TBS is shortening Conan to 30 minutes come 2019, but Conan O’Brien thinks the change will only strengthen his show.

Conan O’Brien has been on the air for over two decades, and his talk shows have always taken the traditional one-hour format. So it is surprising to see TBS cut the show in half just as the show embarks on the final three years of its current renewal. However, while some might see this as a frustrating new change, O’Brien himself welcomes the new format.

As The Hollywood Reporter explains, O’Brien’s show boasts the youngest audience of any talk show on the air, as well as an impressive viewership online with more than 3.4 billion views. In the show’s new, streamlined format, Conan writers will be able to focus on creating content that the audiences love, as well as lean into their digital content.

This change has been over a year in the making, so what will it look like in a practical sense? Essentially, come January 2019, the show will continue to air new episodes 4 nights a week with the shortened run time. The show will keep some of the talk show elements, but will also include features that O’Brien has been doing for the past 25 years.

Though the specifics of the show structure is still being worked out, to O’Brien, this will create a much stronger show. He’s tried out a lot of unique and out-of-the-box concepts like his Conan Without Borders series, that gets him out of the studio and allows the show to breathe a bit more. This new concept would invite more flexibility into the show, as well as allow O’Brien to lean into a bit that is really working, without feeling like he had to stretch it to fit a one-hour show.

The late-night landscape is changing, and O’Brien is ready to change with it. As he told THR, “Conan Without Borders opened my eyes significantly. At this stage, I want to do much more of what I love and am passionate about and what resonates with fans—especially online—and do less of what I inherited because that’s what I was handed in 1993.”

We’re excited to see what is next for the late-night host, and we’re glad to see he’s open to evolving to meet modern talk show viewers.