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CBS Gains Profit, Loses Ratings After Replacing Colbert

6/13/2026

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CBS turned a $40 million loss into a $15 million profit after replacing Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show with Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed.
Nielsen data show Comics Unleashed ratings fell 64 percent compared with Colbert’s late-run numbers.
Jimmy Kimmel appears to have absorbed many of Colbert’s former viewers.
Byron Allen said he is not trying to replace Colbert and that Comics Unleashed has its own audience.

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CBS turned a $40 million loss into a $15 million profit after replacing Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show with Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed.
Nielsen data show Comics Unleashed ratings fell 64 percent compared with Colbert’s late-run numbers.
Jimmy Kimmel appears to have absorbed many of Colbert’s former viewers.
Byron Allen said he is not trying to replace Colbert and that Comics Unleashed has its own audience.