TBS to Test Late-Night Entry With Pete Holmes

Comedy series to air after 'Conan' for four weeks in fall

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/26/2013 1:08:25 PM

TBS is filling out its late-night lineup, on Tuesday announcing a four-week test run of a new untitled comedy series starring comedian Pete Holmes after Conan this fall.

The half-hour series will air Monday through Thursday at midnight and be taped before a live studio audience, featuring sketches, short films, live comedy, field pieces and in-studio guests. Conan O'Brien will executive produce the series through his Conanco LLC banner along with Jeff Ross, David Kissinger, Nick Bernstein and Dave Rath.

Holmes hosts the You Made It Weird podcast, which has received almost six million downloads, starred in a series of Batman parodies on CollegeHumor and provides the voice of the e*trade baby.

The post-Conan slot has been empty of original programming since TBS pulled the plug on George Lopez's talker Lopez Tonight in August 2011.