audience -- are watching online. conan will be accessible as he was on the network. >> larry: are you betting, bill that, he'll do very well at 11:00? >> you know, i'm sure he's going to do well. it's going to be hard...

The first night of conan's two-month nationwide comedy tour. lyn et rice is here, senior writer for entertainment weekly, and lauren sanchez returns, correspondent for "extra." here is how conan o'brien made the announcement today. he said, "the good news, i'll be doing a show on tbs start unwilling november. the bad news: i'll be playing rudy on the all new cosby show." by the way, bill cosby will be here tomorrow night. okay, lauren, what happened here? >> well, you know what? it's gay day to be conan o'brien, obviously. he inked a deal with tbs that will pay him $10 million a year and, by t...