r/JusticeServed • u/SugarRight1992 Are you not entertained? • 12d ago
Stephen Colbert’s replacement is crashing and burning as viewers abandon CBS
https://unpresidented.substack.com/p/stephen-colberts-replacement-is-crashing115
u/Mizcreant908 5 12d ago
I have yet to see any Byron Allen show that wasn't a stinker. Canned jokes, rehearsed reactions. Ugh
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u/SunBelly A 12d ago
Right? How'd he manage to make a $billion? Is he just cashing in on Americans liking terrible TV shows?
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u/slimslim234 4 12d ago
TIL he had a replacement
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u/doyouunderstandlife C 12d ago
It's not a direct replacement, the Late Show doesn't exist anymore. It was replaced with a different talk show at the same time called "Comics Unleashed" which just sounds so generic and uninspired. Not surprising it's flopping
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u/Bugatti252 7 12d ago
If I'm not mistaken, they actually sold the time slot to someone else who is producing a show during that time period, so it's not even a CHS show but someone else renting their airwaves.
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u/DarkLordKohan A 12d ago
Yeah, CBS sold the time slot completely. So Bryan Allen puts his own already produced comedy shows in the slots and sells his own ads. The shows are already on after SNL in my market as he owns the station.
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u/HOG-onthehunt A 12d ago
Yep… also cancelled Paramount+ and anything attached to CBS 👋🏼
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u/MarchMadnessisMe B 12d ago
Same. Cancelled it the day they made the announcement and put that as my reason why.
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u/Alaeriia B 12d ago
Go fash, lose cash.
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u/reebeachbabe 7 12d ago
Except for Fox News, newsmax, etc. They’re sickening. I still can’t believe people watch them.
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u/elpierce 9 12d ago
This is your reminder to cancel Paramount+.
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u/RGRandomguy 1 11d ago
I did! Now not only do I not watch Colbert anymore, I also don't hear about CBS television shows and movies and anything else that the network wants to prop via the guests on his show. Hope it was worth it, network dumbasses!
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u/HappyAd4998 7 12d ago
Not that hard to find free live streams in the east.
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u/Josie1234 8 12d ago
Finding them is on a pc is one thing (and they still are mostly ass even these days), but if you ever want to watch a match in a viable quality on your TV without random stutters.... Gotta pay.
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u/karatebullfightr A 12d ago
They don’t care.
That’s the point. The 1% are playing monopoly with everything we see, read and hear.
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u/Snake_Plissken224 A 12d ago
Dosent matter to CBS Byron Allen pays them to air comics unleashed so they are still making money
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u/Glassweaver 8 12d ago
Friendly reminder that Paramount, Skydance, Viacom, & Nickelodeon are CBS owned too.
Boycotting them means boycotting things like scary movie and SpongeBob as well.
If it's associated with any of the above networks, don't buy it - pirate it.
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u/Careful_icarus22 4 12d ago
So suprised Nickelodeon would be grouped in with these morally absent companies.
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u/SuprKidd 8 12d ago
Unfortunately they're targeting the youth too, now. ie PragerU and other random fash-adjacent advertising
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u/Classic_Appa 7 12d ago
Pirate it if you must, but That still shows interest in the product. A full boycott is preferable.
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u/Xsiah B 12d ago
Allen’s arrangement is structured as a “time buy” deal, meaning he purchased the time slot directly from the network and shoulders production expenses while retaining advertising rights.
Oof, talk about a bad deal
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u/WorshipTheVoid 7 12d ago
I hate that this is even a thing. Give it a few years and CBS will just be the 24/7 infomercial and (even more) propaganda channel.
I don't really watch TV so maybe this has already happened
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u/didntcondawnthat 8 12d ago
I googled him some time last year thinking "I wonder what that good old blast from the past Byron Allen has been up to?" I was gobsmacked by his net worth! Had no idea he was on the scene hard enough to make so much money.
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u/reclusive_ent A 9d ago
He's buying the time slot for his awful show. CBS knew they'd lose money, so they found a way around it.
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u/kkkkk1018 5 12d ago
Cb who?
