CBS Replaces The Late Show With Comics Unleashed, Elevating Byron Allen’s Syndicated Panel TV

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CBS is canceling The Late Show and replacing it with Comics Unleashed, Byron Allen’s long-running syndicated panel show funded by ad buys, signaling a shift away from traditional network late-night. The piece traces Allen’s career, the show’s production model and history, and frames Stephen Colbert’s farewell as emblematic of a changing TV landscape where late-night persists in new forms rather than in a conventional network slot.
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