In a surprising twist, former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien announced this morning that he would be joining TBS this fall for his new talk show, reports EW.com. The 11 p.m. show on the cable network will premiere in November.

Since O’Brien first declared that he wouldn’t allow his show to be pushed back by NBC’s line-up change and then left the network with a $45-million buyout, there has been an immense of speculation as to where the comedian would take his talents to. Until recently, FOX had been in talks with O’Brien, but late last week realized the complexities of fitting in a show with O’Brien into their affiliates’ programming.

TBS just began talking to O’Brien last week. Their plan was to fit O’Brien in at the 11 p.m. slot. However, according to MSNBC, O’Brien was unwilling to consider pushing George Lopez’s show to a later time slot, especially when it was the same situation which led to his own exit from NBC. Lopez, however, then reportedly called O’Brien to express his interest in having O’Brien become part of the TBS family.

O’Brien’s new currently unnamed show will air starting in November on Mondays through Thursdays right before Lopez’s show. At the moment “Coco” is touring the country in his “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour.”

O’Brien tweeted the news to his followers this morning. What are fans of the “I’m With Coco” campaign saying? Will tweeps be watching?

1. 
   ConanOBrien The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I’ll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show.
2. 
   Ldr223 George L. was nice enough to move to midnight in Nov. for Conan O’Brien on TBS but Conan couldn’t move to midnight for Jay L. at all??
3. 
   imonmymac I’m with CoCo! – CNN: Conan O’Brien takes late night show to TBS – http://on.cnn.com/c4I1pt
4. 
   jazzygal4U @georgelopez TBS must have lost their brains..Conan O’Brien a waste of time and money!!!!! He is on Before or After your show????

1. 
   dreamsartist65 CONAN O’BRIEN TBS 11PM??? NOOOO!!!!! WE WANT LOPEZ TONIGHT FOREVER 11PM!!!!
2. 
   RedShinyButton I am glad that Conan O’Brien is a top trending topic. He finally has his own show back. And I am going to see him next week live!
3. 
   joshypoo59 Conan o brien on tbs. Hell yea.atta boy conan. We miss you. Welcome back to late night.
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   explicit_joy I’m glad the O’ Brien-TBS deal happened because I miss my Conan! I’m not psyched about TBS, but 11p is a perfect slot – 11:35p was too late!

1. 
   cARTHAN Conan O’brien going up against The Daily Show in the 11th hour. Curios.
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   lizbluth <3 coco n mifflin Rt @funnyordie: The Office & Conan O’Brien are both on TBS. NBC must stand for “Now Basic Cable”
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   Rachyque Setting my TiVo now for Conan O’Brien’s new show.
4. 
   KFussell Guess TBS late night just got legit? RT @TedOnTV: Did not see that coming RT @THR: Conan O’Brien heading to TBS http://bit.ly/d4jnkQ

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