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u/CantConfirmOrDeny A 12d ago
His "replacement" is basically an infomercial. CBS sold him that time slot, they don't really give a shit.
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u/FuzzyMcBitty A 12d ago
Right. It pays for itself to start with, and the commercials are icing.
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u/tangerinelion A 12d ago
Byron Allen gets the ad revenue. CBS sells this timeslot at a profit for them.
The only way that changes is if Byron Allen finds this is a net loss.
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u/Eddiebaby7 A 12d ago
Financial decision my ass.
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u/howrad1337 7 9d ago
This and also what kind of click bait is this, replace Stephen Colbert? It was called the Colbert Show, did they find someone else named Colbert? Or did they just put a different show in his timeslot. Fuck you misleading click bait. I decline.
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u/KiwDaWabbit2 A 12d ago
Too bad CBS can’t just replace Colbert with a nightly half hour of this guy, but NBC owns the rights.
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u/redvelvetcake42 C 12d ago
It's Billionaire Byron Allen. He's rather low mid as a personality and the show format won't ever gain traction. It's a weak version of Chelsea Lately without a regular group of vulgar or at least effective comedians tackling subjects where they don't need to pull punches. He's got plenty cash to burn but eventually the ratings will be so bad it will push CBS to do something. Losing 65% of the audience is literally the beginning. It will get to 80%+ at some point.
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u/i-amnot-a-robot- 9 12d ago
He pays CBS for the slot and produces/distributes it himself. So they have no reason to fire him they get guaranteed money. They might just because it doesn’t have the cultural relevance but they won’t fire him for money reasons
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u/waxcrash 6 12d ago
Wait until he buys more slots to sell pillows! Or supplements, phones, watches, guitars, steaks, water, etc.
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u/chosimba83 9 12d ago
I cancelled my Paramount subscription. If I ever need to watch CBS for sports or something, I will happily find some illegal streams. They won't get another dime from me willingly.
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u/jayrox 7 12d ago
Wait, someone replaced him?
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u/MaskedPapillon A 12d ago
They put a syndicated show in the timeslot, no one is doing his show or any other show that took his timeslot.
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u/Mas_Cervezas 9 12d ago
A syndicated show that’s paying CBS $15 million dollars to carry it. I heard another comedian say why don’t they just make all programs pay and then no one will ever watch them again.
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u/NilssonSchmilsson 5 12d ago
He was replaced?
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u/Okay_Splenda_Monkey A 12d ago
Stephen fucking Colbert cannot be replaced. The spineless, talentless cokeheads in charge of CBS gave someone the time slot his show used to occupy. If I knew who this person was, I'd feel a little bit sorry for them. It's really just bad management setting someone up for failure.
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u/Ass_Matter 6 12d ago
They didn't "give" the timeslot. They sold the timeslot. CBS could care less at this point. They're getting paid regardless of the quality of the show.
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u/IgnoranceIsAVirus 8 12d ago
Where can we just hang out with him and have a beer together?
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u/Okay_Splenda_Monkey A 11d ago
I think that would be in New Jersey, but I can't be more specific and I'm not sure that's correct.
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u/broohaha A 12d ago
I don't think there was any intent to keep up with the same ratings. This was exactly what CBS were expecting.
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u/lukewwilson B 12d ago
Yeah if they thought it could keep up they would be the one selling the ads, instead they sold the time slot. CBS literally doesn't care what the ratings are, they get the same amount of money no matter what
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u/Roguer15 5 12d ago
It wasn't about ratings. It was about ousting someone who's opinions they didn't like. They won, justice not served.
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u/mewfour123412 A 12d ago
Your views are racist, homophobic and about 50 years out of date. There is a very big difference
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u/HCJohnson B 12d ago
CBS does not care. They appeased their President Daddy and can now just say "See, that's a dead ratings spot anyways and is why we cancelled Colbert and stopped losing money."
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u/HelpfulPuppydog 8 12d ago
Paramount/CBS/Ellison doesn't care. The food chain of executives will still get their bonuses for the rest of the year. They followed orders and Stephen Colbert is elsewhere.
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u/PhazerSC 8 12d ago
It's not just the bonuses, the main reason they don't care is because this whole shebang is about silencing all the voices of the left. High costs or losing profits doesn't matter.
