{"id":43133,"date":"2026-04-06T19:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=43133"},"modified":"2026-04-06T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T19:42:15","slug":"cbs-reveals-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=43133","title":{"rendered":"CBS reveals &#8216;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8217; replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F04%2Fcrop-39006819.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>CBS is turning to comedian-turned-media mogul Byron Allen to replace \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d starting next month.<\/p>\n<p>The network announced Monday that it will air back-to-back episodes of Allen\u2019s \u201cComics Unleashed,\u201d beginning at 11:35 p.m. for the 2026-2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>CBS, which recently aired Allen\u2019s roundtable-style comedy talk show in the 12:35 a.m. slot, made the decision after it announced last July that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/17\/entertainment\/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-canceled-by-cbs\/\">getting out of the late-night game completely.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>CBS announced last year that it was yanking \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d citing financial reasons.  <span class=\"credit\">CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The network said it will premiere its first episode of \u201cComics Unleashed\u201d after Colbert ends his 11-year-run   on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>Allen\u2019s show, which has featured comedians including Sebastian Maniscalco, Tiffany Haddish, Gabriel Iglesias, Cedric the Entertainer and Nate Bargatze, first appeared on CBS in September 2006. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>As part of the shift, Allen, who is the founder and CEO of Allen Media Group, will also air \u201cFunny You Should Ask\u201d \u2014 a comedic gameshow hosted by Jon Kelley \u2014 at 12:35 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-minute show will run back-to-back episodes Monday through Friday starting May 22.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI created and launched \u2018Comics Unleashed\u2019 20 years ago so my fellow comedians could have a platform to do what we all love \u2013 make people laugh,\u201d Allen said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>CBS is moving Byron Allen\u2019s \u201cComics Unleashed\u201d to Colbert\u2019s old slot, the network said Monday. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Comics Unleashed<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI truly appreciate CBS\u2019 confidence in me by picking up our two-hour comedy block of \u2018Comics Unleashed\u2019 and \u2018Funny You Should Ask,\u2019 because the world can never have enough laughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS\u2019 surprise decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/21\/media\/stephen-colbert-insisted-on-announcing-shock-cancellation-of-late-show-just-hours-after-he-learned-about-it-himself\/\">cancel \u201cThe Late Night Show\u201d last summer<\/a> was met with heavy scrutiny from media watchers, who noted that the program had the highest ratings of all late-night programs.<\/p>\n<p>CBS brass said at the time that the decision to cancel Colbert\u2019s show was \u201ca purely financial decision against a challenging backdrop of late night.\u201d They added that the move was \u201cnot related in any way to the show\u2019s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Allen\u2019s roundtable-style comedy show will air in the 11:35 pm slot in the network\u2019s 2026-2027 season. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook \/ Comics Unleashed<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/24\/media\/fcc-greenlights-8-4b-sale-of-cbs-parent-paramount-to-skydance\/\">Skydance was in the throes of acquiring CBS-parent Paramount in a deal valued at $8.4 <\/a>billion, following a difficult merger process.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump-bashing Colbert <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/stephen-colbert-confronts-theories-trump-late-show-canceled-1236568323\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">said in November<\/a> it\u2019s \u201ca reasonable thing to think\u201d his cancellation was politically motivated, but he personally refused to \u201cengage in that speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/06\/media\/cbs-reveals-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-replacement\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBS is 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