FOX has fueled speculation that it will sign exiting Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien to be its new face of late night after the network registered a domain name for the site ConanOnFox.com this week, E! News claims.
As of Tuesday, the site redirects users to a Twitter page which reads “Conan on FOX.”
FOX and its basic cable sister network have previously declared an interest in hiring the presenter for a late-night program in the wake of his recent fallout with NBC. O’Brien is reportedly brokering a deal that could pay the Boston native between $30-$40 million to leave the network and his post at The Tonight Show, allowing Jay Leno to move back to late night TV after a failed jaunt in primetime. Sources tell TMZ that the funnyguy is determined to look out for members of his Tonight Show team and is working to secure severance deals for his entire staff. Under Conan’s current separation agreement, he would have to wait until September before beginning another show on a competing network.