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CBS is set to replace the fired Stephen Colbert and hisLate Show<\/i> with two of producer and comic Byron Allen\u2019s shows, a report says.<\/p>\n
CBS will air Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen<\/i> at 11:30 p.m. starting on May 22 the day after The Late Show<\/i> comes to its end. An hour later, Allen\u2019s comedy game show Funny You Should Ask<\/i> will air each weekday night, according to the Hollywood Reporter<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen<\/i> was originally launched in 2006 and ran until 2016 in which various standup comics are given topics with which they have to create a standup routine. Allen has said that he urges his participants to avoid religious and political content to keep the show with a lighter touch for a mass audience and to facilitate that reruns are more successful since they won\u2019t be tied to stories, politics, or news that were occurring when the episode initially aired.<\/p>\n Comics Unleashed<\/i> was relaunched in 2023 as a midseason replacement after James Corden\u2019s show was ended.<\/p>\n \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 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<\/p>\n Last October, Allen noted that he was raring to go to replace Colbert, saying, \u201cFifty years I have been waiting for this moment, definitely I am going for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Colbert found out that his low-rated show that has always been millions<\/a> over budget was canceled<\/a> in July of last year. His last day on the air is set for May 21.<\/p>\n Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: Facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, Truth Social @WarnerToddHuston<\/a>, or at X\/Twitter @WTHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n