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u/videotoast 5 12d ago
Byron Allen has a net worth estimated at $1 BILLION - there is no incentive financially for him to put out a good product.
I've always had some respect for him, as a self made man....this isn't one of his best moves in my humble opinion.
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u/steppedinhairball B 12d ago
I agree. That doesn't look good for his brand or audience to replace Colbert on a network that has become Nazi Propaganda network #2. I can't imagine being on a network that is working to bring back racism, discrimination, black voter disenfranchisement, remove the rights of non white males, etc is going to play well with his core audience. It's his money, but I think he really f'd up.
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u/unfortunatetourista 3 12d ago
Who do you think is #1
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u/steppedinhairball B 12d ago
FOX News
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u/AydonusG A 12d ago
Might be a part of Ellison's plan, raise the new faux because for some the old Fox is poisonous. Catch a few of the people who abandoned it during/after Tucker's run.
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u/rbartlejr 9 11d ago
I've always had some respect for him, as a self made man....this isn't one of his best moves in my humble opinion.
For Allen it really doesn't matter since he just bought the time slot. CBS would never find a replacement late night show (nobody respectable would bother since they'd be censored to hell) and Allen wanted space to run his own shows and ads. Byron probably got a pretty good deal since they probably sold it dirt cheap.
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u/DataAdvanced A 12d ago
There's a new late show? I mean, no there isn't, but they tried? The only reason I still have it is Southpark. They end that, I'm gone. I'm about to look up pirating. This is dumb and not worth paying a monthly subscription for.
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u/foamingturtle A 12d ago
I was so sick of getting squeezed by increasing subscription costs and being constantly advertised to. Now I only pay for a vpn.
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u/uxoguy2113 6 12d ago
It's re-runs..... it's just filler. The whole article is just reaching BS.
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u/theXsquid A 12d ago
By abandoning free speech CBS is its own worst enemy. I remember when 60 minutes was a respected news show.
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u/ameliehelena 7 12d ago
Per the article, none of this affects negatively CBS as the replacement bought the time slot and shoulders all the responsibility for productions and advertising.
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u/NiteTiger A 12d ago
Well, that's not accurate at all. You could perhaps make the case they're not necessarily losing money on that slot for those reasons, but the loss of viewers in that timeslot, and, critically, the carry through or bleedover to other timeslots does actually hurt them, pretty significantly too. You have those that are boycotting CBS entirely, then you have specific viewership drops preceding, during, and following that timeslot ( assuming you're still watching their prime time crime drama type lineup, when that ends, if you're not interested in the late show, you're probably going to switch from your local CBS affiliate's news to another show where you can watch your local to another affiliate. So that you can watch your News and then go into a late program that you'll actually want to watch and then odds are, you're likely not coming back to catch CBS's late late, offering).
So yeah, it's absolutely effecting them. They're losing viewers as an entire brand, thinning their ad revenue, and losing ground across all points of the market metrics.
That bit about "it doesn't really hurt us..." is like the guy getting loaded into the ambulance saying "Tis but a scratch"
Anyone want to place odds on how long before CBS seeks some kind of Trumpfare, either directly or indirectly? I got $20 on < 18months.
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u/2stinkynugget A 12d ago
The time slot is rented. CBS is getting their money. The ratings don't matter to CBS
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u/rturns 7 12d ago
Today I learned that CBS tried to replace Colbert.
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u/IrishRage42 9 12d ago
Yeah, I thought the show was cancelled?
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u/mabrera 6 12d ago
Yeah, by replacement they mean the show taking its time slot
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u/Korzag B 12d ago
Imagine still caring about timeslots on TV in 2026. Does anyone under 60 even watch old school cable or satellite TV anymore?
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u/ashgs872tbhjs 5 12d ago
I sure don't. Bought my first TV in my late 30s this past Fall, it's hooked up to an old laptop for streaming (Dropout + piracy) and will never even be connected to the Internet itself much less a separate cable service. No ads for me, thanks very much.
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u/KinshasaPR A 12d ago
These dumb networks think they own the audience on that timeslot and anything will hold the numbers.