CBS has crammed its soon-to-be-vacant 11:35 p.m. time slot.
The community mentioned Monday that starting May 22, the day after the finale of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” the hour will likely be crammed by “Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen.”
Because “Comics Unleashed” is a half-hour program, CBS will air two back-to-back episodes every evening. The 12:35 a.m. slot will then be crammed by “Funny You Should Ask,” a syndicated recreation present created by Allen and hosted by Jon Kelley.
“Comics Unleashed” has been airing at 12:35 a.m. since final September, when it moved into the slot after CBS canceled recreation present “After Midnight.”
“I truly appreciate CBS’ 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,” Allen, a comic and founder and chief government of Allen Media Group, mentioned in an announcement.
CBS has a time-buy settlement with Allen Media Group for the 2026-27 season, which means Allen pays to air his packages on the CBS community.
The programming transfer comes lower than a 12 months after CBS introduced it could finish Colbert’s “Late Show,” which airs its ultimate episode on Thursday, May 21.
The community cited the monetary pressures of late-night tv, calling the choice “agonizing.”
Many observers, nonetheless, speculated that the cancellation was political, given Colbert’s standing as an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump. At the time, CBS mum or dad Paramount was searching for approval from the Trump administration for its proposed sale to Skydance.
Weeks earlier than the cancellation, CBS additionally settled a Trump defamation lawsuit that many authorized observers had deemed frivolous.
Allen, for his half, has made no secret of his curiosity in Colbert’s time slot. Speaking at New York Ad Week in October, he mentioned, “If they’re looking for a show, my hand is already up.”