Sources are saying that Fox is already in negotiations with Conan O’Brien, a mere 3 days after his last show on NBC. Peter Reilly, president of entertainment at Fox, had this to say about Conan: “He’s one of the few guys on the planet who has demonstrated he can do one of these shows every night.”
Fox has not had a late-night talk show since 1993’s The Chevy Chase Show, which lasted 4 weeks. Sources are saying that Fox is unlikely to be the only network after Conan, but that Conan “won’t do anything that is not a high-quality show.”
