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Conan now at TBS, video preview

By April MacIntyre Sep 1, 2010, 18:15 GMT

US television personality Conan O\'Brien and wife Liza Powell O\'Brien, Conan now at TBS - EPA/PAUL BUCK

TBS scores with Team Coco's Conan O'Brien, who announced the name of his upcoming show simply as "Conan."

O'Brien's third late-night show will simply be titled Conan when he returns to television Monday, Nov. 8, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT) on TBS.

Conan O'Brien added, "I'm just using Conan and dropping the O'Brien because I want to get away from the whole Irish thing."

A Harvard grad, O'Brien helmed the Lampoon and wrote for television series icons Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.

From TBS:

It was from there that he was championed by Lorne Michaels to host Late Night with Conan O'Brien, where he combined his talents as a writer, performer and interviewer from 1993 to 2008.

The two-time host of The Primetime Emmy Awards then took over the reins of The Tonight Show. O'Brien recently concluded touring the United States and Canada with his live show, Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.

Conan will originate from Stage 15 at Warner Bros. Studios and will be produced by Conaco LLC. Jeff Ross is the executive producer.