If you thought that Conan O'Brien was legally prohibited from appearing on television, you were right. But if you thought that meant that George Lopez could not use his likeness in bits recycled straight from NBC, you were wrong. Until Conan makes his cable debut in November, expect more of those pilfered segments and Desi-Lucille comparisons ("A Latino and a redhead. It's worked before. Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. [We'll be a] same-sex Lucy and Ricky!"). Click through to see George Lopez kick off the LOCO fanfare, Kevin "Kev" Eubanks break up with Jay Leno, and the other highlights you missed from last night's afterhours programming.
5. Fixing Fred Willard's Door Frame
After Jimmy Kimmel took a few monologue shots at his Tonight Show foe last night ("Conan O'Brien today announced that he will not go to Fox, he will instead move his show to a cable channel, TBS. And then later today, Jay Leno also announced that he will be moving to TBS."), he threw to this segment featuring comic master Fred Willard.
4. Methbusting
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston stopped by the Daily Show last night to dust off his Seinfeld and Spicoli impressions and shop his fictional memoir.
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3. Find the Leno Dig!
While Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert did not address the Conan TBS announcement head-on, the Colbert Report host managed to fit one Leno insult into his piece a Justice Stevens replacement.
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2. So Long Kev
While George Lopez was setting off monologue fireworks over at TBS, Jay Leno was having "the talk" with his Tonight Show bandleader. And no, Conan's name did not come up once on last night's show.
1. Team LOCO
If you thought that Lopez Tonight was a party before, you had not seen Lopez Tonight in full Conan-excitement mode. The TBS late night host really could not be happier about his new lead-in.