CBS reveals the replacement for the Late Show will be…

[Kevin M.]

… nothing

Unless you consider Byron Allen’s snooze-fest something.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/06/media/cbs-colbert-byron-allen-late-show-comics-unleashed

Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Sean Healy]

Does Nexstar ... 'er, I mean the CBS affiliates... need to show this, given it's a time-lease to CBS network?  Or would they be free to break from the network and show their own time-lease programming?

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[David Bruggeman]

This is basically moving up the 12:30, 1 am, and 1:30 shows Allen has on CBS up one hour.  I would guess that the same terms for clearance would apply, or be expanded.  So I think if you're affiliate is carrying the programs now, they will probably bump them up at the appointed time (September?)

David

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[Sean Healy]

They're suggesting this will happen on May 22.

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[M-D November]

I'm just gonna leave this here:

https://latenighter.com/features/comics-unleashed-with-byron-allen-criticism-comedians/

[Mark Jeffries]

Another LateNighter article says that the deal with Allen is only for a year and that CBS is looking at other options, but not another celeb guests/musical guests/topical monologue/band talk show (supposedly their options are doing a Snyder/Costas-style interview show, bringing a podcast or YouTube show to OTA, reruns of prime time shows or giving the time back to the affiliates):

https://latenighter.com/news/cbs-weighs-late-night-return-after-colbert/

Mark Jeffries
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[Bob F]

Well, back at LateNighter, Matt Solomon and Jed Rosenzweig have chimed in on this, now their leader Mr Carter looks at it from the affiliates' apparent POV:
https://latenighter.com/features/cbs-late-night-byron-allen-affiliates/ (link)

B

Mark Jeffries, April 16th: