http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/20...sign_conan.jpg
Conan O'Brien ended months of useless speculation Tuesday and officially released the name of his new TBS show: "Conan."
"It's 'Conan,' simple, pure, like the guy himself," O'Brien said in a Youtube video released first to NY Magazine's Vulture blog and TeamCoco.com.
O'Brien, who walked away from NBC's "Tonight" show earlier this year with his pockets full of millions of dollars, will launch his new late-night talker on TBS November 8.
In the video, O'Brien appears behind a desk in a bare office.
"I've still got the beard," he says, "and a pretty crappy office."
He jokes that he spent millions of dollars and had legal and media research teams look into potential names, but ultimately came up with "Conan."
"I got a lot of work to do, it will be great," he says before scurrying off the screen.
O'Brien spent 17 years at NBC, first as host of "Late Night" and then "Tonight," where he left after nine months as host.
His decision to bolt came after NBC officials moved to fix the network’s ailing lineup, which included the failing Jay Leno show at 10 p.m. The initial idea was to move Leno to 11:30 p.m., with a half-hour show leading into "Tonight" with O'Brien as host at midnight.
O'Brien balked and settled on a severance package estimated at $45 million, for he and his staff.
Afterwards he was courted by Fox for a new late night show, but ended up in a deal with TBS, where he'll be paired with George Lopez' "Lopez Tonight."