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Xbox Live Was In Talks With Conan O'Brien

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by Matthew Kato on February 07, 2011 at 09:30 AM

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After Conan O'Brien's fallout with NBC, everyone was wondering where he was heading. Apparently he considered working with Microsoft on an Xbox Live program as part of a possible strategy to feature original TV content over the service.

Gamesutra's Chris Morris reports on a CES panel he was moderating that featured Jeff Ross, Conan's executive producer. The two sides were in talks for an Xbox Live show, but Ross says that the whole thing was too amorphous for Conan's liking. "The Xbox thing – a lot of the conversations were, 'Well, it's a show, but it's not a show and there are no breaks, but maybe there are breaks and it's not 60 minutes, it's this...' and nobody really knew what it was. So it was really going to be a leap of faith to jump in with these guys and figure out something out which we didn't know."

Ultimately, Conan decided to stay with TV and sided with cable network TBS. However, Morris says that Microsoft has plans to deliver TV content over Live via a subscription model, but the plans are still being worked on.

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by bolter13 Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:03 AM

Good choice by Conan.
by Prince of Snark Euphoric Ennui I Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:05 AM

I never really found him to be all that humorous. That tv idea sounds okay, so long as Microsoft can compete with netflix
by Blake Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:09 AM

I have never watched any of the late night talk shows, but I hear Conan is good. I just use Netflix and Hulu for my shows now.
by Dean Marchese Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:11 AM

I agree with another in saying good move on Conan's part. Although I do love both Conan and Xbox oh so very much.
by LuckyArcade Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:32 AM

Well I use a Roku box anyway, but I'm sure if xbox did start showing tv, and if they did it well, it would be big.
by Steven Tilton Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:33 AM

Slow news day? This news is beyond old. Like, 7-8 months old.
by Zoidberg Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:35 AM

Oh.....ok....so how bout that local sports team?
by I Smell Funyuns Monday, February 07, 2011 at 10:39 AM

I think this was a good idea by Conan but I think that a made for series made solely for streaming (netflix/hulu/xbox live) could be very succesful.

I would like to think that M$ came in a bit more prepared than Conan's exec. producer let on though.
by Jeremy J. Fee Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:05 AM

I think he made the right choice sticking with TV.
by highrishman420 Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:15 AM

"via a subscription model." So they want to throw another subscription in there? I must say, XBL is just too corporate for my tastes. Ads galore. Just my opinion.
by desertcombat06 Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:36 AM

If you want funny, watch Craig Ferguson after Letterman.
by farlus Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:45 AM

This had the potential to be good but I think he's more of a TV guy. Maybe some specials could be aired on X-Box still.
by sealsaa Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:48 AM

Meh. I don't think he's funny. I'd rather have John Stewart.
by FreshBubble Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:50 AM

Another way for XBOX to make money. It's all about the quick buck.
by Marky360 Monday, February 07, 2011 at 11:58 AM

I think staying on TV was a better move for Conan anyway. Having a show solely on Xboxlive would have greatly limited his audience and would have been a terrible deal plus there's no doubt M$ would have required a gold membership to view the show which would have limited his audience further.
by LazerNarwhal Monday, February 07, 2011 at 01:08 PM

Conan is awesome! I think if you had your show on some sort of XBOX TV network it wouldn't work at all...
by Tanooki Monday, February 07, 2011 at 01:10 PM

Interesting that it was being considered, but I'm glad it didn't happen. Either way, at least he's back. The guy belongs on TV.
by McCola Monday, February 07, 2011 at 01:50 PM

I think Conan made the right choice.
by Dreski83 Monday, February 07, 2011 at 02:21 PM

I really something like this never takes shape on Live... their own lil show segments are good enough.
by Joe Padlo Monday, February 07, 2011 at 02:23 PM

Conan made the right choice but it sounds like Xbox Live crew had no idea what they really wanted...