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Conan O’Brien to End Late-Night Show on TBS, Transition to Weekly Variety Show on HBO Max

O’Brien will transition to the weekly circuit, much like Dave Letterman, another former late-night host has done with Netflix. O’Brien will be at the helm of new variety series for HBO Max and will also continue with his travel specials “Conan Without Borders.”

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Conan O’Brien is leaving the late-night scene as he will be heading to HBO Max. O’Brien has spent the last decade hosting “Conan” on TBS, which will end in June, and before that, he hosted “Late Night” on NBC.

“In 1993, Johnny Carson gave me the best advice of my career: ‘As soon as possible, get to a streaming platform.’ I’m thrilled that I get to continue doing whatever the hell it is I do on HBO Max, and I look forward to a free subscription,” O’Brien said in a statement announcing the move.

Now, O’Brien will transition to the weekly circuit, much like Dave Letterman, another former late-night host has done with Netflix. O’Brien will be at the helm of new variety series for HBO Max and will also continue with his travel specials “Conan Without Borders.”

“Conan’s unique brand of energetic, relatable, and at times, absurdist, comedy has charmed late-night audiences for nearly three decades,” HBO and HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys said. “We can’t wait to see what he and the rest of Team Coco will dream up for this brand new, variety format each week.”

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Joe Scarborough: ‘CNN is a Really Hard Place to Run’

“(Jeff) Zucker is the best of ’em, and I think in time, I think Chris (Licht) will be proven to be the best of ’em, too.”

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Embattled CNN CEO Chris Licht is facing his strongest pushback at the network after an exposé from The Atlantic detailed “the meltdown” at CNN. However, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough is defending his former colleague Monday.

During Morning Joe, which Licht was once the executive producer of, the former congressman said much of the reporting surrounding Licht’s tenure has been inaccurate.

“I mean, listen, I love Jeff Zucker. He’s a friend of ours,” Scarborough said. “He saved my job at NBC more than one or two times, so I’m not mocking Jeff, but this idea that (CNN) was a ratings juggernaut when it just wasn’t before Chris walked through the door? That’s not Jeff’s fault, that’s just bad reporting. It wasn’t. It was in third place.

“You look at when Phil Griffin left, MSNBC was first, Fox was second, and CNN was third. That’s how it was a lot in those final years. Again, not a knock on Jeff at all. CNN is a really hard place to run for the best of ’em. Zucker is the best of ’em, and I think in time, I think Chris will be proven to be the best of ’em, too.”

Scarborough also read a Twitter thread of Licht’s Monday comments to staffers where he took accountability for the damaging remarks he made about CNN before his tenure to The Atlantic.

“That’s exactly what you’d want from somebody that made a mistake,” Scarborough said. “They step forward, they admit the mistake, and say ‘I’m very sorry’. Head down. ‘Let’s get to work’.”

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Chris Licht Tells CNN Staffers ‘I Should Not Be in the News Unless It’s Taking Arrows For You’

The CNN CEO reportedly told employees he would “fight like hell” to win their trust back after making disparaging statements about their work before his tenure began.

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CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht addressed an exposé from The Atlantic that dropped late last week to staffers in a Monday morning meeting.

The profile, authored by Tim Alberta, details the “meltdown” at the network. Alberta spent nearly a year behind the scenes with Licht, who trashed the previous regime’s strategy of covering the 24-hour news cycle and the stances network talents took against former President Donald Trump.

Reaction to the story has been varied, but most observers commented that the piece made Licht look inept and many questioned his future leading the network after it was published.

While speaking to staffers during the Monday morning editorial call, Licht said he spent time thinking about the profile.

“CNN is not about me,” Licht said, according to former CNN media reporter Brian Stelter. “I should not be in the news unless it’s taking arrows for you. Your work is what should be written about.”

The CNN CEO reportedly told employees he would “fight like hell” to win their trust back after making disparaging statements about their work before his tenure began.

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News Media Reacts to Chuck Todd Announcing Meet The Press Exit

Todd has been the subject of much criticism from both sides of the political aisle.

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To end Sunday’s show, NBC News Meet The Press moderator Chuck Todd announced he would exit the show in September after a nine-year run leading the program.

Todd has been the subject of much criticism from both sides of the political aisle. Many have claimed he is too soft on misinformation spread by Republicans, while conservatives have charged that he has shown a liberal bias during his tenure.

Many in the news media world shared their surprise that he was stepping aside, and lauded the decision to replace him with Kristen Welker, who has most recently served as a White House correspondent for NBC.

Welker herself called Todd a “mentor and friend”, and shared she was “humbled and grateful to take the baton and continue to build on the legacy” of the show that debuted in 1947.

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