Rupert Murdoch said it's up to Fox Broadcasting to make a case that a late-night show hosted by Conan O'Brien can make money. The issue for Fox is getting time in late night from its affiliate
stations to carry O'Brien. Currently, the Fox affiliates and the Fox-owned TV stations carry reruns of sitcoms in that hour that have proven highly lucrative.
O'Brien walked away from
his NBC's "The Tonight Show" gig last month after the network decided to move the show from 11:35 p.m. Murdoch said the programmers at Fox Broadcasting -- Peter Rice and Kevin Reilly need to "show us
we can do it and be fairly confident of making a profit."
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