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Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times

After the politically incisive late-night host said his final goodnight last week, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed offered a grim look at where TV is heading

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Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times

CBS replaced Colbert's top-rated Late Show with Comics Unleashed — Byron Allen's writer-free syndication format unchanged since 2006 — to ease a media merger. Networks are trading editorial quality for M&A and political compliance, compressing the market for premium broadcast content investment.

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Colbert’s replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership

CBS's debut of *Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen* drew 995,000 viewers in the Late Show timeslot, down 63% from Colbert's 2.7M average and trailing both NBC's Fallon (1.5M) and ABC's Kimmel (1.6M). The collapse signals that late night audiences are format-loyal, not network-loyal — CBS shed its political-satire demographic without capturing Allen's own claimed base, a cautionary data point for any media brand executing a hard editorial pivot.

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Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBS

Allen is the owner of a massive media group and a former comic

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mercoledì 27 maggio 2026·theweek.com
Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBS
Allen is the owner of a massive media group and a former comic
giovedì 28 maggio 2026·independent.co.uk
Colbert’s replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership
‘Comics Unleashed’ is hosted by billionaire businessman Byron Allen
venerdì 29 maggio 2026·independent.co.uk
Stephen Colbert replacement show suffers huge ratings drop
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venerdì 29 maggio 2026·theguardian.com
Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times
After the politically incisive late-night host said his final goodnight last week, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed offered a grim look at where TV is heading

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times

Colbert’s replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership

Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBS

Timeline cronologica

Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBS

Colbert’s replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership

Stephen Colbert replacement show suffers huge ratings drop

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times

Colbert’s replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership

Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBS

Timeline cronologica

Byron Allen: the billionaire mogul replacing Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ on CBS

Colbert’s replacement debuts with less than half of Late Show’s average viewership

Stephen Colbert replacement show suffers huge ratings drop

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show replacement is a depressing sign of the times