NBC Picks Up O'Brien's New Show
Just a week after his last episdoe of "The Tonight Show"
Accoding to The Hollywood Reporter, Conan O'Brien has a new project with NBC, tentatively and ironically titled "Justice" at the moment. NBC picked up the show very recently from O'Brien's company, Conaco.
"Justice" was written by Jon Eisendrath, an experienced writer in the TV drama field. With episodes written for shows like "Beverly Hills, 90210," "K-Ville" and "Alias," it should be interesting to see how O'Brien and Eisendrath work together on this show.
The show itself is said to be a new take on a law show, centered around an ex-Supreme Court justice who quits to start his own law practice, with a "larger-than-life" protagonist. Sort of like a lawyer version of Dr. House, one might imagine O'Brien and Eisendrath will both be executive producing, with Conaco's Jeff Ross and David Kissinger also expected to produce.
While O'Brien will probably not stay on for the actual run of the show, it would be the final kick in the pants for Leno if , on his way out, O'Brien left NBC with a new hit show.
