Allen Defends CBS Late-Night Amidst Ratings Drop After Colbert Exit
TL;DR
Byron Allen pushes back on the Daily Beast’s rating-dip story about Comics Unleashed after replacing Stephen Colbert, arguing the decline is being overstated and highlighting CBS’s cost-cutting time-buy deal that shifts the slot toward profit. Nielsen data still shows The Late Show outperforming rivals in the same timeslot, while Allen touts wins in select markets and frames the arrangement as a strategic financial move rather than a failure.
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