{"id":568372,"date":"2026-04-06T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568372\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:07:08","slug":"cbs-has-found-its-late-show-replacement-from-byron-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/568372\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Has Found Its \u2018Late Show\u2019 Replacement from Byron Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAfter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert_1\" data-tag=\"the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/a> ends \u2014\u00a0as in, one day after \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/cbs\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cbs_1\" data-tag=\"cbs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS<\/a> will usher in its next era of late night programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe network will air Comics Unleashed With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/byron-allen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_byron-allen_1\" data-tag=\"byron-allen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Byron Allen<\/a> in the 11:35 p.m. beginning May 22, followed by another Allen-produced series, the comedy game show Funny You Should Ask, at 12:35 a.m. The Late Show will sign off on May 21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tComics Unleashed has been airing in the later spot this season and also aired there during the 2023 writers\u2019 and actors\u2019 strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNotably \u2014 especially for CBS\u2019 bottom line \u2014 Allen is buying time from the network to air the two shows, with his company, Allen Media Group, selling the available ad spots in the two hours. The change will likely see CBS turn a profit in late night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI created and launched Comics Unleashed 20 years ago so my fellow comedians could have a platform to do what we all love \u2014 make people laugh,\u201d Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group, said in a statement. \u201cI truly appreciate CBS\u2019 confidence in me by picking up our two-hour comedy block of Comics Unleashed and Funny You Should Ask, because the world can never have enough laughter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAllen has publicly expressed his interest in the 11:35 spot. \u201cLet me be clear \u2026 if they are looking for a show, my hand is already up,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/byron-allen-wants-stephen-colbert-late-show-cbs-timeslot-1236396456\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Allen said<\/a> in October 2025, two and a half months after CBS announced it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/cbs-ending-late-show-stephen-colbert-2026-1236319194\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ending The Late Show<\/a>. \u201cFifty years I have been waiting for this moment, definitely I am going for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tComics Unleashed, hosted by Allen, features a group of comedians doing short sets on topics provided by Allen. The show is something of a hybrid between a talk show and a stand-up showcase. Jon Kelley hosts Funny You Should Ask, a game show in which two contestants answer trivia questions with input from a group of comics.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAllen, Carolyn Folks, Jennifer Lucas, Jodi Miller and Peter Steen are executive producers of both shows. Dylan King also exec produces Comics Unleashed, while Bob Boden, Scott Satin and Eric Charbonnel are EPs of Funny You Should Ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ends \u2014\u00a0as in, one day after \u2014\u00a0CBS will usher in its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[49565,991,88,10675],"class_list":{"0":"post-568372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-byron-allen","9":"tag-cbs","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}