Did Conan O’Brien Take a Cue From CNN?

By Alex Weprin 

Well well well, look at this little piece of corporate synergy.

Yesterday late night host Conan O’Brien announced the name of his new TBS show on YouTube. The video has Conan sitting at a desk, writing down the name on a piece of paper and showing it to the camera:

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If it looked a little familiar, that’s because there was another host from the Turner Broadcasting System family that announced the name of their show online, sitting at a desk, writing it on a piece of paper:


Yes, CNN’s own John King in March of this year.

Et tu, Coco?

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