Stephen Colbert will be the latest late-night host to say goodbye, as the final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will air on May 21. Following his exit, Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed will be taking over the time slot and promises it will be all laughs.
Only a day away from Colbert's final segment behind the desk, Allen appeared on CBS Mornings to talk about the TV changeup. He revealed that his series will have nothing to do with politics and will focus on lighter subject matters.
"No. No politics," Allen, 65, said. "That’s it. You come, you laugh. I created the show 20 years ago, and we’re about to have our 20th anniversary this fall. The 20th anniversary of Comic’s Unleashed, 20 years of laughter."
He added that his series has a thousand comedies of all forms, and wants to "bring people together using comedy." Comics Unleashedis a half-hour comedy talk show that began its run in 2006. It was later cancelled in 2016 and began syndication, with it having also run on CBS to fill the time slot for The Late Late Show with James Corden. It ran until After Midnight became a more permanent replacement.
Due to the cancellation of After Midnight in September 2025, it was announced that Comics Unleashed would take over for The Late Show. The talk show has Allen introduce a short monologue at the start of each episode before revealing a panel of four comedians. The comedians are given a generic premise they have to deliver their own monologue to. Comics Unleashed will begin airing from 11:35 p.m. to 12:37 a.m starting Friday, May 22.
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When asked about Colbert's departure and the cancellation of The Late Show, Allen called it a "very unfortunate event."
"I love Stephen Colbert. I’m a big fan. Once they made the decision, I said, ‘OK, this isn’t show business, this is business show.’ They said, ‘[We’re] losing lots of money.’ I said, ‘Here’s a solution not to lose lots of money.’ I think we can hold on to his audience and hopefully build on it. Because it is business show, not show business," he said.
Allen also revealed that the business side of Comics Unleashed, having taken over the timeslot, was his idea. Due to the millions spent on The Late Show, Allen said, "‘Save your money. I will put my show Comics Unleashed on.’ They said, ‘This is a great idea, you’re going to save us $150 to $170 million.’"
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