An end date for Conan O'Brien's talk show has been set.
The host will be bringing his late-night show to a close on June 24, marking the end of an 11-year run on TBS, the cable network announced Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It is not goodbye forever, though. O'Brien's travel specials, "Conan Without Borders," will continue to be produced and he also will be joining a new variety series on HBO Max.
"In 1993, Johnny Carson gave me the best advice of my career: 'As soon as possible, get to a streaming platform,'" O'Brien said when news of the new series first emerged. "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."
Over the next few weeks, "Conan" will feature a lineup of special guests. The show will conclude with a grand hour-long finale.
"We are winding down our TBS show," O'Brien said at the start of Monday's show. "The plan is to re-emerge on HBO Max sometime in the near future with I think what will be my fourth iteration of the program. Imagine a cooking show with puppets, and you'll have the wrong idea."
O’Brien also explained to viewers why he had decided to exit the show.
"Some of you are wondering why am I doing this? Why end things here at TBS?" he said, according to The New York Times. "And I’ll tell you: because a very old Buddhist monk once told me that to pick something up, you must first put something down."
O’Brien added, “And so what I’d like is I’d like these last couple of weeks to be a fond look back at all the absurd madness that my team and I have concocted. Best of all, I just want to point out, there will be shockingly few, if any, references to Donald Trump because that’s always been my favorite kind of comedy."
O'Brien has worked as a late-night host for 28 years. Upon David Letterman's retirement in 2015, he became the longest working of all current late-night talk show hosts in the U.S., according to CBS News. He previously worked as a writer and producer on various TV shows and briefly hosted "Late Night" on NBC in 1993.
"28 years is a monumental achievement in late-night television," said Brett Weitz, General Manager for TNT, TBS and truTV. "We’re incredibly proud of the groundbreaking work that Conan and his team have accomplished during the 10 years at TBS and are so glad that we will continue to have his presence on our air with the 'Conan Without Borders' specials. We celebrate his success and are glad to see it grow across our WarnerMedia family."
"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," added Casey Bloys, chief content officer for HBO and HBO Max.
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